Real Kevin Durant is under a cloud, and Warriors need him to step out

OAKLAND -- Stephen Curry and Quinn Cook were the last players off the Warriors' practice floor Tuesday, leaving a few minutes after Kevin Durant, who extended his own grueling session with assistant coach Willie Green. Durant was dripping sweat as Warriors media relations ace Raymond Ridder tried persuading him to do what he'd so often done since arriving in July 2016: Take a few questions from local reporters. Durant shook his head and, barely breaking stride, kept walking, into and through the weight room, fading from view.