Kevin Durant Responds to ESPN Ranking Him as the NBA's 8th Best Player

[gts]

ESPN went full retarded this week.

They've been borderline for some time now but it's like their editors went on vacation this last two weeks

[SHAQisGOAT]

Who the **** still watches ESPN? (if you ain't an ignorant, gullible person)

[Cold soul]

ESPN is turning into TMZ of sports. Durant as 8th best player in NBA? Come on now Durant top 2, hands down.

[KG215]

Injury or no injury, this is just ridiculous.

[BuffaloBill]

I said durant wasn't top 5 and people on this forum started attacking me.
Looks like its happening.
Top 5:
King
Westbrook
Griffin
Paul
Davis/Ibaka/Howard/curry

Mods..

[AKADS]

It's about impact on the upcoming season. KD is going to play 50 to 65 games and is still number 8. They even said before the injury he had a 9.94 rating. So was 1 or 2.

[G0ATbe]

[ArbitraryWater]

In fairness:

[dubeta]

why are people so upset?

[bizil]

To be frank, ESPN's lists don't hold much credibility to me anyway. And that's another example of why listing KD at #2. I'm not minimizing his injury in anyway, but dude is the reigning MVP and WILL STILL PLAY MOST OF THE SEASON! Plus he's still young and has MOST of his career ahead of him. KD is CLEARLY #2 and the most dominant alpha dog scorer in the world today.

[nzamcdza]

Typical case of people reading a headline and not bothering to digest the actual story.

Regardless I think by the end of this Season Davis could possibly overtake KD.

[SugarHill]

Typical case of people reading a headline and not bothering to digest the actual story.

Regardless I think by the end of this Season Davis could possibly overtake KD.

Insanity. Unless Durant isn't Durant, that will not happen.

[La Frescobaldi]

this thread is troll-like in its selective reading.

"Kevin Durant said he was "tired of being second," and now he doesn't have to worry about that anymore. Not for a while, anyway.

Instead of being No. 2 again in #NBArank, Durant is now No. 8.

Unfair? Sure.

Real life? Too real.

When it comes to title chances, MVP races and #NBArank, injuries hurt. That's what KD and his fans are finding out for the first time in his career after his Oct. 16 surgery for a Jones fracture in his right foot. Instead of shooting jumpers, he's shooting selfies.

Injuries involving casts often recast careers. If we go back just a couple of years, we can see how another reigning MVP -- Derrick Rose -- found his career profoundly sidetracked by misfortune.
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Durant's rating then and now

In September, we asked our ESPN Forecast to predict this season's performance for each player, including "both the quality and the quantity of his expected contributions."

According to our forecast, Durant rated as almost a perfect 10. His rating of 9.94 was set to be the best ever for a second-place finisher.

Now? Durant is down to 8.84, putting him behind not just LeBron James but a handful of other, healthier superstars.

By the time the season ends, maybe Durant will reclaim his spot in the top two of the NBA's pecking order. But if we're predicting what his overall impact will be this season, top two is no longer a good bet."

[nathanjizzle]

rose is ranked 28

[BlackVVaves]

BSPN continuing to defy the laws of cognitive sense