Kevin Durant

By Tim Reynolds, AP Sports Writer Kevin Durant scored 32 points, Russell Westbrook had 24 and the Oklahoma City Thunder added to their surprising start by beating the Miami Heat 100-87 on Tuesday night.

By Paul J. Weber, Associated Press Writer Kevin Durant scored 25 points and the Oklahoma City Thunder spoiled the return of Tim Duncan and Tony Parker in a 101-98 win over the San Antonio Spurs on Saturday night.

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Video of a labrador retriever with a decent handle, who can finish around the rim. (Yes, that's in the honored 'first bullet' slot. I swear, if I had a site with nothing but animal videos, we could kill. There's no arguing the hypnotic power of pet video.)If LeBron James switches to number six, h...

By Beth Harris, AP Sports Writer Kevin Durant stepped back and hit the go-ahead jumper from the left corner with 38 seconds remaining for two of his 30 points, giving Oklahoma City an 83-79 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday night.

By Associated Press Kevin Durant scored 28 points, Russell Westbrook added 17 points and 10 assists and the Oklahoma City Thunder ran away from the Orlando Magic in the second half Sunday night for a 102-74 victory.

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By John Lorge 2. Denver Nuggets (5) - Melo is setting the pace for the MVP race. Even without J.R., Denver is looking dangerous. 22. Indiana Pacers (20) - Must win game against the Knicks this week. If they lose, they fall. 24. Charlotte Bobcats (28) - Good defense will always beat bad teams.

By Jeff Latzke, AP Sports Writer Kevin Durant had 25 points and 11 rebounds, Jeff Green added 24 points and the Oklahoma City Thunder led from start to finish in a 102-89 victory over the Sacramento Kings on Wednesday night in the season opener for both teams.

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By John Lorge 5. Denver Nuggets   6. Orlando Magic   8. Dallas Mavericks   9. Utah Jazz 11. Atlanta Hawks 20. Indiana Pacers 21. Oklahoma City Thunder   26. New York Knicks 28. Charlotte Bobcats They downgraded their center and already lost their starting shooting guard. A lot of heart but not a lot of talent.

Durant made news on his Twitter page last Sunday by responding to an Oct. 9 ESPN True Hoop blog that, due to his poor plus-minus rating, Durant "has been killing his team.''Kevin Durant Wants You to Know He's a Team Player originally appeared on Fanhouse NBA Blog on Thu, 15 Oct 2009 23:52:00 ES...

Many of these swingmen have dual eligibility at either shooting guard or power forward. For this exercise I am going to use the player's 'true' position, which in this case is small forward. As a reference I used the ADP's from Mock Draft Central (MDC) and Yahoo! Sports (Y!).Draft Analysis: S...

By D.S.(noreply@blogger.com) Kevin Durant finally gets plus-minus (he was plus-24 last night). NFL coach who needs to be fired: Fox? Zorn? How about Del Rio? Greatest moment of the decade in college hoops: George Mason making the Final Four, obviously. (And, oh, how I tried to make it "Florida wins back-to-back titles."...

By Big Chris Sometimes +/- can punish players simply for being on bad teams, but this is more than that. Mavericks’ statistical expert Wayne Winston’s in-depth lineup data shows that every one of Durant’s key teammates — Russell Westbrook, Jeff Green, Nenad Krstic, Nick Collison — gets better, in ma...

Yet. Remember when Team USA lost to Greece in the World Championships a few years ago? The Greek team realized that LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony had not mastered defending the pick-and-roll, and exploited it all night. You're in good company.

At the same age as Durant, some had better bottom line results than Durant -- LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, Chris Bosh, Dwight Howard -- but they all had more veteran teammates. Young Kevin Garnett in Minnesota, on the other hand, had Thunder-style youth around him, and performed only sl...

By DanShanoff.com(noreply@blogger.com) Everyone is so focused on the Shaq-Cavs deal -- for good reason: The Cavs have one year left to make a run at the title before LeBron bolts for New York. As a Wizards fan, I would like to see the team take three cracks at competing for a title over the next three years, then clear the cap room for 201...

By John Lorge Fantasy Basketball MVP Lorge: Dwyane Wade Ribak: LeBron James Lorge PG - Chris Paul SG - Dwyane Wade SF - LeBron James PF - Dirk Nowitzki C  - Dwight Howard Lorge PG - Derrick Rose SG - O.J. Mayo SF - Michael Beasley PF - Kevin Love C  - Brook Lopez

By DanShanoff.com(noreply@blogger.com) Here is a fantastic comp -- derived from quality statistical analysis, no less: Kevin Durant as Chris Mullin 2.0. (Kudos to Kevin Pelton.) The system is color blind: There is also a result that favorably links Durant to Bernard King. Kevin Durant as the love-child of King and Mullin? Love it. Al...

By dberri Although Beasley has clearly struggled, there’s some hope.  Like Beasley, Kevin Durant was the second player taken in the 2007 draft.  And like Beasley, Durant played very badly his rookie season. DJ Introducing PAWSmin — and a Defense of Box Score Statistics

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By DanShanoff.com(noreply@blogger.com) I love that Kevin Durant had his break-out NBA moment last night in the Rookie-Soph game. (46! 46 points! Even in a no-D all-star-ish event, that's amazing. 17/25 FG, 4/8 3-pt, 8/8 FT and a team-high 7 rebounds) NBA All-Star HORSE (DVR) Florida-Georgia NBA Dunk Contest

By Basketbawful The Good: They already have their franchise cornerstone in the form of last season's Rookie of the Year, Kevin Durant, who fills the basket the way a waiter at Ponderosa refills your Pepsi: Effective (20.3 PPG) even if he's a little sloppy (43 percent shooting from the field, 28 percent fro...

By dberri Disappointing Durant a. Kevin Durant played very badly last summer. b. The media covering summer league basketball didn’t seem to notice that Kevin Durant played very badly last summer. The 2008 Las Vegas Summer League Numbers Table One: The 2008 Las Vegas Summer League

New York Daily News Of course, we all know the effects of other one and done players the last few years, such as Kevin Durant, Kevin Love, Jerryd Bayless, OJ Mayo and Carmelo ... The Great Basketball Exodus Slate One athlete has found an interesting way to avoid college Cleburne Times-Review

The second Horford was drafted, he was already behind both Durant and Oden in expectation and popularity. Many people around the NBA had already written in Durant and Oden as the best players in the draft, and no one really gave anyone else a chance.

Yahoo! Eurosport   Canada - May 14, 2008 SEATTLE -- NBA rookie of the year Kevin Durant, a forward for the Seattle SuperSonics, was among the standouts named on Tuesday to the NBA All-Rookie team. ... Sports Watch KFOR Horford, Durant lead All-Rookie team Victoria Advocate

By Eric Williams Three things we know the owners will address is the Tim Donaghy referee scandal, revenue sharing and the Sonics application to relocate to Oklahoma City. Durant’s career-high, 42-point effort in the last game of the season couldn’t have hurt.

By Eric Williams Seattle rookie Kevin Durant teased Sonics fans tonight, showing them what they might see next season with a career-high 42 points, and earning his first double-double of the season by grabbing 13 rebounds. Listen to Durant talk about the game here.

By Eric Williams Probable starters for the Sonics are Earl Watson, Kevin Durant, Jeff Green, Nick Collison and Johan Petro. Probable starters for the Sonics are Earl Watson, Kevin Durant, Jeff Green, Nick Collison and Johan Petro. Probable starters for Golden ...

By Eric Williams Heading into the final quarter of the season, it seems the criticism of Kevin Durant has heated up. However, what you don’t get from those stats is when Durant is taking those shots. Is the shot clock running down and is he forced to chuck it up? Does Durant score in the clutch? And who’s there to...

A reader (Crow) asked if there's any plans to use Kevin Durant as a small forward in the final 27 games. Well, the short answer is no. The rookie is a shooting guard this season, but coach P.J. Carlesimo believes the positions are interchangeable. Durant does many of the things his critics want. He...

By David Friedman I watched Durant play in the Summer League and evaluated his game objectively without resorting to baseless hype. I wrote several posts here describing exactly what I saw, including Durant Hardly Dominant as Summer League Concludes and Kevin Durant--Shooting Guard? I don't mean to pat myself on the back--well, maybe I do just a little bit--but if you read those posts you will discover that Durant's production as a rookie has been exactly what I predicted. Right now he is a one dimensional player and the only category that he performs well in is free throw percentage. Unfortunately, Durant cannot take advantage of that because he is not good at drawing fouls, which is something else that I correctly predicted despite the fact that he did dr...   [read the full post]

By dberri Put Damion in!" someone yelled with a minute left in the first half and the University of Texas struggling against Colorado. No, the shout hadn't come from Damion James himself, though it might have. Table: The Texas Longhorns in 2007-08

By garywashburn@seattlepi.com (gary washburn) A real solid win for the Sonics, especially given the circumstances with Commissioner David Stern's statements Saturday. A good crowd came out for Kevin Durant Bobblehead Night and they booed when it was announced that Durant would not be playing and was home with flu-like symptoms, but...

Kevin Durant (Sonics) -  B+; Durant has been shooting poorly of late, but his overall numbers are about where I expected him.  As he gains confidence, strength and teammates who can take the defensive pressure off, his numbers will rise.

Durant watch -- Kevin Durant struggled from the floor, finishing with 19 points on 7-of-21 shooting from the field. He also grabbed six rebounds. There were several people wearing Kevin Durant jerseys in attendance, and Durant’s parents and other family members sat courtside on the base...

39-- Seattle’s shooting percentage for the game, as the Sonics struggled putting the ball in the basket. Durant watch -- Kevin Durant was solid tonight, finishing with 28 points on 11-of-24 shooting from the floor and seven rebounds. But he had some costly turnovers late in the game on the o...

By Eric Williams Durant watch -- Kevin Durant shot it well tonight, scoring a game-high 27 points on 11-of-18 shooting from the floor, including 4-of-5 from the 3-point line. Durant scored 14 of his points during a third-quarter run where Seattle surged ahead.

6 -- Seattle rookie Kevin Durant’s total points, tying a season low.. 46-34-- Utah’s scoring advantage over Seattle inside the paint. Seattle played better after that, but had no answer for the inside-out game of Carlos Boozer (21 points, 16 rebounds) and Deron Williams (18 points, 10 assi...

6 -- The amount Kevin Durant scored, a career low. It’s the first time Durant has not scored in double figures. Durant watch -- Probably Durant’s worst game of the year. He shot 2-of-12 from the floor and also had three turnovers and just three rebounds in 25 minutes.

By David Friedman In Miami, 4-11 is not the number you call for information but the record of the city's pro basketball team. At this rate, the Heat will be dialing 911 before long. While Shaquille O'Neal sails off into the sunset of his career, young Kevin Durant authored the best performance of his rookie season, scoring 35 points as the Sonics beat the Pacers 95-93 to claim their first home win of the season. Everyone is calling for Isiah Thomas' head but, as I've said all along, if Thomas would give "Starbury" the ax then he could prevent the blade from coming down on his own neck. Let's take a closer look at three of Friday night's games: The Score: Boston 95, Miami 85 The Score: Seattle 95, Indiana 93 The Score: New York 91, Milwaukee 88   [read the full post]

By David Friedman Dwight Howard is becoming perhaps the dominant low post force in the NBA and that is a big reason that Orlando has an NBA-best 9-1 road record after a 110-94 win in Seattle. Howard scored a career-high 39 points and controlled the paint at both ends of the court with 16 rebounds and five blocked shots. Hedo Turkoglu also had a double double (15 points, 10 rebounds), helping Orlando to overcome a subpar game by Rashard Lewis, who shot just 3-19 from the field in his return to the city where he started his NBA career; he finished with nine points and 10 rebounds. Starting point guard Jameer Nelson (six points, three assists, five rebounds) and his backup Carlos Arroyo (two points, a career-high 14 assists) each played exactly 24 minutes, with Arro...   [read the full post]

By David Friedman The Bottom Line: Durant shot his typically poor percentage but he did not jack up quite as many shots as he normally does and that is part of the reason that Seattle only lost by five instead of the nearly nine points that they have typically lost by this year. ESPN commentator Hubie Brown made some interesting observations about Durant during the game. Brown noted that Durant's 6-10 height should give him an advantage at shooting guard but because Durant has no back to the basket game that advantage is largely nullified; meanwhile, at the other end of the court Durant has to chase around smaller, quicker scorers on a nightly basis. Brown added that Durant must gain upper body strength and lower body bulk so that he can hold his ground on the bloc...   [read the full post]

54 -- The number of rebounds Seattle had as a team, not bad considering they were playing against Shaquille O’Neal. Miami’s beast in the middle was in foul trouble most of the night, however. Seattle outrebounded Miami 54-32. The Sonics will take tomorrow off.

Seattle (0-7) at Orlando (5-2) As far as the game, Van Gundy said the keys for Orlando will be controlling Seattle’s fast-break opportunities, limiting Kevin Durant and Chris Wilcox’s touches and keeping the Sonics off of the boards.

114 – amount of points Seattle is giving up per game, ranked 29th in the league. 20 – The number of turnovers Seattle is giving up per game. 23 – The amount of points Kevin Durant is averaging a game 0 – Number of wins Seattle has this season Listen to Collison talk about the game here.

Rookies Kevin Durant and Jeff Green didn't suffer a setback at this morning's shootaround and both figure prominently in tonight's rotation. Durant will start and Green will backup small forward Damien Wilkins, however, coach P.J. Carlesimo said Green and Wally Szczerbiak could see som...

Kevin Durant spent about two hours after practice Monday shooting a promo for a new NBA online store Web site that launches in November. The crew filmed everything at KeyArena and essentially the spot showcases Kevin's journey to the ...

By TZ As for Kevin Durant... god, he looks young, even from Section 206 Row S. Despite drawing Martin on one end and Ron F'n Artest on the other, he still produced a few jawdroppingly smooth plays. It's going to be a long year for him, though... Durant desperately needs Wally Szczerbiak to stay healthy so D...

By Sal Marinello Kevin Durant, former Texas Longhorn basketball player and one of the top prospects in the upcoming NBA draft, supposedly couldn’t bench press 185 pounds at the recent NBA pre-draft camp. Durant ranked 78th out of 80 players at the pre-draft camp, and as a result some people are questionin...

By Leitch TEXAS LONGHORNS 1. Kevin Durant. The lanky six-foot-nine freshman phenom is averaging 25 points and 11 rebounds a game and has led this team of toddlers— the No. 15 Longhorns started the season with four fish and a sophomore— to its eighth consecutive 20-win season. In their Feb. 28 double-ove...