Rockets, Heat, Timberwolves ‘one or two pieces away’ from getting Kevin Durant deal done

Pat McAfee: Shams: “I think the Spurs feel really good about that number 2 pick & Dylan Harper has already met with them.. The Spurs have interest in Kevin Durant & they have talked to the Suns.. If another players hits the market they have the assets to make a deal” ~ -via x.com / June 19, 2025

Pat McAfee: Shams: “Kevin Durant has leverage because he only has one year left on his deal.. His three preferred destinations are still the Spurs, Heat, and Rockets” ~ -via x.com / June 19, 2025

They’d lose in overtime of Game 6 of the 2014 West Finals, a series that might’ve been different had Serge Ibaka not strained his calf in the previous round. The following training camp, Kevin Durant (the reigning MVP) fractured his foot at the peak of his powers. Complications forced him to shut it down for the 2015 season. They climbed the mountain again in 2016, winning 55 games, eliminating the 67-win Spurs in the second round and pushing the 73-win Golden State Warriors to the brink. But then Klay Thompson struck them with a bolt of Game 6 lightning — the most infamous loss in the Durant era — and a blown 3-1 series lead became the bitter end to the contention era. Durant left for the Warriors a month later. That’s the long path and more tortured side of their history that, for some Thunder fans, followers and even employees, can be exorcised on Thursday night with one more win. But there are still 48 minutes before that can become reality. -via New York Times / June 19, 2025