Kevin Durant calls Thunder’s Andre Roberson ‘probably the best’ defender in NBA

Two weeks ago, after Thunder guard Andre Roberson sustained a season-ending ruptured patellar tendon in a win over Detroit, Warriors forward Kevin Durant shot him an encouraging text. "I let him know I'm here if he ever needs to talk or anything because I've been through it, you know, injuries and how you feel when you're going through them,"said Durant, who played with Roberson in Oklahoma City for three seasons (2013-16). "Just try to give him somebody else to lean on if he needs some advice or just some encouragement. I'll always be here for him." It should come as little surprise that Oklahoma City has struggled mightily on defense without Roberson.