The Washington Wizards reached an agreement with Scott Brooks on Thursday to make the former Oklahoma City Thunder top man the team's new head coach. Per Adrian Wojnarowski of The Vertical, Brooks' contract will pay him $35 million over five years.
It should come as no surprise that the move was immediately framed in terms of how it might impact the Wizards' expected pursuit of Kevin Durant in free agency this summer. As Chris Mannix of The Vertical wrote following the hiring:
Durant isn't bound for Washington, friends say, because … it's Washington, it's home, and, like so many athletes, Durant isn't all that keen on returning to play in the city in which he grew up.