Kenny Atkinson recalls the moment on June 30 when he learned officially that he’d be coaching Kevin Durant.
“I [was] naturally skeptical,” Atkinson confessed to ESPN’s Jackie MacMullan for a story that ran Thursday. Despite the Woj Bomb at 4:52 p.m. and even the Instagram post at six o’clock, the Nets head coach noted that KD had never visited HSS Training Center, never spoken with him or Sean Marks about his decision ... at least not directly.
The Nets even had a white board set up with Plans A, B, C and D, ready for all possibilities.