In Defense of Kevin Durant

Loyalty is on trial these days, all over our screens and smack in our faces. The two biggest media obsessions of the moment — former FBI director James Comey's Senate testimony about his interactions with President Donald Trump, and, naturally, the NBA Finals — share a somewhat surreal connection.

They both test the price of allegiances.

Comey apparently rejected a president's request for loyalty, setting off a storm that could imperil an administration.