It has seemed a given throughout the NBA that Kevin Durant and the Knicks will unite in a still hard to understand marriage next month when he hits free agency. Whispers abound in the league that this is a done deal, the best offensive player in the NBA and arguably the best player will come to Madison Square Garden to change the long-struggling fortunes of the franchise.
Yet, the Knicks must wonder if they will be jilted in free agency once again. You can recite the names of the stars who left them waiting at the altar in years past _ including Durant three years ago.
But the thing is, unlike the chase of Durant and LeBron James before him, there is another option. Kawhi Leonard is not just a free agent whose status is just as filled with uncertainty as Durant's, maybe more. And he can lay claim, like Durant, to also being the best player in the game.
