NBA Rookie of the Year?

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Though I may be a bit more optimistic about Durant than you are you make valid points. Except the point that he was going to be expected to score 28 per with 7 rebounds? Who expected that? And a year under Rick Barnes is probably a minus in the experience dept. (that should get Peegarden nuts)

Yes Texas is a bad team with Durant gone.
They have beaten the best teams in the Nation.
He is a terrible coach. They have absolutely no inside
game yet the can take out UCLA at LA, Tennessee, Kansas...
a pitiful coach. He works well with what he has got. I think he
is very good at utilizing talent properly, but not a great game coach.

I will however also note that I hate the style Texas plays right now, hate it.
They will lose to any top team that has a competent inside presence. Texas could easily take out Duke, and get crushed by North Carolina, that is the type of team they are.

What the heck was Barnes supposed to do with a kid who was only going to stay one year? I suppose Oden became a fundamental wonder after his one year at Ohio State? Both are raw in diff. areas.

I will however say that Durant is as good a shooter for a guy as long as he is that I have seen. If you watch his footwork and hands on the catch and shoot, it should take your breath away, thing of beauty.