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Durant: Nets ‘could have kept quiet’ about Irving, tumult

FILE - Brooklyn Nets' Kevin Durant, left, and Kyrie Irving (11) celebrate with Patty Mills (8) during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the New York Knicks Wednesday, April 6, 2022, in New York. Kevin Durant said Friday, Nov. 4, the Brooklyn Nets could have handled this tumultuous week a bit differently — a week in which his coach was fired and teammate Kyrie Irving was suspended for posting a link to an antisemitic work. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

FILE - Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving (11) and Kevin Durant react against the Boston Celtics in the second half of Game 5 during an NBA basketball first-round playoff series, June 1, 2021, in New York. Kevin Durant said Friday, Nov. 4, 2022, the Brooklyn Nets could have handled this tumultuous week a bit differently — a week in which his coach was fired and teammate Kyrie Irving was suspended for posting a link to an antisemitic work. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger, File)

Durant: Nets ‘could have kept quiet’ about Irving, tumult