When news broke on NBA draft night that Kevin Durant was "monitoring the Brooklyn Nets' situation and considering options with his future," the team's former assistant general manager turned ESPN front-office insider Bobby Marks suggested a trade "return package on Durant would be the largest in league history."
It better be, because the Nets are already on the wrong end of one of the biggest trades in NBA history and living in fear of it happening again as we speak. Durant officially requested a trade from Brooklyn on Thursday.
The Nets traded three unprotected first-round picks and a pick swap for one middling season with past-their-prime Hall of Famers Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce in 2013.