Warning: Please, don’t get too excited. This is all speculation. But man, speculation sure is fun.

Here’s the quote from Grantland’s Zach Lowe. Make of it what you wish.

The Texas teams will take their shot if they hear the right intel, and Durant’s hometown Wizards are biding their time in the easier conference. That intel is all over the place, by the way. Some teams are optimistic it will be open season, and others have heard rumblings that Durant has already made it known it will come down to the Thunder and Wizards. Nobody really knows.

Between now and 2016, fans are going to get a lot of false hope. Again, this is all speculation, but some are already assuming that Kevin Durant will become an unrestricted free agent in 2016, ultimately choosing between the Oklahoma City Thunder and Washington Wizards.

The Thunder, who are missing both Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook due to injury, are going to do everything in their power to keep Durant in Oklahoma. The same applies for the Washington Wizards, who’ve cleared enough cap room to possibly sign a top free agent in 2016. Kevin Durant is from Washington. LeBron James went back to his hometown Cleveland Cavaliers this summer. A potential John Wall, Bradley Beal, and Kevin Durant trio would make the ‘Zards a contender in the Eastern Conference. Make sense?

There’s going to be a lot of rumors floating around until 2016, and this is just the beginning.