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SPORTS DIRECTOR BRYAN KEATING.
SHOW TONIGHT.
CARSON CUNNINGHAM.
LET'S CRASH THE BOARDS.
CARSON: LET'S START.
BRYA IT'S LIKE THERE IS
[LAUGHTER]
CARSON NOTHING MORE IMPORTANT
THAN KEVIN DURANT.
NOW,
BASICALLY.
NOT UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE
OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER, WHICH I
WOULD THINK THUNDER FANS,
WATCHING VERY INTENTLY THE SAGA
OF KEVIN DURANT'S FUTURE.
CARSON: THE SECOND THEY LOST,
KEVIN DURANT.
I THINK THUNDER FANS ARE FEELING
OK, A LITTLE CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM.
THEY ARE NOT TOTALLY JUST
OVERCONFIDENT HE IS GOING TO
STAY BUT I THINK NOW MORE THAN
EVER THEY ARE REALLY OPTIMISTIC,
MORE SO THAN IN THE YEARS PA
ST BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY DID NOT
PLAYOFFS AND ALL OF THE MONEY
THEY CAN OFFER.
BETTER BUT THEY ARE NOT LETTING
THEIR GUARD DOWN.
BRYAN: CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM.
I THINK THEY ARE A LITTLE BIT ON
EDGE CARSON:.
YOU THINK SO CARSON:?
BRYAN: I HAVE TO CLICK THAT.
ON.
IT IS LIKE THEY
FAIRLY GOOD BUT WITH ONE EYE
KIND OF LIKE MY DOG.
HAS TO KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON.
CARSON: YOU KNOW HE IS IN THE
BACKYARD BUT YOU HAVE TO CHECK
OUT AND LEAVE.
[LAUGHTER]
BRYA THEY ARE ON EDGE AND FOR
GOOD REASON, IT IS KEVIN,
FREAKING DURANT.
YOU HAVE THE CHANCE TO WIN THE
WHOLE THING NEXT YEAR OR YOU DO
NOT IN THAT IS ON KEVIN DURANT.
CARSON THERE WILL BE MANY
STORIES UNTIL JULY 1.
EVERY TEAM IN THE LEAGUE HAS
BE LINKED TO THEM AT ONE
POINT.
AT ONE POINT.
THUNDER JOB?
THEY WERE A COUPLE MINUTES AWAY
FROM CLOSING OUT THE WARRIORS.
IT IS ATTRACTIVE.
CARSON IT IS VERY ATTRACTIVE.
I THINK IN YEARS PAST, A LOT OF
OKLAHOMA CITY TO WIN A
CHAMPIONSHIP AT THIS YEAR PROVED
IT IS A NO-BRAINER.
HE WOULD BE DUMB TO LEAVE THE
OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER.
THE AVERAGE AGE
SUPPORTING CAST PLAYED WELL
CHAMPIONSHIP.
KEVIN DURANT KNOWS THIS AND IT
MAKES ALL THE SENSE FROM A
BASKETBALL STANDPOINT WHICH IS
ALL OF THE OTHER FACTORS LIKE
OKLAHOMA CITY AND ALL OF THE
OTHER STUFF.
LOT RECENTLY.
OF TIMES.
AS FAR AS BASKETBALL GOES, THE
OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER ARE A DIME
FEES.
-- P
IECE, 10 OUT OF 10.
IT IS AN INCREDIBLE BASKETBALL
SITUATION.
RUSSELL WESTBROOK, STEVEN ADAMS,
ENES KANTER, DION WAITERS.
BETTER BY THE DAY.
TWEAKS THAT
MORE TO GIVE THEM A BETTER
OPPORTUNITY, BUT THEY DO NOT
HAND OUT NBA CHAMPIONSHIPS.
I DO NOT CARE WHERE YOU PLAY.
THAT I ALWAYS THE QUESTION,
CHAMPIONSHIP?
HE CAN DO IT RIGHT HERE.
THEY DO NOT HAND THEM OUT.
CARSON FIVE MINUTES AWAY FROM
MAKING THE NBA FINALS.
DOWN.
THEY HAD THEM BEAT.
CARSON: THEY WERE RIGHT THERE.
BRYAN: THEY WERE RIGHT THERE.
CARSON I THINK IT IS A
NO-BRAINER FOR HIM.
BRYAN: LET'S PUT OUR PROTECTION
HATS ON.
SILLY.
BRYAN: WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN?
CARSON I AM GOING TO QUOTE
*** MAN, CASH RULES
EVERYTHING AROUND ME.
SITUATION,
HE COULD GET A THUNDER TED TO
ACROSS HIS CHEST BUT HE STILL
NEEDS TO SIGNED A ONE-YEAR DEAL
WITH THE ONE-YEAR OPTION BECAUSE
IN THE WORLD.
HE COULD TELL FANS WAS JUST
DOING THIS FINANCIAL STABILITY.
I THINK YOU WILL GET THE FULL
CIRCUS OVER WITH AND HE HAS TO
MAKE IT ALL ABOUT THE MONEY.
BRYAN: I AM GOING DIFFERENT.
I THINK IT IS LONG-TERM OKC.
CARSON RIGHT AFTER THAT?
BRYAN: RIGHT OFF T BAT.
HE MENTIONED IT EARLIER.
FO
EVERYTHING WE KNOW ABOUT
KEVIN DURANT, THAT IS PROVEN TO
BE THE CASE THROUGHOUT HIS
CAREER AND HE WOULD GET A MAX
CONTRACT WHEN HE SIGNS UP, BUT
IT ALSO GIVES THE THUNDER A
MOVING FORWARD TO PUT ENOUGH
GUYS THAT HE THINKS MIGHT FIT
TO GIVE HIM THE BEST SHOT TO WIN
IT.
I THINK IT IS LONG-TERM OKC.
HE KNOWS WHAT KIND OF TEAM HE
HERE.
I GET HE WANTS TO LOOK AROUND
AND MAKE SURE THAT IS THE RIGHT
BUSINESS AND SMART PERSONAL
BUSINE OTHERWISE YOU AND YOU
CITY FOR FIVE YEARS.
ARE RIGHT.
BRYAN: YES T OKC COMING SOON,