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Kevin Durant<\/strong>‘s standoff with the nets<\/strong> over his desire to be traded is likely to continue into the start of the season, ESPN’s Bobby Marks said this week in an appearance on \u201cNBA Today\u201d (video link). Marks theorizes that Durant hurt his cause with an ultimatum in his recent meeting with team owner Joe Tsai<\/strong>saying he won’t return unless head coach Steve Nash<\/strong> and general manager Sean Marks<\/strong> are fired. Bobby Marks notes that the demand was bad for Durant’s image and speculates that he will eventually regret the way he handled it.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis doesn’t force the issue,\u201d <\/em>the ESPN analyst said. \u201cFor Sean Marks or Steve Nash or Joe Tsai to say, ‘You know what, now we’ve got to trade him. Now we basically have to set an artificial timeline.’ The offers are the offers. We know what the offers are going to be and what they could potentially be, and this is why this is going to linger into the regular season.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Also on \u201cNBA Today,\u201d ESPN’s Tim Bontemps said Durant’s stipulations will make things more awkward when the Nets gather for training camp next month. He adds that rival teams now have even less incentive to improve their offers because Durant has put Brooklyn in a difficult situation.<\/p>\n

There’s more on Durant:<\/p>\n