BREAKING: Kevin Durant needs foot surgery; out 6 to 8 weeks!

[LoneyROY7]

[ArbitraryWater]

Man Durant really pulled the D-Rose huh

[Kblaze8855]

58 games? That many games are required?

Yep...58. Iverson almost lost one of his scoring titles that way. He made it by one game I think.

Though I think there is also a totals minimim....

Like you can play ___ games or score ____ points in less games and still count.

I'll look into it. Im curious now.

[ArbitraryWater]

[HOoopCityJones]

Is this Karma for ducking out on Team USA after PG's injury? I think so.

[HOoopCityJones]

Or that

[Denitron]

Now is his moment

http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=327269

Time to bring this thread back to life

[Kblaze8855]

NBA.com says 58 games but they added this:

* The only exception to this rule will be if, at the end of the season, the player would have led the league in the category had he played the required number of games with his current category total.

For example, if Player A played 56 games and scored 1,590 points (28.4 ppg), Player A could still qualify for the league lead if his average (27.4) with that same point total (1,590) over 58 games was higher than any other player.

A past example: Gerald Wallace collected 138 steals in 55 games (2.51 spg) during the 2005-06 season. Wallace would have still led the league in steals because his average with 58 games (2.38 spg) would have been greater than the 2.28 spg of Brevin Knight, the leader among players who met the 58-game qualifier.

So I guess they do that instead of the old totals minimums.

Seems needlessly complicated...

[LoneyROY7]

Clippers bout to get that number 1 seed. 'Ship incoming.

It's our year booooiiiiiisssssss.

[lilteapot]

Wow, that sucks. Did he injure it in practice?

Speedy recovery KD.

[ArbitraryWater]

NBA.com says 58 games but they added this:




So I guess they do that instead of the old totals minimums.

Seems needlessly complicated...

Hm.. So If I get this right, his Total would be stretched out to the required games, and if his average is still better than the next best, you get it?

Wait.. Does that even make sense?

[sbw19]

[COLOR=Teal]Beside the obvious fantasy bb and MVP race shifts (KD out WB in) Spurs probably are the defacto winners since Thunder probably won't be securing #1 seed.[/COLOR]

[lilteapot]

[COLOR=Teal]Beside the obvious fantasy bb and MVP race shifts (KD out WB in) Spurs probably are the defacto winners since Thunder probably won't be securing #1 seed.[/COLOR]

OKC can easily go on a tear when KD comes back.

[roffie]

OKC can easily go on a tear when KD comes back.

maybe but i can't see russell westbrook leading the team to play offs.

[sbw19]

[COLOR=Gray]OKC can easily go on a tear when KD comes back.[/COLOR]

[COLOR=Teal]
They probably will at a certain point, which would matter if they can sustain a good enough record in his absence. Spurs are a consistent team.[/COLOR]