Kevin Durant is set to become the NBA's most coveted free agent this summer, but Oklahoma City Thunder general manager Sam Presti said Monday that the situation was not an issue this past season.
Presti credited Durant, 27, for not allowing his expiring contract to become a distraction for the Thunder, according to ESPN.com's Royce Young:
I also think Kevin deserves a tremendous amount of credit for the way he's handled his affairs, because what it really did was it allowed our team to focus on the season and really made the season we had possible. I thought it was a tremendous example of a franchise player putting the franchise first. I thought it was also a tremendous example of leadership on his part, because we're not able to have that season unless he's handling his affairs the way that he did.
Oklahoma City finished the regular season at 55-27 and flourished in the postseason.
Durant, along with fellow All-Star Russell Westbrook, led the Thunder to a second-round series win over a 67-win San Antonio Spurs team before coming one win short of returning to the NBA Finals for the second time in h ...
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