“After failing to make it off the launch pad—despite Durant looking every bit the part of his net-shredding best—does Houston just cross its fingers now and hope problems solve themselves? Because it’s been a fairly sleepy summer in Space City, save for Tari Eason’s new contract and the signing of veteran role players Marcus Smart and Bogdan Bogdanović,” Buckley wrote.
“Maybe Durant is confident in what this club has, but his first season as a part of it did not seem remotely fun. And it would hardly be out of his norm to tire of his hoops home and seek out a fresh start elsewhere.”