For the past two seasons there has been a lot of frustration that the Nets did not resign Bruce Brown and instead let him walk to Denver. The fact that the Nets spent similar money on resigning Patty Mills made fan frustration of the situation even worse – as Mills was clearly in decline.
With that, last season some whispers started coming out of what happened. Brown stated that management and ownership liked him but it was other players that didn’t want him around. [https://www.reddit.com/r/GoNets/comments/13ruv77/kaplan\_bruce\_brown\_honestlyi\_dont\_think\_it\_was/](https://www.reddit.com/r/GoNets/comments/13ruv77/kaplan_bruce_brown_honestlyi_dont_think_it_was/)
Then, it came out that Durant may be the guy that didn’t want Brown back [https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/145qc90/kevin\_durant\_getting\_in\_more\_beef\_with\_nets/](https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/145qc90/kevin_durant_getting_in_more_beef_with_nets/)
Today it comes out that Durant is angry that a Bruce Brown flop was why he got injured. [https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/1c51fg1/durant\_i\_had\_my\_teammate\_flop\_into\_me\_and\_an/](https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/1c51fg1/durant_i_had_my_teammate_flop_into_me_and_an/) \- honestly it looks like a flop. video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1OTntCq6qg](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1OTntCq6qg)
So there it is; Durant was pissed at Brown for flopping and causing his injury – and you have to assume that it was Durant that told Nets management to not resign the guy.
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by randy1982
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Look at Phoenix roster this year and it should be crystal clear that KD was making the decisions here. 3 stars, 1 decent big man, a white sharp shooting 3 point specialist and a bunch of washed or borderline role players. It’s literally the KD Nets.
In fairness Bruce brown was an absolute disaster on defense against Boston and I’m pretty sure this was a reason he wasn’t resigned
Was pretty obvious Durant was the reason why he wasn’t re-signed. Watch any of their encounters after BB nets tenure.
To be fair, I also blamed Bruce Brown at the time.
Bruce, Jeff, and DeAndre all won a championship together. Happy for them. Bruce never quit and it showed.
Didn’t Bruce try to flop in g1 vs the Celts during the closing possessions? Kyrie hit the 3, but then JB comes back and easily scores while Bruce tried to flop for a call.
Kd is why we didnt re sign brown, but not the way you guys think. Remember, Kd requested a trade the day before FA, and the Nets were deep into the tax. The team was just going to shed some salary because why pay 100s of millions for a play in team, but the offers for KD were laughable, so we never ended making a trade in the end. KD would have no say in what players were on the Nets, we were in the process of trading him, it doesnt matter who is on his former team. Do you think we called up Brook Lopez this year to ask what bigs he liked in the draft and he said Clowney or something?
Also I think BB trash-talking about the Celtics before the 2022 matchup had a lasting impact on KD. He sounded stupid after we got swept
Browns flopping caused the kd injury and harden trade
nice fanfiction
Firstly, put respect on Mills name, or keep it out of your mouth.
To your point, and ignoring the slander, man it suck to know Bruce Brown is gone to keep chicken heart happy.
Durant is the most skilled cowardly bitch to ever play in the NBA, I’m glad his gone, shame he pushed out people with actual heart before he went away.