I think Durant is mentally no longer with the team. So even if he stays for one more season, the Nets won't be able to achieve any impressive results. At the same time, I understand the Nets management in this situation and their desire to get a star player instead of Durant. Their goal right now is to keep at least some of the team's potential as they've already invested a lot of money and effort to form this hopeless big trio.
I also think that Kevin Durant isn't having a good time with Nets now. He did whatever he could last season but they still stayed below the expectations. Irving missed many games and it was one of the factors behind this unsuccessful season. Even when he came back and they added some new players like Seth Curry and Ben Simmons it didn't change anything for them. Ben Simmons was injured though. Anyway now there are rumours linked with Irving like he is joining Lakers and Westbrook is coming to Nets. I think this can make things even worse for Nets.
