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Day’Ron Sharpe may technically have had his free agent rights renounced by the Nets, but that’s just paperwork. The big man is coming back to Brooklyn, and he is excited about it. “It feels good to be back in Brooklyn,” Sharpe said during the Nets’ 102-96 summer league loss to Washington on Sunday night. “I feel good to play for Jordi [Fernández], to play for the Brooklyn Nets organization. I got drafted here, it’s always home, so it’s good to be back for the team, for the Brooklyn Nets.”
Michael Porter on joining Nets: I don't feel I've reached my peak
Brian Lewis: Michael Porter Jr. on coming to Brooklyn: “I just feel like I have more in my tank. Still, I don't feel like I've reached my peak; and I'm excited to just grow my game, expand my gaming, explore my game, to see what I can do.”
Michael Porter on Denver: 'I feel like my ceiling had kind of plateaued'
Michael Porter Jr: “I’m really excited for this next chapter out here in Brooklyn. Over there in Denver, I feel like my ceiling had kind of plateaued,” he said. “We just have a way of playing, and how Joker plays, how Jamal plays, that two-man game is very potent. That’s how we play. I’m so appreciative of the way we played. We end up winning a championship, but I do feel like my ceiling in Denver kind of plateaued a little bit. I’m excited for this next chapter in Brooklyn, for sure.”
Full schedules will be announced in August, coinciding with the rest of the NBA's schedule rollout for the 2025-26 season. The groups: East Group A - Cleveland, Indiana, Atlanta, Toronto, Washington. East Group B - Boston, Detroit, Orlando, Brooklyn, Philadelphia. East Group C - Milwaukee, New York, Chicago, Miami, Charlotte. West Group A - Oklahoma City, Minnesota, Sacramento, Phoenix, Utah. West Group B - L.A. Lakers, LA Clippers, Memphis, Dallas, New Orleans. West Group C - Houston, Denver, Golden State, Portland, San Antonio.
Kevin Durant on his time in Brooklyn: I didn't think we got the full Steve Nash, like I wanted
When you think back to our time in Brooklyn, what do you think of? LeBron James: Him stepping on that damn three-point line. Kevin Durant: I can’t get away from it, too, ’cause they’re gonna repost that and tag me in it. But we had this conversation in Portland, I think—right before a game—and I’m like, “Who am I spending my next five years with?” I had just signed that deal. You had just signed a deal. I feel like we were secure, but everything else around us was going to shit—not in a bad way. We got GMs going to other teams. We got coaches going to other teams. We got players forcing trades. We brought in Ben Simmons—he’s back. It was just so much stuff going on around us. I feel like we were locked in, on the same page, and understanding like—we're trying to do something special here. But I felt like your hands were tied a lot because, as a coach, you’ve got to deal with so much. You didn’t get to coach as much as I wanted you to. That’s what it was. I didn’t think we got the full Steve Nash—like I wanted, like you probably wanted. I just felt like there were too many distractions. You can’t win that way. But I felt like we had great intentions, though. I felt like we cared enough. I felt like every day we were trying to push towards winning the championship. It was a great vibe in there—some of the best times, that first year. That’s why I signed that deal that first year, man.
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Kevin Durant on his time in Brooklyn: I felt like we had great intentions. I felt like we cared enough. I felt like every day we were trying to push toward winning the championship. It was a great vibe in there—some of the best times, that first year. That’s why I signed that deal that first year, man. Most fun ball I had—some of the most fun ball I had playing in my whole life. I enjoyed it. I enjoyed Brooklyn a lot. I loved playing for Brooklyn. But so much stuff happened around the guys that were committed to the situation. It felt like we were committed, but everybody else wasn’t. It was just weird. Sometimes I feel like I let you guys down in a way.
Marc Stein: The Jonas Valančiūnas-for-Dario Šarić trade is on course to be made official this week after Denver makes Michael Porter Jr.-for-Cam Johnson official, @TheSteinLine has learned. The Nuggets, I'm told, must make their Brooklyn trade official first before acquiring Valančiūnas.
Adam Wexler: Official: #Rockets announced the 7-team trade to acquire Kevin Durant & Clint Capela w/ Atlanta, Brooklyn, Golden State, the LA Lakers, Minnesota & Phoenix. Details below plus comments from GM Rafael Stone & HC Ime Udoka on Durant & outgoing Jalen Green & Dillon Brooks.
Official: #Rockets announced the 7-team trade to acquire Kevin Durant & Clint Capela w/ Atlanta, Brooklyn, Golden State, the LA Lakers, Minnesota & Phoenix. Details below plus comments from GM Rafael Stone & HC Ime Udoka on Durant & outgoing Jalen Green & Dillon Brooks. pic.twitter.com/dtjkbJRk8b
— Adam Wexler (@AdamJWexler) July 6, 2025
Shams Charania: Phoenix: Jalen Green, Dillon Brooks, Khaman Maluach, Rasheer Fleming, Koby Brea, Daeqwon Plowden, 2nd. Houston: Kevin Durant, Clint Capela. Brooklyn: 2 2nds. Golden State: Alex Toohey, Jahmai Mashack. Atlanta: 2nd swap, David Roddy, cash. Lakers: Adou Thiero. Minnsota: Rocco Zikarsky, 2 2nds, cash. Terms of the first ever NBA trade involving seven teams.
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Fred Katz: The NBA-record seven-team trade is agreed to, league sources tell @TheAthletic . The Rockets and Suns have expanded the Kevin Durant trade to include five other teams: Atlanta, Brooklyn, Golden State, Lakers, Minnesota. The move will consolidate a bunch of previously agreed upon trades into one deal.
Brian Lewis: The #Nets had to pay Saint-Quentin the maximum buyout for Nolan Traore. (It was $850,000 last year, for perspective). Now the parties have been waiting on a #FIBA letter regarding said buyout. Once that's all done, Traore can officially sign with Brooklyn. #NBA
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