It’s normal for a high profile figure like Billy Donovan to be coy about a transactional catastrophe hitting his Oklahoma City Thunder roster.
Let’s be clear: arguably the most dynamic scorer of the past decade (4 scoring titles in 9 total seasons, all coming within the last 7 seasons) leaving a team in the prime of his career for nothing in return is devastating. There’s no other way to interpret it.
Most people were shocked that Kevin Durant turned down money and an opportunity to continue playing with a championship-caliber roster to go somewhere else, and understandably so.