Kevin Durant isn’t going anywhere — that’s what he has said repeatedly about his pending free agency, that’s what the Warriors believe, that seems immensely logical in the current championship environment, and that’s every subtle and overt indication from everything that has happened since he signed in July 2016.



He’s committed to the Warriors, they’re committed to him, don’t even get tangled up in thinking about alternative future realities.



However …



What would’ve happened if the Warriors lost Game 7 in Houston a few days ago and failed to make it to this fourth straight NBA Finals matchup with Cleveland?



What if the Warriors never snapped out of their bizarre early funk and some of those on-court glares and screams during the torrent of Rockets points turned into something a little more permanent — both on the scoreboard and in the psyche of the Warriors’ locker...