Kevin Durant cannot possibly be, as commonly portrayed, as great a guy as he is a player, right?

"He's actually better!" Matt Tumbleson countered when posed the impious question while the Thunder's director of communications and I watched Daddy Long Legs warm up on the Staples Center court prior to the end of the Clippers' crucifixion.

As Exhibit A, Tumbleson told me something truly unbelievable that happened following the Orlando All-Star Game, in which Durant was voted MVP, 24 hours after finishing first in the Long Distance Shootout.