“Durant’s list of preferred trade destinations contains three teams,” Stein wrote. “Yet it almost had four. The Stein Line has learned that the Knicks also would have featured on that list but were ultimately omitted when New York made it clear that it has decided against pursuing a trade for the NBA’s No. 8 all-time leading scorer.”

After his longest home-run drought in two seasons with the Los Angeles Dodgers ended, Shohei Ohtani will be out for more in Sunday's series finale against the San Francisco Giants.

Durant, though turning 37 in September, has averaged at least 25 points, 50 percent shooting and 40 percent on 3’s in three straight seasons -- longest such streak in NBA history.