LOS ANGELES — Kevin Durant knows his Chicago Bulls-Oklahoma City Thunder game is the mere opening act before the NBA Finals rematch and Christmas showcase between LeBron James' Cleveland Cavaliers and Stephen Curry's Golden State Warriors.
Being the snow-crunching reindeer ahead of Santa's big scene isn't all bad.
It's just not what All-Stars truly aspire to.
Durant knows Cavs-Dubs was the most-watched NBA championship series since Michael Jordan's heyday in 1998, and he certainly knows how deeply it stung him that James and Curry got to play for everything while he was just trying to walk normally after a third surgery on his right foot.
We know Durant knows because he tells us how he feels. The 2014 NBA MVP flat-out said he was "jealous" of 2012-13 MVP James and 2015 MVP Curry. Durant has a mind, and he speaks it.
There's realness to Kevin Durant these days. He has effectively muted what was expected to be an epic free-agent distraction by ...
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