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Bill Plaschke: Kevin Durant proves he's the NBA crybaby and not an option for Lakers after comments about LeBron James

LOS ANGELES - The NBA shopping season doesn't begin for eight months, yet the Los Angeles Lakers may already have to delete the first name on their list.

Kevin Durant apparently doesn't want to join them because he says playing with LeBron James would be unreasonably difficult.

Too bad, so sad.

Durant, a potential free agent next summer, did a bunch of whining Wednesday in a Bleacher Report story by Ric Bucher about the perceived hardships in playing with arguably the greatest player ever.

The Golden State Warriors star talked about problems faced by players who must adjust their games. He talked about youngsters not wanting to

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