Free agency may be more than eight months away, but the public courting of Kevin Durant has already started.
With Durant and the Golden State Warriors in New York to play the New York Knicks on Friday, a marketing company has put up a billboard near Madison Square Garden recruiting Durant to New York.
The billboard features Durant in a road Knicks jersey next to Kristaps Porzingis with the question, "Can you make NY sports great again?" posted to Durant's Instagram handle, @easymoneysniper.
Durant is holding the Larry O'Brien trophy, something the Knicks last won in 1973.