Kevin Durant reportedly told the Brooklyn Nets that he needed "a change of scenery."

"I think what happened here in the last few months the combination of the acrimonious talks with Kyrie Irving and the Nets about his future, their unwillingness to commit long-term to him, his inability to find a long-term deal in a sign-and-trade in the marketplace," said Adrain Wojnarowski.

"And the Warriors winning a championship played a factor in this. I think it exasperated Kevin Durant's frustration. I think the narrative that surrounded him that he dealt with in the aftermath of him leaving Golden State and then going on to win a title without him contrasted with what has gone on in Brooklyn over these last three years."

Durant approached Joe Tsai directly with his trade request. 

"In the end, I think for Kevin Durant, essentially I'm told what he described to ownership yesterday when he asked for a trade was that he needed a change of scenery."