I think camp will start, Durant won't report, and the Nets will lower what they want and he will be traded. No idea if that is Boston, New Orleans, or some other team, but I'd be surprised if Durant was still on the Nets for the start of the season.
I doubt he refuses to go to camp when required. The Ben Simmons strategy ultimately worked, but don’t see KD taking same tact.
I don't think he will miss games, but I absolutely think he won't show up to training camp.
KD can say some odd things, but he's not a jerk like Simmons. He loves basketball (Simmons not so much) and he's a workaholic. He will report.
Then he will be forced to stay in Brooklyn. If he truly doesn't want to play in Brooklyn, he won't report to training camp.
Exactly correct. Again, I predict he will report.
So you think he wants to play in Brooklyn?
I think he wants to play. If the choice is play in BKN or don't play, I suspect that he plays. We'll see.
that isn't the discussion we were having.
I am not sure your point. It is a bit of a rhetorical question to ask if he wants to play in BKN. He has publicly asked for a trade so it is pretty clear that he prefers to play somewhere else. It seems like there are about 3 or 4 teams he would like to be traded to. Not sure what there is to discuss around that.
What you can debate is if he ends up with no choice, would he play or sit out. At this point, this is most likely where this is headed.
How about if you think of it this way. Say they put a trade to Orlando on the table for him. Do you think he would rather play in Orlando or play in Brooklyn? Or do you think he would sit out in either case? I think in that case he would say, yeah, I'll agree to show up to camp in BKN over being traded to Orlando and having to sit out or play there.
We are all just speculating though. Just offering our opinions.