Kevin Durant‘s Achilles injury changed the landscape of the NBA offseason, when teams like the New York Knicks and Los Angeles Clippers wanted to make a run at him. Especially if a ruptured Achilles, whichever team signs the two-time NBA Finals MVP will not have him around for most, if not all, of the 2019-20 season.
Durant is a legendary talent, though, and the rare one to potentially hit free agency, so teams remain interested in signing him, according to David Aldridge of The Athletic. One of them is the Knicks.
League sources Tuesday made it plain: Durant’s injury, whether short-term or longer, has done little to cool the ardor of his most dogged free agent pursuers.