Why would Durant delay the inevitable for a year to play with a team that is going to be broken up anyways? Maybe he wants to give Westbrook a shot but I don't see why he does this.
Tom Brady doesn't just show up at meetings. I don't see how a guy like Durant could sit there and listen to a guy like Tom and not be fired up to come here.
How unprecedented is it to have the superstar of another team in the city be part of the pitch team? And then the tweet from Ortiz. I will be shocked if he leaves OKC -- but I'm getting closer to believing that if he does -- it will be to go Northeast rather than West.
Honestly, I've long thought that if he leaves he's going to Boston. San Antonio and Boston were the only real options that made sense for him outside of OKC, all things considered. After signing Horford, you have to think that we're the favorites. I would bet it's close to 50/50 for him to come here or stay in OKC.
I don't think it's near 50/50. I'm not getting my hopes up. OKC gets the first and last word, they just went to the conference finals, and Durant seems like a loyal dude. The Horford signing I think bumps us to number 2, partly due to being a better team than at 1pm today, partly due to the KD-Horford relationship, and partly due to momentum, but I'd say it's like 60-30-5-5.
Durant is a smart guy, and I'm sure he feels a great deal of loyalty to OKC.
But, to me, if winning is the most important factor, then I don't see how you can make the argument that OKC is in a better situation than us right now after the Horford deal. With several models suggesting that (with Durant) we're right on par or even better statistically and record-wise than Durant on OKC, then combining that equality with the fact that A) we're in the East, and B) we have twice the assets as OKC to make deals, draft, and improve this squad, it's an easy call to make.
I say it's 50/50 because of his loyalty and the fact that it's his home team, but it's one of those situations where his heart says OKC, but his brain says Boston.
