When Kevin Durant went down with an Achilles rupture on Monday, the landscape of the NBA changed. I don’t even think that’s hyperbolic to say.
With KD out of the picture for at least a year, many of his suitors have been severely affected: the Golden State Warriors, the New York Knicks, the LA Clippers …
But perhaps the biggest of all is the Brooklyn Nets. Just one week ago, the team sent Allen Crabbe and multiple first-round picks to Atlanta in a salary dump to make space for two major free agents.