Durant on OKC, the title, and the Bears' Simmons trade

What BBN said about it

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIt's eight-thirty Eastern, this is Coffee Talk. Kevin Durant told ESPN he is, quote, really, really grateful to be an alumni of the Thunder.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThis is the same guy who told the Wall Street Journal in 2016 that coming back to Oklahoma City felt like a venomous toxic feeling.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorHe also said he'd never be attached to the city again.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAnd now he's an alumnus, which is a word for someone who left and still gets the mailings.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe timing is clean, though. Thunder won the title in 2025, he sends the thank-you note in 2026.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorLate.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentHe does get specific. He was nineteen in July 2008, they practiced in a college gym, then a roller rink.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentHe says it like a travel review.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA roller rink. And the Rockets play the Thunder tomorrow, Durant's second season in Houston. So the interview is a pregame.

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    Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentOkay, the Bears. They gave two first-round picks and a fourth for Jeffery Simmons, and he's meeting Quenton Nelson on Monday night.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorPlus they take on his three-year, one hundred five point eight million dollar extension. Nelson says it'll be another battle.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThat's a lot of picks for a Monday.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorVenomous toxic feeling in 2016, really, really grateful in 2026. Tomorrow we find out which one has the tickets.