Kevin Durant Announcement Causes The Players' Tribune To Crash

Kevin Durant chose to reveal on The Players' Tribune that he is headed to the Warriors in free agency, and the website "crashed almost immediately after the announcement went live" yesterday. It was "immediately apparent that owner Derek Jeter needs to spend more resources on IT infrastructure" (WASHINGTON POST, 7/5). This came after CBS Sports did "jump the gun and prematurely announce that Durant was signing" with the Celtics. The net reportedly posted a video on Yahoo.com titled, "Durant's Decision: KD will join Horford on the Celtics" (PHILLY.com, 7/4).

For the Thunder, the "shock of the Kevin Durant departure is impossible to calculate" (TULSA WORLD, 7/5). It will "take days" for Oklahoma City's "sting to wear off and years for the ramifications to truly be understood" (OKLAHOMAN, 7/5).