NBA notebook: Durant opts out, will hit free agency
(WorldNews Canada)

BASKETBALL-NBA/NOTEBOOK Reuters America Wire NBA superstar Kevin Durant has declined his $31.5 million player option with the Golden State Warriors and will become an unrestricted free agent, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported Wednesday. The 30-year-old forward and his business manager Rich Kleiman are in New York evaluating free agency options, according to the report. Free agency begins Sunday. Durant has been in New York since traveling there to have surgery for the ruptured right Achilles tendon he suffered in Game 5 of the NBA Finals against the Toronto Raptors. Multiple reports have said the Brooklyn Nets are targeting Durant and Boston point guard Kyrie Irving, while the New...