How many times have we seen some variation of the headline "REPORT: Team X is interested in signing Kevin Durant," and how many more times are we going to see it?
Not only is this "report" annoying in and of itself, but it has a trickle-down effect. Every sports radio host, journalist, blogger, TV analyst, and so on has to give his or her take on "Durant to Team X???"
Oh, and the report is always brought up by everyone's favorite, "anonymous sources." Isn't that convenient.
Most people around my way find these reports annoying because they don't want to think about Durant leaving Oklahoma City. For me though, I find the reports annoying for another reason.
You see, there's been a recent marketing campaign by a company that uses Captain Obvious to promote its services. I think Captain Obvious may also be the source behind all of these reports.
Reports that teams "are interested" in signing one of the three or four best basketballers in the world.
Let's do a quick rundown of Durant as a prospect using the sophisticated sources of common knowledge and Wikipedia, which should be available to every front office in the NBA:
-2014 NBA MVP
-Seven-time NBA All-Star
-Five-time All-NBA First Team
-Four-time scoring champion
-Olympic Gold Medalist
-Career averages of roughly 27 PPG, 7 RPG, 4 APG
-Member of the exclusive 50/40/90 shooting percentage club
-Height of 6'11, give or take, with roughly 7-foot wingspan
-Ability to play/guard every position 1-5
-No legal issues/trouble off the court
-Widely regarded as a great teammate, leader, person
-Just entering basketball prime at age 27
Yeah. I would imagine every team in the NBA might be interested in signing that guy.
So you heard it here first-- the "report" to end all "reports" is here:
Bradley Jayroe of UCentral Sports is confirming that every team in the NBA "would be open" to signing Kevin Durant, per anonymous sources.
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