Organizational Failure

By: Mike Rifkin

On July 1st, 2019, the Brooklyn Nets signed Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving to massive four-year contracts. Three and a half years later, both Durant and Irving were traded in the same week. This era has to be considered one of the biggest failures in NBA history. 

At one point, they even had James Harden, who forced his way to Brooklyn and less than a full year later got shipped to Philadelphia for Ben Simmons. Durant, Irving, and Harden played 16 games together, going 13-3. 

The NBA has turned into this super team-based league, and this has to be considered one of the biggest super team failures in NBA history. This group won a total of ONE playoff series. 

When Durant and Irving joined forces in Brooklyn, many people, whether in the media or elsewhere, thought the Nets would run New York City and laughed at the Knicks, but this is a rare Knicks win, avoiding this situation over the last few years. Look, the pieces that the Nets got in these trades could help them win in the future, but we have to look at Durant – Irving era as an absolute failure.