A former member of the Brooklyn Nets achieved a remarkable feat recently in Europe's greatest basketball tournament. Ex-Nets point guard Mike James cemented his name in EuroLeague record books by becoming the all-time scoring leader in its history, surpassing Greek basketball legend Vassilis Spanoulis in the leaderboard.
Kevin Durant is having a comfortable offseason away from all the drama and rumors in New York, where his Brooklyn Nets have been racking their heads the
“Steph, like, how he plays and how he gets stuff off, it’s just kind of one-dimensional at times, if that makes sense,” said James.
The seeds of Kevin Durant’s discontent in Brooklyn were planted well before his official trade request, at least if you believe one of his former teammates.
Mike James, the 6’1” combo guard who gave the Nets some solid minutes at the end of the 2020-21 season then returned to Europe, wants back in the NBA and back in Brooklyn.
Mike James didn’t play a lot of games with Kyrie Irving, arriving in Brooklyn on May 13, and he admits he’s not returning next season. But he saw enough to form an opinion on the Nets guard, as he laid out in a number of tweets the last two days.
The Kyrie Irving-Stephen Curry comparisons have been a recurrent topic in the NBA for quite some time now. After clashing in the NBA Finals on various occasions, the talented point guards starred in several debates around the league. One Kyrie's former teammates made a case for the Brooklyn Nets star over Stephen Curry recently.
Adrian Wojnarowski and Mike Scotto report the Nets are not extending qualifying offers to back-up point guards Chris Chiozza and Mike James, making them unrestricted point guards for the opening of free agency Monday.
It’s the sort of thing you’d usually see on a playground, not an actual NBA game.
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