The Nets Are All In After Landing Irving, Durant and Jordan

The Brooklyn Nets are all-in, as they are about to become the NBA’s next team of a threesome of stars.

ESPN reports that free-agent All-NBA star Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving and DeAndre Jordan are all aboard, with Durant inking a four-year, $164 million contract.

Irving will sign for four years and $141 million, sources said. The players can officially sign their contracts starting July 6.

After ESPN reported planned deals, Caesars Sportsbook shortened the Nets’ odds to win the 2019-20 title to 18-1 from 25-1 on Sunday afternoon, following some bets on Brooklyn placed at the company’s New Jersey shops, a sportsbook manager said.

Durant likely won’t play for the entire 2019-20 season after he ruptured his right Achilles in the second quarter of Game 5 of the NBA Finals, a devastating injury that changed the entire dynamic of the NBA offseason.

He underwent surgery at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York on June 12.

Irving comes to the Nets after leaving the Boston Celtics after two ugly seasons in which they never lived up to the hype.

After 10 seasons with the Clippers, Jordan signed a one-year, $22.9 million deal with the Mavericks last offseason. The center made 50 starts for Dallas, averaging 11.0 points and 13.7 rebounds before being dealt to the Knicks in late January as part of the Kristaps Porzingis blockbuster. 

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