{"id":411031,"date":"2022-11-07T12:37:37","date_gmt":"2022-11-07T12:37:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=411031"},"modified":"2022-11-07T12:37:37","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T12:37:37","slug":"kevin-durant-wishes-to-be-a-part-of-washington-commanders-new-ownership-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/kevin-durant-wishes-to-be-a-part-of-washington-commanders-new-ownership-group\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Durant Wishes To Be A Part Of Washington Commanders New Ownership Group"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Although the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commanders.com\">Washington Commanders<\/a> aren\u2019t even officially up for sale yet, it seems like buyers are already stacking up.\u00a0It seems like Kevin Durant wants to diversify his business interests. JAY-Z and Jeff Bezos, two billionaire businessmen, reportedly wanted to purchase the Washington Commanders just last week.<\/p>\n<p>The Brooklyn Nets player has been keeping up with the NFL team&#8217;s activities and the rumoured sale of Dan Snyder. The team has hired Bank of America Securities to &#8220;examine potential transactions involving the team,&#8221; Snyder and his wife revealed last week. Durant recently discussed his passion for sports in an interview with ESPN.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Prince George&#39;s County native Kevin Durant wants to join a new ownership group to buy the Washington <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Commanders?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Commanders<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Jeff Bezos, Jay-Z and KD&#8230;that&#39;s quite the trio!<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YbUXHIXcBS\">https:\/\/t.co\/YbUXHIXcBS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Scott Abraham (@Scott7news) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Scott7news\/status\/1589286092699992065?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 6, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Kevin Durant Wishes To Be A Part Of Washington Commanders New Ownership Group<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cIn a perfect world, I would be a part of it. I would love to do it. I would love to give a little bit of my money to be a part of the Commanders, but we\u2019ll see. Hopefully, it\u2019s somebody nice. I heard [Amazon CEO Jeff] Bezos and JAY-Z, but you never know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Durant, who was born and reared in the Washington, D.C., area, expressed amazement at Snyder&#8217;s assertion.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Terry Mclaurin From The Washington Commanders gives Brooklyn Nets Kevin Durant his jersey last night <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NetsWorld?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NetsWorld<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BYLQ0EQGTH\">pic.twitter.com\/BYLQ0EQGTH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NetsKingdom \ud83d\udc51\ud83d\uddfd (@NetsKingdomAJ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NetsKingdomAJ\/status\/1588879098797232128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 5, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I mean, how many years has he had it now, 20 or so? I&#8217;ve probably never known an owner like him. But that team will be one where everyone will want to play in the league. Since it&#8217;s one of the most profitable teams in sports, I&#8217;m sure there will be a lot of interested parties, &#8220;said Kevin Durant.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The year is 2032.<\/p>\n<p>The Washington Commanders, owned by Jeff Bezos, Jay-Z, and a minority ownership group that consists of Kevin Durant, RGIII, and Tom Cruise are playing a home game at the redeveloped RFK.<\/p>\n<p>Tress Way pins a punt inside the opponents 5 yard line.<\/p>\n<p>A child smiles.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chad Ryan (@ChadwikoTWW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChadwikoTWW\/status\/1589383437567528961?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 6, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>He also wants to be a part of the team&#8217;s revival since he thinks they are a &#8220;sleeping giant&#8221; because, despite being one of the most storied and adored teams in the NFL, they have had more losing seasons than playoff appearances since the Snyders took charge.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Our market is incredible. There&#8217;s a lot of support in D.C., a lot of money in D.C. to win. I feel like we drafted well the last two years,&#8221;<\/em> Kevin Durant said. <em>&#8220;I know we&#8217;ve had some losing seasons, but it&#8217;s starting to get better for us. I&#8217;m excited as a fan. I&#8217;m excited about the sale. I&#8217;m excited to see who they bring in and who they sell.&#8221; the team and see how we move forward with it.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant tells ESPN that &quot;in a perfect world,&quot; he would be part of the Washington Commanders ownership group. <\/p>\n<p>&quot;I would love to do it. I would love to give a little bit of my money to be a part of the Commanders, but we&#39;ll see.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mark J. Burns (@markjburns88) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/markjburns88\/status\/1589593659229769728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 7, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Longtime Commanders supporter Durant recently gifted Commanders wide receiver Terry McLaurin his jersey at a Nets game. According to Durant, there looks to be substantial support in Washington, D.C., and there is &#8220;a lot of money in D.C. to be made.&#8221; KD has joined the ownership of a pickleball team and currently holds a 5% investment in the Major League Soccer team Philadelphia Unions.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kevin Durant, Jeff Bezos and Jay-Z&#8230;it could be happening.<\/p>\n<p>The Prince George&#39;s County native telling ESPN that he would be interested in joining an ownership group to buy the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Commanders?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Commanders<\/a>.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EclnvwEpIQ\">https:\/\/t.co\/EclnvwEpIQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Scott Abraham (@Scott7news) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Scott7news\/status\/1589316940300177409?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 6, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>According to Durant, Washington is the NFL&#8217;s &#8220;sleeping giant&#8221; and has the youthful components in place to start winning games on a regular basis.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eMAbpL0G86E\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR MORE NBA UPDATES-<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/ben-gordon-a-former-nba-player-was-detained-once-again-this-time-for-assault-at-a-chicago-mcdonalds\/\">Ben Gordon, A Former NBA Player, Was Detained Once Again\u2014This Time For Assault\u2014At A Chicago McDonald\u2019s.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/knicks-fan-hits-half-court-shot-and-wins-a-car\/\">Knicks Fan Hits Half-Court Shot And Wins A Car<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although the Washington Commanders aren\u2019t even officially up for sale yet, it seems like buyers are already stacking up.\u00a0It seems like Kevin Durant wants to diversify his business interests. JAY-Z and Jeff Bezos, two billionaire businessmen, reportedly wanted to purchase the Washington Commanders just last week. The Brooklyn Nets player has been keeping up with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":394918,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[85,51,48,2292],"tags":[46,3630,3629,3632,3631],"class_list":["post-411031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-los-angeles-lakers","category-nba","category-nfl","category-washington-commanders","tag-kevin-durant","tag-kevin-durant-commanders","tag-kevin-durant-nfl","tag-washington-commanders-news","tag-washington-commanders-sale"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=411031"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411031\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/394918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=411031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=411031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=411031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}