A quick begin to the common season would launch loads of the stress and uneasiness surrounding the Nets as they head into coaching camp, Brian Lewis of the New York Put up writes.

Media day will likely be a lot anticipated, as Kevin Durant will likely be requested why he needed Steve Nash and GM Sean Marks fired, and the latter duo must talk about how they plan to coexist with the participant who tried to oust them. They did already meet in Los Angeles to debate the state of affairs.

Nonetheless, if issues don’t go effectively throughout a rugged early schedule, points created by Durant’s earlier commerce request and others concerning Kyrie Irving and Ben Simmons might resurface.

Now we have extra on the New York groups:

• The Nets’ Edmond Sumner is happy about his progress from a ruptured Achilles that sidelined him final season when he was with the Pacers. He has apparently gone full velocity in five-on-five scrimmages. He feels he can present versatility to the membership, as he informed Chris Carrino on a podcast (hat tip to NetsDaily). “I really feel I can do loads of stuff, play off the ball, if you would like me to play a number of positions. guard a number of positions,” he mentioned. “I really feel I generally is a jack of all trades.” Sumner signed a two-year contract that’s partially assured within the first yr and non-guaranteed within the second yr.
• Andrew Lustgarten is stepping down as CEO and president of MSG Sports activities, the father or mother of the Knicks and Rangers, in line with Sportico.com. Lustgarten will keep on as MSG Sports activities CEO by means of the tip of the yr, when he’ll transition to the board. David Hopkinson, an government vp at MSG Sports activities, has been promoted to president and COO.
• Charles Barkley mentioned in Sirius XM interview (hat prime to Ian Begley of SNY.TV) that he spoke with Knicks executive William Wesley about why they didn’t full a deal for Donovan Mitchell. Wesley informed Barkley that the Jazz requested for an excessive amount of.“They needed my spouse, my children…. We needed the deal, clearly,” Wesley informed Barkley. “However he mentioned they needed my spouse, they needed my children, they needed my grandkids. They had been simply making an attempt to tear any person off.”