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Kevin Durant, James Harden, and Kyrie Irving still need to catch up to P.J. Tucker, John Wall, and Victor Oladipo—in minutes, that is. That’s how little the Nets’ star trio has actually played at the same time this season. KD, Kyrie, and Harden have appeared in only 186 minutes together across seven games in 2021, an existence so fleeting lineups that don’t even exist anymore still have a comfortable lead in minutes played.