With Washington Commanders owner Dan Snyder potentially selling the NFL team, Nets star Kevin Durant said he’d be interested in joining an ownership group, as he told ESPN’s Nick Friedell.
“In a perfect world, I would be a part of it,” Durant said. “I would love to do it. I would love to give a little bit of my money to be a part of the Commanders, but we’ll see.”
Durant has been a longtime fan of Washington’s NFL team, which is another incentive for him to be part of an ownership group.
“I would probably stay more of a fan than try to get involved with the team,” Durant said. “And it would be something nice for my family, and just to have in our family, that would be incredible to be a part of that group. Just get a little closer to the team if I were to be able to be in that position.”
We have more from the basketball world:
- Addressing the Kyrie Irving controversy, NBPA president CJ McCollum said players have to be careful regarding what they do on social media, he told Andrew Lopez of ESPN. “The important thing to learn about this situation is you have a platform. You have to be careful with how you use it,” he said. “You have to vet everything you post. I think this is a situation we can all use as a learning experience for all of us as players. … You have to be careful with what you’re posting.”
- The NBA must do a better job of addressing the issue of load management, Rod Walker of the New Orleans Times Picayune opines. In Walker’s view, it’s unfair for many casual fans who buy tickets to see the opponent’s star players, only to have them sit out. While NBA commissioner Adam Silver has stated that he’s cognizant of fans’ frustration with players being rested, Walker believes the league needs to take more action.
- In case you missed it, we listed all of this season’s G League “affiliate players” here.
How do you logically manage “load management?” The NBA is responsible for essentially making the regular season FAR less important than it was in the past. This is the result. Stars and big contributors need to be rested for the second season, because the league make tons of cash in the postseason.
Can’t have it both ways. Like with every major sports league, NBA fans are going to have to accept that fans are NOT as important as cash.
Maybe the league shouldn’t schedule 5 road games in 7 days for the defending champs if they don’t want star players to rest.
The only way is to have less games or stretch out the season further… And even then there will be doctors stating 1 game in 3 days for certain recoveries.
Load management and career extension is key to increasing the money earned by players… So the NBA cannot control it, even if it was penalised there would be phantom injuries to rest guys and doctors signing off on them for the best interests of their clients…
Too true, too true… load management is a load of BS.
What would Kevin Durant (the owner) do about the Kyrie Irving situation? For KD’s sake I hope he is not majority owner because he is not someone who should be in charge of anything.
He wouldn’t be the majority owner. Durant doesn’t have that kinda money.
As long as Silver is commissioner, the league’s position on load management will always be centered around passive aggressive objection, with no real consequences. He’ll plead, he’ll threaten, and eventually he may even penalize, but he won’t do the one thing that will end it, eliminate the incentives for doing it.
The league’s position on tanking is similar. When juxtaposed with their position on load management, it’s comical really. They reward tankers for each incremental loss, but can’t figure out a way to reward competitive teams for each incremental win. So, yeah, the race to the very bottom (to get a bottom 3 record, or get the 4 slot vs the 5 slot) is often more intriguing that the race to the very top. Good work Adam.