OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Kevin Durant knows all about how the Oklahoma City Thunder have been tabbed as the NBA’s team of the future during a meteoric rise from league laughingstock to title contender.
All through this season, he didn’t want to think about the prospect of success down the road. He wanted it now.
That’s why Durant was saying Thursday that it’s still “shocking” that Oklahoma City’s season came to an end a night earlier in Game 5 of the Western Conference finals. Durant had planned on still playing into mid-June, and now he’s not sure what he’ll do with the next few weeks open.
Durant and the Thunder have gone from a miserable 3-29 start two seasons ago to earning their status as a legitimate title contender with their deep playoff run this year.
Yet there’s still work to be done to get where they really want to be.
