When Kevin Durant and Draymond Green had a verbal altercation in the closing minutes of regulation of the Golden State Warriors’ overtime loss to the LA Clippers, it looked like the Lakers might actually have a better chance at signing Durant than previously thought.
The Lakers were immediately named the favorites to land Durant by Las Vegas oddsmakers, and it seemed as though Lakers fans’ dreams of seeing Durant leave the purple and gold’s biggest competition in the conference and take his talents South to join LeBron James on the beach might not be a pipe dream after all.