Two playoff teams apparently have dropped out of the race to sign Kevin Durant out of concerns about the ruptured Achilles tendon suffered by the Warriors’ impending free agent.
Both the Los Angeles Clippers and Philadelphia 76ers have backed off on pursuing Durant, an NBA executive told the Bleacher Report’s Ric Bucher. Neither the Clippers nor the 76ers want to spend more than $30 million on a max contract to have Durant sit out the season as both feel as though they can be serious contenders, Bucher reported..
However, the Nets — like the Warriors and a number of other teams — are not letting his recent Achilles surgery deter their chase of Durant.