Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant were consulted on the James Hardin trade.

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I'm Tasmelis, and this is what you need to know in the NBA for Friday, January 15th.

Brooklyn Nets GM Sean Sean Marks held the press conference to announce that trade had been

finalized.

James Hardin and his beard are joining Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving as part of a big three

in Brooklyn.

Marks also made it clear that he talked to KD and Kyrie, got there okay before trading for

James Hardin. They both bought in. They said they were both willing to sacrifice to have James

Harden come in. He also said that Hardin told him, quote, I want to win. I am all about winning.

Now, did that happen before he made the trade? Because that would be tampering. I'm sure it happened after. I'm not trying to get anyone fined here on what you need to know. He also said that Kyrie and KD talked to Nets owner Joe Tsai about the trade. How often do players talk to the owner? This is serious business. These guys are all serious.

So serious that they're not done.

Sean Marks also made it clear as far as roster construction goes without a doubt, it is not finalized.

He will be making more moves.

As far as Kyrie Irving not being with the team goes, Marks has been talking to him,

but it wasn't clear why Kyrie has been gone.

Mark said, quote, you hope there's an adequate, more than adequate excuse as to why he needs personal time and that Kyrie is

excited to get back and Kyrie will address it, putting the onus on Kyrie Irving to explain

why he was gone from the team when he finally does return. I do think Sean Marks was saying that

he will address his own team, his own locker room when he returns. I'm not sure we will ever

find out why Kyrie was gone from the team. Although Sean Marks finally did express some disappointment

from the organization's perspective that Kyrie hasn't been in the trenches, as he said,

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