After injury, here are Knicks' updated odds to sign free agent Kevin Durant

Will the injury put a crimp in New York's plan?

6/11/2019, 5:20 PM
Golden State Warriors forward Kevin Durant celebrates against the Houston Rockets during the second quarter in Game 2 of the second round of the 2019 NBA Playoffs at Oracle Arena. / Kyle Terada/USA TODAY Sports
Golden State Warriors forward Kevin Durant celebrates against the Houston Rockets during the second quarter in Game 2 of the second round of the 2019 NBA Playoffs at Oracle Arena. / Kyle Terada/USA TODAY Sports

Kevin Durant's Achilles injury has potentially thrown a huge wrench into his free agency and the Knicks' plans, but that hasn't strongly impacted the odds of him ending up with the Knicks  -- at least not yet.

According to Odds Shark, the Knicks still have the best odds.

The list:

Knicks -175
Warriors +210
Clippers +500
Nets +700
Lakers +750
Mavericks +2500

Those odds are nearly identical to the ones released by Odds Shark on May 28. 

 

Last month, one report emerged that the Clippers could be just as big a threat to sign KD as the Knicks, but most were still predicting Durant will wind up in orange and blue.

Back on May 2, Bookmaker.eu released odds that had the Warriors at -114, the Knicks at +140, the Clippers at +1100, the Lakers at +1600, the Nets at +2034, and the field at +350.

With Durant's Achilles injury casting a shadow over everything, though, it's fair to wonder if he'll simply opt-in to the roughly $31 million option he has with the Warriors for next season if he's expected to miss most of the 2019-20 campaign. 

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