Good morning, the Spurs’ trophy tour was awesome

Good morning. Let’s basketball.

FIRST THINGS FIRST: I botched the link to Mashable’s emoji tattoo Q&A with Mike Scott yesterday. Here it is. For real.

RIPPLES: Flannery and I got together to talk out all the many facets of the Kevin Durant injury as it pertains to the Thunder. From the Russell Westbrook Appreciation Society to Sam Presti’s reputation to Scott Brooks’ job, we touch on it all.

MEANWHILE ... Westbrook has not played without KD much in his entire career.

LOVELY: A video recap of the championship trophy’s travels with the Spurs this summer.

OOF: Steve Nash’s latest injury (back pain) came due to him carrying bags. Jordan Clarkson, you are NOT off to a good start! We may have seen the end of Steve Nash and not even known it.

READ IT: Jonathan Abrams on Joakim Noah’s path.

I’D WATCH THIS: Gordon Hayward boasts that he could “annihilate” LeBron at League of Legends. In other news, Gordon Hayward is the kinda guy to use the word “annihilate.”

NBA BLOG PREVIEWS: Catch up with the Warriors from Golden State Of Mind, the Knicks from Posting And Toasting and the Lakers from Silver Screen And Roll.

C-WEBB! Chris Webber is the face of a group in the running to buy the Hawks. Awesome!

THE MOST IMPORTANT KNICK IS ... Iman Shumpert? Chris Herring makes the case.

Happy Thursday. The weekend is just around the corner. See you next time.