Kevin Durant has officially gone from the recruited to the recruiter.
The Brooklyn Nets forward Durant revealed this week on Boardroom’s “The ETCs” podcast that he recently contacted ex-WNBA MVP Breanna Stewart, a free agent, to try to convince her to come to the New York Liberty. Durant, noting that “I never do this,” said that he told Stewart, “Yo, it would be an incredible dynasty in New York City if you came here.”
Durant’s recruiting pitch must have worked. Stewart announced on Wednesday that she had indeed decided to sign with the Liberty.
That led to a funny victory lap from Durant on Twitter.
“Aye, don’t call my phone lookin for tickets this summer, they gone,” he wrote. “Let’s get it @nyliberty.”
Stewart, a former No. 1 overall pick and two-time WNBA champion, is one of the brightest stars in the league. Playing last season for the Seattle Storm, she led the WNBA in scoring and also made the All-Defensive First Team. Stewart is now set to join a Liberty team that, with three other All-Stars in Sabrina Ionescu, Jonquel Jones, and Betnijah Laney already in town, will likely challenge the reigning champion Las Vegas Aces for the WNBA title.
Additionally, the Liberty share an arena (Barclays Center) with the Nets, so Durant and Stewart will be seeing plenty of each other from here. This is not the first time that Durant has gotten involved in WNBA matters either.
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