After years of duking it out on the biggest of stages for supremacy of the league itself, LeBron James and Kevin Durant appear locked in an offseason arms race taking place entirely either behind closed doors or on Twitter.
If Round 1 culminated live on national television with the 2012 Finals showdown between Miami and Oklahoma City, before Round 2’s rematch spanned a pair of matchups featuring James’ Cavaliers and Durant’s Warriors in ‘17 and ‘18, then Round 3 is a Cold War of sorts between the game’s top two superpowers, with Durant and James each apparently refusing to commit long-term to their respective teams lest they meet their semi-private demands.