Elite Sports NY · Feb 20, 2020
The Brooklyn Nets’ ‘Next Man Up’ mantra must be sustainable
With recent news regarding the status of Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant, the Brooklyn Nets’ “other guys” will need to carry the workload.
Those semblances and glimmers of hope and optimism leaving the NBA All-Star break have all but deteriorated. The Brooklyn Nets are now in survival more from here until the final horn on the 2019-20 NBA season inevitably sounds.
Wanda Durant, Kevin Durant’s mother, discussed the status of her son in regards to a potential return, telling TODAY, “Well, I know he’s not going to play this year.”
That disappointment was then compounded by news of Kyrie Irving reaggravating his right shoulder he injured in a game against the New Orleans Pelicans on Nov. 4.