It was August 7 when Sean Marks said that the extensions for all three members of Brooklyn’s “Big Three” would be “signed, sealed, delivered” by the first day of training camp. Fast forward to September 27, the day training camp and only Kevin Durant is locked up for the extended future while pen has yet to hit paper for both Kyrie Irving and James Harden.
One day after leading Team USA to gold at the Tokyo Olympics, the Nets officially announced Durant’s four-year, $198 million extension with Brooklyn, keeping the superstar in black-and-white till 2026. The 32-year-old said then it was the perfect timing to lock up his future with the Nets.