Kevin Durant, perhaps the most coveted free agent since LeBron James in 2010, reportedly will meet with six teams in the next week. Who are the teams? Golden State, San Antonio, Miami, Boston, Los Angeles Clippers and of course, Oklahoma City. Nowhere to be found, though, are the Washington Wizards. It was considered to be an ideal fit for Durant, since that’s his hometown. But the Wizards appear to realize their chances of landing their homegrown star are bleak.
Via ESPN:
The Washington Wizards think it is unlikely that Kevin Durant will sign with them in free agency, a team source told ESPN’s Britt McHenry.
The Wizards recently reached out to Durant’s camp to gauge his interest in returning to his hometown team, the source told McHenry, but were told that the superstar forward’s situation is different from LeBron James‘ free agency in 2014, when the four-time MVP returned to the Cleveland Cavaliers.
“It’s not like LeBron and Cleveland,” the source told McHenry.
ESPN’s Marc Stein reported earlier this week that, according to sources, the Wizards were pessimistic about their chances of emerging as a real factor to sign Durant, despite their recent hiring of former Oklahoma City Thunder coach Scott Brooks.
It would be realistic to see Durant add the Wizards to his list of teams to visit before July 1, but either way, the news is a real bummer for Washington.
