Y’all either stop the KD talk or else I’ll have to cover it.

Am I the only one who cannot wait for the offseason to be over and next year to come already?

All of those thoughts, yet we don’t (officially) know the 2025 NBA champion! And the draft is still on the horizon! And free agency, and trades here and there!

Even then, it’s more than slow days for us Knicks Nation.

Marc Spears

On Kevin Durant’s interest in joining the Knicks and the team’s reluctance to trade for him:

“KD wanted the New York Knicks. He wanted to go there. The Knicks have no interest in bringing him in, which probably makes Knicks Nation, I don’t know, probably quite interested in why not.”

On Durant’s trade preferences and how age might factor into his next destination:

“I think these three choices are by default. He definitely doesn’t want to go to Minnesota, but I think there is some fear from him and Rich Kleiman that they’re hoping that there’s going to be respect that Kevin’s age to give him what he wants. Rather than try to trade him like he’s 31 years old, which he’s not anymore. I think they’re trying to get a major haul, but they’re hoping that they work with him and get it done.”

Marc Stein

On the Knicks being removed from Durant’s preferred trade destinations list:

“Durant’s list of preferred trade destinations contains three teams. Yet it almost had four. The Stein Line has learned that the Knicks also would have featured on that list but were ultimately omitted when New York made it clear that it has decided against pursuing a trade for the NBA’s No. 8 all-time leading scorer.”

On Jason Kidd’s commitment to Dallas amid Knicks speculation:

“I do not think he is looking to leave Dallas. He is very settled here. His family is very settled here. And he is very close with the two superstars (Anthony Davis, Kyrie Irving) who are in place.”

Shams Charania

On Durant’s willingness to join the Timberwolves:

“No desire.”

On the Suns’ current trade activity involving Durant:

“Remain in active conversations around the league. Working with Durant’s agent and business partner Rich Kleiman to find a landing spot.”

Jeremy Lin

On Tyson Chandler’s role during Linsanity:

“Well, Tyson is like the ultimate teammate. Everything that doesn’t always show up… sometimes it shows up on the stat sheet because he scored, but he scored because he set great screens and rolled hard every time.”

On Chandler’s sacrifice and consistency:

“But against really good defensive teams, the people who set screens and roll really hard are not going to get much.”

On Chandler’s role execution:

“If he got one shot or 10 shots or 20 shots, he was still going to do his role no matter what. To me, it just made it simple. I knew what he was going to do every single time.”

On Chandler’s on-court impact:

“He’s the ultimate teammate and ultimate leader, and that’s why I liked playing with him. He was going to set a good screen, he was going to get me open, and he was going downhill fast.”

On Chandler’s athleticism:

“As long as I could engage the big for a little bit, I could throw it anywhere, and he’d go and get it.”

Kendrick Perkins

On the Knicks showing “no interest” in Kevin Durant:

“The Knicks are being disrespectful saying ‘no interest’. Who the hell are you? What have you won in the last 52 years, to turn down the top 15 greatest player of all time, one of the greatest scorers to ever touch the damn basketball, a guy that could still give you 27 to 30 points a night in his damn sleep.”

On Durant being a better option than Towns:

“Who are you for the New York Knicks to say they have no interest in Kevin Durant? Here’s the question you got to ask yourself, if it is Kevin Durant or Karl-Anthony Towns, is Kevin Durant an upgrade? You damn right, he’s an upgrade from Karl-Anthony Towns.”

On the personal ties with Towns complicating business decisions:

“See, the problem is, it’s not just about the business. It’s about the personal relationship with Karl-Anthony Towns.”

On what should matter in evaluating the Durant–Towns decision:

“It’s a special relationship there, and it’s a special bond, because if it was about fitness and the betterment of this team, of the Knicks organization, and who’s the better basketball player, then you make the move.”

Doc Rivers

On being impressed by Jalen Brunson’s play:

“I liked him in Dallas, you know, he played okay against me when he was in the first year in Philly. But when we played them, I think it was at home last year, and I was like, holy gosh, this guy is good.”

On Brunson’s dominance despite his size:

“With his size. To be that unstoppable to me is just absolutely unbelievable.”

On his concerns over Brunson’s durability:

“You worry about his health because the way he plays, he plays almost, you know, running back basketball, if you know what I mean. Everything’s physical stuff, but man, he’s way better than I thought he was.”

Brian Windhorst

On the possibility Durant stays with Phoenix:

“I would not rule out the Suns not being able to get a trade they like and having to make a decision — like, do we not trade him at all?”

On teams’ hesitation regarding Durant’s age and cost:

Some of the teams Durant wants to go to are “leery of paying a huge amount for a 37-year-old.”