Edmond Sumner believes Kevin Durant might end up playing in EuroLeague / News - Basketnews.com

Edmond Sumner is hopeful that former Brooklyn Nets teammate Kevin Durant will attend a EuroLeague game in Kaunas or play in the league at the end of his career.

Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports - Scanpix, Betsafe-LKL Credit Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports - Scanpix, Betsafe-LKL

It was back in 2019 when Kevin Durant told current FC Bayern Munich center Serge Ibaka on his show 'How hungry are you?' that spending his career-last season in Europe wouldn't look like a bad idea.

Zalgiris Kaunas / Schedule

EA7 Emporio Armani Milan Zalgiris Kaunas70-83 ALBA Berlin Zalgiris KaunasTue19:00 Zalgiris Kaunas AS MonacoFri18:00

"I would like to play my last year at Barca. The EuroLeague is the second-best league in the world," KD said at that time.

He then visited Mike James and AS Monaco back in the 2022 EuroLeague Playoffs following his former teammate's invite.

Now, another KD's ex-teammate in Brooklyn is set for his EuroLeague debut. Zalgiris KaunasguardEdmond Sumner is preparing for his first EuroLeague appearance on Tuesday night as Zalgiris travel to Berlin to face ALBA.

When asked if Sumner would extend a similar invitation to Durant for a EuroLeague game in Kaunas, Sumner responded optimistically.

"He might pop up, man," Sumner told Jonas Leksas of BasketNews. "I like KD. He was a great teammate and a great person. Hopefully, he gets here. He always says when he's done with the NBA, he wants to come over here and play.

"So, let's see if that actually happens. But I believe it, though, because he just loves ball, like that's all he cares about."

Sumner made his overseas debut on Sunday after playing 161 games in the NBA.

He went scoreless in the Lithuanian Basketball League win against Panevezys Lietkabelis, missing a three-pointer, committing a turnover, accumulating three fouls, and finishing with -5 PIR over just 5.5 minutes.

URBONUS:

Thank you for being with us! Subscribe to BN+ and browse ad-free.