Former Brooklyn superstar Kevin Durant is questionable to make his first appearance against the Nets since they traded him to Phoenix in February. AP Photo by Rick Scuteri
The Brooklyn Nets have waited 10 months for a potential reunion with former superstar Kevin Durant.
They might have to wait until next year if the two-time NBA Finals Most Valuable Player is unable to suit up due to an ankle injury when the Nets visit Durant’s Phoenix Suns at the Footprint Center Wednesday night.
Durant, who came to Brooklyn along with Kyrie Irving during general manager Sean Marks’ historic offseason haul in the summer of 2019, was dealt to the Suns (13-10) on Feb. 9 in the swap that landed Mikal Bridges and Cam Johnson on the corner of Atlantic and Flatbush.
Currently a candidate for MVP honors with the Suns, Durant sat out Phoenix’s 119-116 win over visiting Golden State on Tuesday after missing last Friday’s defeat in Sacramento with a sore left ankle suffered during pregame warmups.
Devin Booker scored 32 points Tuesday and Bradley Beal, returning from a back injury that sidelined him since Nov. 12, added 16 points for Phoenix, which had lost four of its previous five.
Durant, who has yet to play alongside Beal this season, is averaging 31.0 points per contest in 19 starts for the Suns, but his status for Wednesday’s game remained day-to-day at press time.
He played 129 games for the Nets and averaged 29.0 points.
However, Brooklyn never managed to go any further than the Eastern Conference semifinals during his tenure, and Marks managed to move both Durant and Irving during last season’s trade deadline.
The Nets opened their five-game West Coast swing with Monday night’s 131-118 loss to the Kings despite 22 points from Bridges.
The defeat snapped Brooklyn’s season high-tying three-game winning streak, and left the Nets (12-10) looking for answers after they allowed a franchise-record 25 3-pointers to Sacramento and only put up two fast-break points,…
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