Kevin Durant Hires Analytics Expert, Checks Bron's Stats Every Game

[catquickspider]

Lebron can be more efficient cause he has more spacing and better shooters. He has the luxury of turning shots away because he can just pass to anyone on his team and know that the player will knock down the open jumper.

I think Durant would be more dangerous if he studied Kobe instead of Lebron. He needs to ballhog and shoot from anywhere because he can better than anyone in the league right now.

[Rose'sACL]

Kevin Durant just proved to be a retard.

Doesn't watch the tapes?

Yes... stats are relevant... but they become irrelevant when not also coinciding with the viewing of the game itself.

Why? Because of SITUATIONS. You can't tell what every stat means because ALL situations are DIFFERENT.

Unless it's literally a word by word breakdown of each play saying which player went where and how it effected ball movement, shot selection & how the defenses reacted, what's the point? And if it's that... watch the damn film instead.

The greatest players in any sport or any type of competitive environment whatsoever ALWAYS watch tapes of themselves and others AND ANALYZE EVERYTHING ABOUT EVERY SITUATION.

STATS ARE USELESS WITHOUT TAKING INTO ACCOUNT SITUATIONS.

****ING DISGUSTING.

To simply say "LeBron drove the lane and dished out to Battier on the right wing who hit a 3" doesn't mean JACK SHIT without the PROPER SITUATION BEING VISIBLE & EXPLAINABLE TO THE HIGHEST DEGREE.

WATCH THE TAPE YOU LAZY ****.

Here's my gripe... a dude with that much talent should be watching the tape and analyzing his own game more than reading play breakdowns of other players.

do you realize that he can't watch every heat game? i am sure he watches tapes. he is not team's coach, he doesn't have the energy to watch whole games every day after training and hitting the gym and playing an NBA game very 2-3 days.

[28renyoy]

How are people hating on this? He is literally doing everything in his and anyone else's power to become the best player on the planet.

He is having someone study LeBron's game 24/7 to learn about his tendencies, which will lead to him having a better opportunity at guarding him. And seeing as these 2 will be matched up in the Finals for years, this is extremely smart on Durant's part. If he can gain the smallest edge from this. it's still a positive step.

And having someone analyze his own shot selection is very smart as well. He's taking out all of his low percentage shots and replacing them with high percentage ones. This is something LeBron should have done YEARS ago, yet he never has. This will ultimately make Durant a better player, and already has.

His drive to be the best at this age is something we have only seen in once before, and that was in Michael Jordan.

[shady6121]

I'm not a fan of Durant, but you've got to appreciate his determination.

[alleykat]

How are people hating on this? He is literally doing everything in his and anyone else's power to become the best player on the planet.

He is having someone study LeBron's game 24/7 to learn about his tendencies, which will lead to him having a better opportunity at guarding him. And seeing as these 2 will be matched up in the Finals for years, this is extremely smart on Durant's part. If he can gain the smallest edge from this. it's still a positive step.

And having someone analyze his own shot selection is very smart as well. He's taking out all of his low percentage shots and replacing them with high percentage ones. This is something LeBron should have done YEARS ago, yet he never has. This will ultimately make Durant a better player, and already has.

His drive to be the best at this age is something we have only seen in once before, and that was in Michael Jordan.

James has a higher fg% than durant....so....

I agree though, he's replacing them with fts...those are very high percentage

[Djahjaga]

The man's using every tool and science he can to become better. Are people mad about this?

This.

[Ballin416]

This kind of thread shows who the true haters are.

[beastmode]

sitting on all that money, why not use some of it to improve ur craft? only so many cars you can buy

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I guess his analytical prowess also helped him get his go-to move:

Step 1: Shoot jumper with no one around
Step 2: Flail arms, fall down
Step 3: Stare at ref
Step 4: Get foul call

Such efficiency. Great to see him put in work like that

[MARLO]

What exactly is the issue here?

Are people pissed that he's directly competing with Lebron?
-Who else is he supposed to measure himself against?

Are people pissed that he's hired someone to watch heat games for him?
-He probably doesn't have time to watch them. He's probably having one of his buddies do it for a ton of $$. Millionaires have assistants running around doing all kinds of stuff for them. Lebron probably has a guy in his entourage who's sole purpose is to tongue his balls every morning before breakfast.

Who cares.

[SpurrDurr]

The man's using every tool and science he can to become better. Are people mad about this?

Yes cause stans are people of faith.

[coin24]

He should go and lift some weights instead of reading box scores.
How the fu*k is studying Lebrons padded stats going to help KDs game? He doesn't have the stacked team bronzey does, so he isn't getting the same wide open layups and shots that he does

[IGOTGAME]

Durants mentality is bis biggest weakness.

[Nash]

Why does he want to be like Lebron? He was a great and unique player himself. Lebron doesn't have what Durant has and Durant surely doesn't have what Lebron has. He is never going to beat Lebron in Lebron's own game the same way Lebron would suck if he tried to play like Durant.

He should just focus on maximizing his own game because it could make him one helleva player.

And studying Lebron, its not like everyone has done it. Every team, player and coach knows exactly what Lebron does and everything is on tape for people to watch. But the bigger question is how Durant is planning on stopping him? Durant doesn't have the body for it. Better defenders have tried and failed. I like the effort, but I don't really understand the point of it. I bet Lebron knows every small detail about Durant's game or even Kobe and I'm pretty sure Kobe knows everything about all of them. But what is the point?