Kawhi Leonard and Kevin Durant Reportedly Discussed Teaming Up and Only Two Teams Have the Cap Space

It was reported on Saturday morning that Kevin Durant and Kawhi Leonard, arguably this summer's two best available NBA free agents, have reportedly discussed teaming up and signing with the same team this offseason.

Currently, there is only one team in the NBA with enough cap space to make that happen: the New York Knicks. Although, when you examine Durant and Kawhi's list of possible teams, there are two in common, the Knicks and Los Angeles Clippers.

Reporting w/ @RamonaShelburne: Kevin Durant and Kawhi Leonard have been discussing free agent scenarios that could include a future with them playing together. For now, there are two clear possibilities for them to sign into the same franchise: Clippers and Knicks. Story soon.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 29, 2019

While the Knicks currently have $70 million available to take on two max spots, it would still require a little bit of work for the Clippers to get to that number. The easiest way for Los Angeles would be shedding Danilo Gallinari's contract, on top of releasing all of their cap holds.

New York has the $70M for the double max

LAC would need to shed the $22.6M Danilo Gallinari contract to open up 2.

LAC could stretch Gallinari (if they cannot find a trade partner) and still have room for both. https://t.co/q37yOQLLWT
— Bobby Marks (@BobbyMarks42) June 29, 2019

While there is no indication as to how extensive the talks between KD and Kawhi have been, or which of the two teams they would prefer to join if they did team up, there's a lot riding on this decision in the current power balance of the NBA. It's surely exciting thinking about the possibility of arguably two of the top-5 players on the planet teaming up next season and beyond.

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