When Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, and James Harden united forces on the Brooklyn Nets, with Harden being the last to join in the winter of 2021, they were supposed to be the next dynasty in the NBA. After all, that’s a lot of talent on one team, three surefire Hall of Famers still very much in their primes.
Yeah, that’s not what happened. 25 months and one playoff series victory later, all three of those superstars are gone from Brooklyn. The biggest name in Brooklyn is now the rotting corpse of Ben Simmons, which is absolutely hilarious.
Of course, Harden was traded to Philadelphia last winter. And, in the last 7 days, they have traded Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving.
ESPN story on the Dallas Mavericks landing a trade for Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving: https://t.co/PdkQALS2oq
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) February 5, 2023
ESPN story on the Suns landing Kevin Durant — and how the night and negotiations unfolded https://t.co/ZmQPdki3HS
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) February 9, 2023
And, now, everyone is clowning the Brooklyn Nets. Granted, people were clowning them before, because their fans are fake and Barclays Center is a terrible, soulless arena. But, now it’s for a different reason.
Lol the Nets tried to "remain competitive" for 24 whole hours
— Anthony F. Irwin (@AnthonyIrwinLA) February 9, 2023
Nets fans waking up to hear the news#Nets#NBATradeDeadline pic.twitter.com/UFTIOPKwoN
— Malik Clarke (@trinisportsguy7) February 9, 2023
The Brooklyn Nets only winning one playoff series is the greatest failure of any superteam in any sport and it is not even close.
— Stuart Feiner (@StuartFeiner) February 9, 2023
Nets tried to run NYC and they don't even run the Barclays Center. That's NY Liberty territory now
— Knicks Memes (@KnicksMemes) February 9, 2023
That’s the weakest trade package I ever seen for an all-time great. Nets front office disgraceful
— 500 🏎 (@Kameron_Hay) February 9, 2023
Oh well. Enjoy Ben Simmons!