Bill Simmons's interview with Durant had motives that weren't purely simple, considering everything that had happened over the summer, he believed the SuperSonics were a potential explosive issue for the NBA.
On the surface, the only thing that could stop the SuperSonics from winning three consecutive championships was the Lakers Team.
But Simmons believed that the biggest enemy of the SuperSonics was themselves.
This was exactly the topic that Simmons was about to discuss in his new book, "The Book of Basketball", set to be published in November this year: why are some players and teams more important than others?
In Simmons's book, there was also a pyramid ranking, with Jordan at the top, Bill Russell second, and Yu Fei third.
Such rankings were not due to personal vendetta, at least that's how he saw it. He strived to maintain objectivity in his book, otherwise, he wouldn't have ranked Magic Johnson ahead of Larry Legend.