Kevin Durant had strange way to tell Nets he was signing with them

Former Warriors star didn't even speak with Nets' front office before announcing on Instagram he was signing with Brooklyn.

Kevin Durant was apparently so protective of controlling the news of his free-agent decision that he didn’t bother telling the Nets he was signing with them.

Or maybe he really wanted to surprise them?

In reasons known only to him, without talking to Brooklyn’s front office, Durant chose to break the news to everyone that he was leaving the Warriors for the Nets via an Instagram post on June 30.

In a world where texting a loved one in the next room is accepted, that seemed strange.

Yes, Nets general manager Sean Marks and his front office found out Durant was coming to Brooklyn at the same time as the rest of us did.

“Well yeah, the Instagram post that he put out, we were all sitting in the office, and we all got that in real time with you guys,” said Marks, a former Cal star. “We weren’t even sure if we were getting a meeting that night or if it was going to be a telephone conversation with him. That was the first.”

Unconventional? Sure. But it’s not as if anyone associated with the Nets is complaining, though.

Still, what makes the process even stranger is the report by ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski that Durant and his agent Rich Kleiman met personally with Warriors general manager Bob Myers earlier that day to inform them he was going to the Nets.

Of course, Marks admitted they saw reports an hour or so before Durant’s post that indicated the former Warriors star had picked Brooklyn. But, they weren’t ready to truly believe it since they hadn’t even heard directly from Durant himself.

Then came the most viewed post ever on Durant’s “The Boardroom” Instagram account.

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A post shared by The Boardroom (@theboardroom) on Jun 30, 2019 at 3:02pm PDT

“That sent a shockwave through everyone,” said Marks, who undoubtedly will keep tabs on Durant’s Instagram accounts from now on.