Teams have been mapping plans for years, covertly and overtly, to take the Thunder’s lunch money. Sign away Kevin Durant. On the eve of Durant’s walk to school, the Thunder fought back.
Two can play that game, the Thunder seems to be saying after the overnight report that the Thunder is organizing plans to at least talk to Atlanta Hawks free agent Al Horford. Not as a possible replacement for Durant, but as a supplement. You can read about the particulars here.
Who knows if the Thunder really could entice Horford, or if they could lose enough contract obligations – some combination of Enes Kanter, Dion Waiters, Kyle Singler and Ersan Ilyasova – to sign Horford?