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Tuesday, July 9, 2019
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Durant officially joins
Nets, Russell to Warriors
By TIM REYNOLDS
AP Basketball Writer
LAS VEGAS — The deal
bringing Kevin Durant to
Brooklyn is official, and he’s
changing his number along
with his address.
The Nets completed a sign-
and-trade with the Golden
State Warriors on Sunday
night, with Brooklyn land-
ing Durant and a protected
first-round pick in next year’s
draft for D’Angelo Russell,
Shabazz Napier and Treveon
Graham.
Durant said last week he
would sign a max deal with
Brooklyn, which would be
$141 million over four years,
after three seasons with the
Warriors. The rest of the
deal was worked out over
subsequent days, and the
NBA signed off on the terms
Sunday.
“Along with the rest of the
league, our coaching staff
has long admired Kevin’s
incredible skill, resilience and
tenacity,” Nets coach Kenny
Atkinson said. “He has
already established himself
as a champion and one of the
best players of all-time, and
we couldn’t be more excited
to welcome him into our pro-
gram in Brooklyn.”
Durant isn’t expected to
play at all next season while
he recovers from an Achilles
injury. When he does return
to join a new-look Nets team
that added Kyrie Irving as
well this summer and offi-
cially signed him Sunday,
he’ll wear No. 7 — after play-
ing in No. 35 throughout his
career.
Durant released a state-
ment saying he wore 35 to
honor someone “very near
and dear” to him.
“But as I start this new
chapter in my basketball life,
the number I’ll be wearing on
my back is the Number 7 next
time you see me on the floor,”
Durant said.
Durant is a perennial
AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth
Cori “Coco” Gauff returns the ball to Simona Halep in a women’s singles match Monday
during the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London.
AP Photo/Eric Gay
Golden State Warriors forward Kevin Durant is headed to the
Brooklyn Nets, who agreed to deals with superstars Kevin
Durant and Kyrie Irving as part of a sensational start to free
agency, giving the longtime No. 2 team in New York top bill-
ing in the Big Apple.
All-Star and two-time NBA
champion after winning
Finals MVP honors with
the Warriors in 2017 and
2018. He’s a four-time scor-
ing champion and his 22,940
points ranks third among
active players. He missed
most of this past season’s play-
offs, first with a calf injury
and then the Achilles rupture
during the NBA Finals —
a series Golden State lost to
Toronto in six games.
“We’re thankful to Kevin
for the incredible things he
did for our team and fran-
chise during his three years
with the Warriors,” Golden
State general manager Bob
Myers said.
Russell got a $117 mil-
lion, four-year contract from
the Warriors. He was an All-
Star for the first time last sea-
son, averaging 21.1 points, 3.9
rebounds, 7.0 assists and 1.2
steals per game.
“We’re excited to add a
player of D’Angelo’s ability to
our roster,” Myers said. “He’s
coming off an All-Star sea-
son with the Nets and we feel,
at the age of 23, his best bas-
ketball is certainly ahead of
him in regards to his career
trajectory.”
Another big free-agent
deal got done Sunday when
Utah completed the signing
of forward Bojan Bogdanovic
to a four-year, $73 million
contract.
“We are very pleased to
welcome Bojan and his fam-
ily to our organization,” Jazz
executive vice president of
basketball operations Den-
nis Lindsey said. “His abil-
ity to play both ends of the
floor in addition to his excep-
tional shooting will make him
an integral contributor to our
franchise and our postseason
goals.”
Former NBA MVP Der-
rick Rose also completed his
signing with Detroit on Sun-
day, wrapping up a $15 mil-
lion, two-year deal.
Coco Gauff’s Wimbledon
ends against former No. 1
WIMBLEDON,
England — Out of escapes,
out of surprises, Coco
Gauff knew her captivating
Wimbledon ride at age 15
was nearing its conclusion.
The thousands of spec-
tators at Court No. 1 on
Monday realized it, too,
so they made sure to show
their appreciation for
the youngest qualifier at
the All England Club in
the professional era and
youngest Week 2 partici-
pant since 1991.
Fans, most of whom
probably hadn’t heard of
Gauff until last week, rose
and roared as she fended
off the initial two match
points she faced against
2018 French Open cham-
pion Simona Halep. It was
reminiscent of the way the
Gauff began a comeback
victory in her previous
match. This time, though,
MUSIC
55th-ranked Alison Riske,
stopped the 15-match win-
ning streak of the current
No. 1, Ash Barty, eliminat-
ing her 3-6, 6-2, 6-3.
“Right now, Ash is play-
ing well,” Riske said. “I
believe that I am, as well.”
Tuesday’s other quarter-
final on the top half of the
women’s draw will be No.
19 Johanna Konta of Brit-
ain against Barbora Stry-
cova of the Czech Repub-
lic. On the bottom half,
it’ll be No. 8 Elina Svi-
tolina of Ukraine against
Karolina Muchova of the
Czech Republic, and Halep
against Zhang Shuai of
China.
Halep is the high-
est-seeded woman remain-
ing, after Barty was joined
on the way out Monday by
No. 3 Karolina Pliskova,
who twice served for the
victory in a 4-6, 7-5, 13-11
loss to Muchova, and No. 6
Petra Kvitova, a two-time
champion eliminated by
Konta 4-6, 6-2, 6-4.
Gauff could not come
through, beaten by the
older, more experienced
Halep 6-3, 6-3.
“It was really surpris-
ing, because you don’t
really expect this kind of
support when you’re in
another country, not your
home country. I really did
feel like I was probably
playing in New York. I’m
just really happy that peo-
ple believe in me,” said
Gauff, who beat Venus
Williams in the first round
for quite a Grand Slam
tournament debut.
“I wasn’t feeling my
best, I wasn’t playing my
best,” Gauff said as she
wiped away tears at her
news conference, where
she noted she wasn’t sure
why she needed a visit
from a doctor in the sec-
ond set, “but they were still
supporting me, no matter
what.”
While Gauff couldn’t
get past former No. 1
Halep, another American,
By HOWARD
FENDRICH
AP Tennis Writer
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