A Boston Celtics contingent including president of basketball operations Danny Ainge, coach Brad Stevens, and co-owner Steve Pagliuca, along with players Isaiah Thomas, Kelly Olynyk, and Marcus Smart, had converged on the Hamptons to pitch free agent Kevin Durant. And they brought along a secret recruiting weapon: Quarterback Tom Brady.
The client wanted a 10-day house rental in the Hamptons
Kevin Durant was about to become a free agent
Kevin Durant was about to become a free agent for the first time — and would soon find himself at the heart of a courtship unlike any the NBA had ever seen.