SALT LAKE CITY -- Back in the same place just a couple weeks after their individual trade demands brought an end to a tantalizing era of Brooklyn Nets basketball, Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving defended their decisions.
And according to Durant, the roster upheaval they initiated actually benefits the NBA.
"I don't think it's bad for the league," Durant said Saturday during his All-Star player's news conference. "It's bringing more eyes to the league, more people are more excited. The tweets that I get; the news hits that we got from me being traded, Kyrie being traded; it just brings more attention to the league and that's really what rakes the money in, when you get more attention.