Kevin Durant has never been one to tiptoe around basketball mortality. He laughs at the question, shrugs it off, but always circles back to it. Retirement, longevity, the end. The word feels foreign when attached to someone still averaging 27 a night, still pulling up from 30 feet with the same fluid ease he had as a rookie. But Durant admits it is on his mind. And when Kevin Durant admits something’s on his mind, you lean in.

“ As long as I can, ” Durant said when asked how long he plans to play in the NBA. “I mean, I haven’t put a number on it. I obviously think about retirement every year … but I still enjoy going to the gym. I still enjoy that struggle of getting better every day … so hopefully it’s in my 40s I can play until then.” There it is. The 40s. Durant is 36, with a res

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