Kevin Durant: the comparisons

Originally Posted by King Glorious

1. First thing.........Leandro Barbosa is the fastest.

2. To say he's not as good an athlete as Dirk is crazy to me. He's not as physically mature as Dirk is but he's easily a better athlete.

3. I don't see him with the quickness to beat 2's and 3's off the dribble in the NBA. And I think he's going to be able to be guarded by those because he's primarily a perimeter player.
4.Guys like McGrady, James, Bowen, etc will be able to guard him and he won't be able to take advantage of his height advantage and he won't out-quick them.

5. Another problem that I think he'll have is the exact opposite of what works for him in college. Whereas in college he takes what the defense gives him, in the pros, they won't give him anything. He's going to have to take things from them.

6. Guys like Bryant, Wade, James, Dirk, Anthony, Iverson, McGrady, etc., they have the ability to take what they want at any point in the game.

1. Wrong. No. Nein. Nyet. But close.
2. Give us your evidence upon observation.
3. He wont beat them with quickness, he will back them down.
4. You are saying McGrady is a good defensive player and Lebron... holy ***
5. A huge misunderstanding of the rule differences between the pros and college. DEFENSIVE 3 seconds in the pros makes it much more difficult to guard good offensive players. This prevents a true zone from being played like in college. This is why a lot of good offensive players in college, like Wade, become great offensive players in the Pros.
6. And this is the major problem with all of these guys except Wade and James (both still learning). They can do anything offensively at any time, so their teammates watch them. This is exactly why guys like Nash, Bird, Kidd, etc... make much better team players. They know how to involve other teammates. Iverson and Carmello... what a great combo. Look how well they have done. And this, in the end, is what will end their careers earlier than players that rely and baskeball knowhow instead of pure athletic ability. Pure athletic ability goes downhill, basketball saavy gets better. Look how long Stockton lasted at PG... you think Iverson will play as many games as Stockton... no way. Who is the better athlete Stockton or Iverson.

Case closed.

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