EAST HAMPTON, N.Y. — The client wanted a 10-day house rental in the Hamptons that offered privacy and proximity to East Hampton Airport. The real estate broker handling the account lined up three options. The first one she showed the client’s manager was a farmhouse built in the 1800s. And after we got to the first house and the ceilings were too low, we shifted gears.”The client, she soon learned, was Kevin Durant, the 7-foot N.B.A. He 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 N.B.A.

Source: New York Times May 16, 2018 09:00 UTC