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Apr 9, 2016; Sacramento, CA, USA; Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kevin Durant (35) drives to the basket during the second quarter of the game against the Sacramento Kings at Sleep Train Arena. Mandatory Credit: Ed Szczepanski-USA TODAY Sports /

2. Kevin Durant, UFA

2015-16 Team: Oklahoma City Thunder

Age: 27

Slash Line: .505/.386/.898

Season Averages: 35.8 MPG, 28.2 PPG, 8.2 RPG, 5.0 APG, 1.2 BPG, 1.0 SPG, 2.6 3PM

There’s no more riveting a possibility—sorry, folks, but LeBron James isn’t leaving the Cleveland Cavaliers again—than the New York Knicks signing Kevin Durant. Durant has accomplished more by the age of 27 than many members of the Hall of Fame did in their entire careers.

A former league MVP with four scoring titles, five All-NBA First Team honors, and an NBA Finals appearance, Durant is a title short of basketball immortality.

Durant was brilliant in 2015-16, averaging 28.2 points on 50.5 percent shooting from the field—a clear indication of his greatness. He’s, arguably, the best scorer in the world, and in New York, would be the centerpiece of the offensive attack.

Between Durant, Carmelo Anthony, and Kristaps Porzingis, New York would have one of the most physically imposing and offensively dynamic trios in the NBA.

Signing Durant would create structural issues, primarily in the uncertainty surrounding what would come of Robin Lopez. More importantly, it wouldn’t be possible unless Arron Afflalo turned down his $8 million player option and became a free agent.

For as valuable as Afflalo could be, adding Durant is far too intriguing a possibility to not go all-in on.

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