Kevin Durant is a scorer. Four times he has led the league in scoring. A greater player than he, LeBron James, has only done that once because James makes his teammates better by also drawing double teams and then finding the open man. At 6-9, with the wingspan of a man who stands 7-4 3/4, with NBA 3-point range (38 percent career average) and a release point so high that contesting his shot is almost a case of "Why bother?," Durant also has fast-twitch muscles that are a firestorm of neural impulses. He is explosive getting to the basket and powerful on his dunks
But if Durant doesn't change his mindset on sharing the ball, the Golden State Warriors are going to have trouble with their vaunted teamwork.
Durant left Oklahoma City as a free agent, joining a Golden State team - perhaps you heard about this - that had a record 73-9 regular season, then lost the NBA Finals to the Cavaliers after becoming the first team ever to blow a 3-1 lead on the biggest stage. OKC would have been in the Finals had Durant not shot 10 for 31 in the lone home elimination game the Thunder had, when they themselves blew a 3-1 lead in the Western Conference finals.
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