NEW YORK -- Brooklyn Nets general manager Sean Marks said Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving have "conviction" about the direction of the team in the wake of the trade to land James Harden and are prepared to make the necessary on-court sacrifices.
Marks said he consulted the franchise's stars as the Nets began to move swiftly toward a trade for Harden on Wednesday
"[I was] getting their thoughts and really wanting to hear what their commitment was going to be, what their conviction was," Marks said in a news conference on Thursday.