The Dream Scenario.

Lakers favored to start next season with Durant.

The Kevin Durant-Draymond Green feud has opened the door early for the KD free agency rumors. While the Warriors remain the favorites to win the 2019 NBA Finals, Durant's tenure in the Bay may come to an end. The Open Floor podcast makes the case for KD to join LeBron James in Los Angeles to form one of the greatest partnerships ever assembled.

The relationship between Kevin Durant and Draymond Green is icy and now even former NBA players are floating the possibility of Durant joining LeBron James on the Los Angeles Lakers. And the money believes it too.

According to sources, the Los Angeles Lakers are the favorites to have Kevin Durant at the start of next season. BetDSI has the Lakers at +150, while BetOnline has the Lakers as 3-1 favorites.

The Golden State Warriors are the second favorites to have Durant on both lists, while the New York Knicks are between third and fourth. The Los Angeles Clippers, who you can also place money on, are also expected to chase Durant this offseason.

The Case for Kevin Durant to Join the Lakers.

Jarrett Jack’s tweets ‘Quote me on this in 8 months, the Lakers are going to have LeBron, Kevin Durant and Anthony Davis’. Kevin Durant teaming up with LeBron trying to go beat Steph is by far the most entertaining outcome, the dream scenario and also KD won’t need his own team.

There is a high possibility the Lakers are going to miss the playoffs this year and their only way out is if KD’s deal happen ASAP. He would be worshipped n Los Angeles and if KD goes to win one or two titles in L.A., he would be untouchable. The Lakers are the only favorites to Golden State that really makes sense.

Talk about a legacy.

If KD wins a championship this year and goes to the Lakers and wins a title there, and winds up with more all-time points than LeBron, which is possible, that is going to be a pretty interesting to talk about.

The alternative, a fool’s errand. Having your own team. How is that working out for anybody who has their own team right now? It’s the team-up era of the NBA, where if you don’t have two stars, we are not even checking for you. And if your two stars are not good enough, we are mocking you relentlessly like we do with the Oklahoma City Thunder and more recently the Houston Rockets. You better not have your own team.

If KD goes to the Knicks, that would be depressing and that would be dumb because he wouldn’t have enough talent around him. If KD goes to another situation where they already have one or two stars locked in and maybe he is just a little bit higher up on the totem pole in terms of the marketing and the touches than he gets with the Warriors, that is the smarter play. The Uber-Lakers is actually a mastermind, brilliant plan with LeBron.

(Listen to the latest Open Floor podcast here. The transcript has been edited and condensed.) Photos: 2018-19 NBA Season