Ben DuBose

Going into this game against the Hornets, what is your greater concern?

Kevin Durant's recent propensity for turnovers or Alfrangian Goon's ability to shoot and defend?

Okay, well, I'm glad to have gotten one over on you.

Yeah, let's start with the alleged KD Burner storyline.

I'm saying alleged because to this point, KD has not addressed it publicly, and those were among the screenshots that were leaked.

Of course, we are in a world where screenshots can be faked, and since...

You know, certainly in my case, as someone credentialed inside the building, I want to be responsible.

I want to give Kevin Durant a shot to tell his side of the story.

It's possible it's not true.

It's possible that some of it is true, but not all of it.

Or it's possible that all of it's true.

Well, I don't know all of it.

There were certainly some screenshots that were fake and people piling on.

But, um...

It's certainly an interesting storyline in a week that we thought was going to be relatively quiet.

KD and Shingun played in the All-Star Game.

It was relatively uneventful.

Reed Shepard in Rising Stars.

But, yeah, there has been a lot of talk this week about the alleged KD comments and, if true, what they would mean.

And I want to start off the top by saying...