Mike Mazzeo, the former Nets beat writer now writing for Forbes Sports, reports that Kevin Durant is trying to bring his former Thunder teammate Serge Ibaka to Brooklyn, hoping their friendship and the lure of a second ring would get the 7-footer to bypass a big contract for the Nets taxpayer MLE. The MLE would pay Ibaka $5.7 million this year with a maximum of $18 million over three years.
Mazzeo writes...
Kevin Durant has been recruiting close friend Serge Ibaka to join the Brooklyn Nets as a free agent, according to league sources.