Baxter Holmes of ESPN.com: “Ellie’s favorite team? The Oklahoma City Thunder. Favorite player? Kevin Durant. Why? ‘It’s simple, her mother, Dana, says. ‘It’s because he [KD] is a really good player and they [OKC] are a really good team.’ Her friends feel the same way. They wear KD shoes, compare KD socks — ‘anything with the KD logo,’ Ellie’s mother says. And if they have time to watch a game, it’s the Thunder on the screen, not the Lakers.”
Kevin Ding of Bleacher Report: “It is the calm before what will be, as surely as Kevin Durant’s contract is set to expire, a season of storms.