"CRANK THAT (SOULJA BOY)" was the No. 1 song on the Billboard charts. "Saw IV" was the top movie at the box office. The first iPhone had just been released.

And Kevin Durant and LeBron James played against each other for the first time.

It was a forgettable preseason game in October 2007 in which James had 14 points and barely played in the second half, and Durant, a rookie, came off the bench to scored 15 points, including a 3-pointer in the fourth quarter that iced an eventual five-point win for the Seattle SuperSonics.

"I don't even remember it," James said in 2023. "And I remember a lot."

Durant and James are OGs, graybeards, uncs or however you want to classify them. They've been part of the NBA in three different decades and have grown older alongside each other through a se

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