The summer of 2016 can’t get here soon enough. The race for Kevin Durant won’t quite match 2010’s hysteria, but it will be up there. Kevin Durant has sounded open to the possibility of playing for his hometown Wizards, but he also seems very attached to the OKC community.
But are the Knicks in play too? Phil Jackson has done a masterful job of clearing cap space, so money won’t be an issue. But will Durant be interested?
The countdown to Kevin Durant’s free agency has already begun in places like New York, Los Angeles, Dallas, Washington and especially Oklahoma City, where the next 18 months will fly by faster than Russell Westbrook on the break.
Phil Jackson and the Knicks have until July 1, 2016 to get their house in order and here’s something Jackson and the legions of long-suffering Knicks fans — are there any other kind? — can latch onto: The Knicks are in play.
“No question about it,” says a person close to Durant. “Kevin loves Carmelo (Anthony). It could work in New York. But never rule out the Thunder.”
H/T: NY Daily News
