For one thing, it seems quite likely that it’s going to take a max contract to land Durant Gottlieb even mentions that the Warriors are almost sure to offer one, and he mentions reporting from Sports Illustrated‘s Chris Mannix that multiple NBA GMs said Durant’s injury wouldn’t (hypothetically, of course, to avoid tampering) stop them from offering him a max deal. There’s a whole lot of absurdity in this take. ‘You still want me?’ ‘Yes.’ I understand everybody wants to be wanted, and there will probably be other offers, and maybe he looks at it in the Gottlieb sort of perspective of ‘Hey, they want me whether I have one good leg or two, they’re all in on the business of Kevin Durant.’ But when you stop and take a breath and realize what that means for the Knicks, I’m not sure it comes across as well as they think it should come across.” “If I’m Kevin Durant, that kind of turns me off. For the Warriors it feels different even though it’s the same exact offer, because he’s been a member of the Warriors, because they were, frankly, in ownership of his rights when he tore his Achilles’ tendon.” But for the Knicks, it feels like a sign of weakness, it feels like they have no other options, it feels like desperation.
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“But honestly, the Knicks are sitting there saying, like Marc Berman from The New York Post reported, the Knicks are still expected to pursue Kevin Durant in free agency, Woj said Durant will only opt in to his current contract as a last resort, so the Knicks are going to offer him a max, the Warriors are going to offer him a max, he’s going to opt out. Famed Canadian broadcaster Brian Williams is retiring following a 50-year career, TSN will honour him ahead of Grey Cup.Toronto Raptors superfan Nav Bhatia to be portrayed by Kal Penn in sports biopic.Maggie Gray taking over CBS Sports Radio drive-time slot, with Andrew Perloff from The Dan Patrick Show.While Wayne Gretzky has a “limited number of on-air appearances,” he’s still making an impact on his NHL on TNT coworkers.