 Since we're talking about going to say it always comes back to Durant and we're Durant's going to head So rich Kleinman friend of Peters dear friend FOP He is Kevin Durant's not just agent. He's his friend and business manager, right? Yeah, business partners. They're partners in a lot of ventures together, too They do the boardroom together and ESPN plus they have investments together. He's been along with him the entire right His full-time job is being Katie's Manager all right, so here is rich climbing speaking on Wall Street. I guess he was yesterday was with the Wall Street Journal Oh, okay, I guess they have it's a portion of newspaper. I understand it's a newspaper They were having a conference Wall Street conference Okay, here's rich climbing about his guy This has not been decided. There's no no handshake agreement. No with the nerve nicks. No nothing like that All right, that is 100% undecided and and I'm waiting on Kevin, you know, that's that's the truth I think there's a feeling that this thing is like war games and everybody's kind of like Playing chess like years out But when somebody gets to the level of basketball that he's at yeah, you can't juggle focus like that There's so many things. He's juggling to he's not scripting his Future while he's playing the way he plays and practices the way he practices and it's I think it's frustrating Honestly at times, but I get it. I do get it I get that like even as a kid the kind of soap opera of it all was just beginning and I liked it now I think some ways it's like more soap opera at times in basketball, but He really doesn't know and I really don't know now a couple things first of all, what a voice on rich climbing. You enjoy it Oh my goodness. He should be doing late-night music shows. I mean just beautiful voice You mean you mean like like talking up records or just like even being like a love doctor or something like that He's tremendous voice Do I believe that Durant has not made up his mind? I? Believe he's not a hundred percent. I think he's leaning. I don't think it would be Hoover's climbing to say Yeah, he's leaning toward the next because that would be you know the question have you had any phone calls or handshake agreements Yeah, let's just blow everything at the collective bargaining around the window. Yeah, let's get people arrested We're doing lots of illegal back-handed stuff, right? Yeah, I believe that Durant in his mind Let's just say he's leaning towards the next but that could change he's shown it could change I was listening to Stephen a drive it in Stephen. They said when the season is over. He's gonna go away for a couple of weeks He's not gonna have a big Tour where he's having a press conference every day. He's just gonna come back and go. This is the team. I'm going to so I Think that in their mind. They probably have war game that that I would disagree with him on that They have war game that if you go hear this what happens who comes with you I think he's leaning toward the next but I think that could change in an instant I agree with you. I don't know how much you can take from what rich is saying I mean, he's just in a position where as you just alluded to what can rich possibly say right now a That wouldn't come off as a first of all rich is a great manager. He's not he's not a yo-yo This is not Kristaps brother. Okay rich climbers the real deal He's not gonna say something that could in any way look out He basically said nothing and look how much news there was about it He's not gonna say something that could become a distraction for the Warriors right had to say what he said Yeah, it was the only choice there was no other choice because if he says He's leaning a certain way. He's pretty much made his decision, but he's not a hundred percent yet That just confirms all the reports that he's 95% going to the next. Well, he's might well just say he's going to the next Kevin Durant still on a team that's put gonna play for the NBA championship in a week Hopefully he's playing so the idea that he's gonna start forwarding information that he's already made his decision He had no other choice, but the same this is not news Because anything he says, oh, I'm not gonna tell you what team, but he's definitely leaning towards one team that confirms It's the Knicks or just gets people to ask a million more questions no matter what it's a distraction It becomes a huge right and then he's got to answer exactly who's the team you're leaning toward That's the first thing that he every day. He wouldn't even be about everybody who covers as well It's gonna be around the finals. So he answered exactly the way even if Durant has 100% committed to going to the Knicks The answer that he's gonna give good total it could be he could have the apartment already picked out It can all be done. I can't say a word. Do you believe he's in this mind got something where he wants to go I Agree with you that he does. I just don't know that I agree with you that it's leaning towards the Knicks I I don't know. I don't know where I'm saying let's say you were saying let's say But a lot of people feel that way one thing that he has decided I believe if he's going back to go and say that I believe he's decided that yes, maybe he is and maybe he's going back It's all about nothing, but I think he probably has decided. I'm not going back here now. He has to choose What's the best? Well likely you've covered athletes. I've covered athletes. You'd be surprised like how many football players Have no idea who they're playing two weeks from now, right most of these athletes that everything's planned out for them They don't think and what's the answer you always give when you ask them How would you not know that because I'm focused at the task at hand all I think about is the next opponent All I think about what's going on right now So Kevin Durant right now is thinking about getting healthy then he's gonna be thinking about either Toronto Milwaukee winning a championship Is it possible that he he doesn't plan on really giving it any serious thought until the offseason? He knows he's a free agent. He probably knows he's not going back to Golden State Friends could probably say I think he's leaning towards the next because he loves New York or whatever But is it possible that he will not actually focus on that? Until the season is over. I think that's completely believe in the love And there's another question if you have the audio of it But he went on to say after that that when they were asking about more about this He was trying to explain the level of focus that someone at Kevin Durant's level has is Not one in which he's sitting around when he gets home from practice going I don't know what I should do to it is completely Committed to what the task at hand is. I don't buy that. I mean right now. He's tweeting at Christopher Sard That may be so but I'm saying you think the real I mean it's not 24 hours of locked in. Yeah, but that's mindless stuff That's not like actually thinking about with where do I want to live? Well, that jumps into your face because you you ever see there's a TV on and you hear a guy going This is his biggest nightmare not playing and that could set you off as you've alluded to it might for you too Really? You think it's my biggest nightmare that I'm watching my team win games That's a nightmare for me because think about the light that paints Katie in how selfish it is that his biggest nightmare Is for the team to succeed without him that is not Kevin Durant's biggest nightmare He's I think now I do think you'd be very upset to not have the opportunity To play in the finals because the fact of the matter is These things it may seem like right now because it's been this way that Golden State just goes to the finals every year It's gonna end at some point. You can't miss an opportunity to play in the finals I just think it'll be incredibly just takes a lot of your thought and Tweeting somebody or having a thought away from the game or your injury for a fleeting moment is one thing To make a life-changing decision on where you're gonna expend the next four years That probably will take the offseason. So I'm sure he's leaning somewhere, but he's probably not thinking anything about it Well, you hear these athletes say it all the time Michael you always talk to The great athletes you ever have that moment when you walk by the mirror and go wow look at me, you know No, they'll they all say no, I'll think about this stuff when my career is over. I think you lie No, I think a lot of them. No, I think it takes you know by the mirror winks because we Because what we do for a living does not take 24-7 thought the way it does preparing to go win an MBA title My job come back from a cafe. I know some people who even fight with people on Twitter While they're actually doing their broadcast and John interesting. Yeah, I've heard of them So our good buddy incarcerated Bob just texted me this The current odds from Vegas that Kevin Durant will suit up for who Kevin Durant will suit up for and game one of the 1920 NBA season nicks minus 125 Warriors plus 175 Clippers plus 500 nets plus 600 Lakers plus 650 Mavericks plus 2200 and then Bob also goes On to say Vegas has gotten these odds right with LeBron back to Cleveland and also to the Lakers last season Isn't it crazy that the nicks are better odds that him staying in Golden State to me That's wild. I would think staying in Golden State still the highest Possibility no, I don't know why I just don't understand. What what is the real if you're him? What's the real incentive to leave? See for the next to go on now for the next stage of your career to do what? He'll never get enough credit for Golden State winning title credit reddit because he's already they want to title with Adam I want 73 games without him. I think the next thing is to burn his legacy legacy. What about his legacy? I think if you guys are gonna make fun of every time it was Brown's work. I'm gonna jump on you guys to read the room Today's not that I did it five minutes ago. Yeah, but I knew I had one step But I knew I deserve more credit. I deserve more credit You know, he's right. He did say credit. Good. You know what? Why don't you guys just do the show? I have a question. What what is is credit or credit worth? You ask for credit. I'll show you a beautiful golden ring that screws apart. It has a part you can take off You can reverse it. It's called the championship ring He already has two of them and if he stays in Golden State Realistically if you were to sign to what a four-year deal to stay in Golden State There's a good chance. He walks with two or three more rings Do you really care like three more rings with Golden State is not worth the other ring with the next