The giant Kevin Durant banner, draped across the south side of the Cox Convention Center, came down Wednesday morning.
“Roar Like Thunder,” it proclaimed for the better part of three months, as part of the series of 15 giant images that loomed over downtown during the NBA playoffs.
The sight of the Durant banner flapping into a wad will spark mass speculation across the basketball world. Anything related to Durant — what he orders for lunch, where he stages his basketball camp, the color scheme of his new shoe line — immediately is interpreted as a clue to Durant's impending free agency decision.