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A case of Durant derangement syndrome setting in in the NBA as we suspected.

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Back at it again.

You're there.

We're here.

And the sun rose.

And when the sun rises, the hammer falls.

At least for the Golden State Warriors.

Kevin Durant is out at least four weeks and likely a lot longer.

The fallout, the post-mortem on the hyper-extended knee of Kevin Durant, and we must continue the full media onslaught.

Wall-to-wall team coverage on Kevin Durant's knee, the photo of him in a wheelchair, being wheeled around.

Now, we are told that the MCL sprain and bone bruise combo, that's lunch combo, it's $4.99.

It's on sale right now for limited time only, so you've got the MCL and the bone bruise.

And some are saying, well, this is the worst thing ever. The people that suffer from derangement syndrome think this is a doomsday scenario. That is wrong. It is not a doomsday scenario.

It's a story that has been dissected like when you were in junior high school and you had that laboratory rat or you had the frog out and you were dissecting it.

Now, my opinion is slightly different than those big, highly paid, very popular daytime type people, the mainstream people.

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