On Day 8 of Kevin Durant’s media silence, the superstar small forward demonstrated an impressive burst of speed, right off the completion of an intensive workout. KD cruised across the practice floor as two Warriors public-relations officials beseeched him to turn back. Reporters had gathered with intent to ask questions of a man who’d gone underground concurrent with loud rumors of a New York Knicks future. The Warriors know how this looks and want KD answering questions rather than dragging this out. Instead, Durant shook his head as the PR officials flanked him. He easily split the double team, dodging through the doors of the glass-walled weight room. His pursuers lost him somewhere between kettlebells and a hex bar. KD had left the building.



The only other time this season where Durant has made himself scarce was after the famous Nov. 12 spat with Draymond Green. Since then, tensions have cooled. The issue is that such tensions likely had little to do with...