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Originally Posted by pgardn
He can guard 3's (the position, not the shot) better than any 7 footer in the league.
You have to have a reference point, come on. Durant is playing against kids that are not nearly as strong, as fast, have hops like the pros. I am sure Dirk, at this point, is MORE atheletic than Durant. Lateral movement, are you kidding. Thats how he rebounds so well out high. Dirk has fantastic lateral movement for a man his size. Avery has made him play defense.
Durant barely has muscles yet. And I must repeat, Durant is not a great athlete, he is a great NCAA basketball player. Muscles move bones. Bones move the body. I think we may be mixing coordination with athleticism. Durant is incredibly well coordinated for an 18 year old. But this is because he has lived in the gym since he was 12 years old. His mentor would not allow him to play in pick up games and drilled him on fundamentals and balance. In fact over the Winter break he went right back to the gym to be drilled by this same mentor. Durant is single minded... good thing he can play basketball so well, he is a horrible speaker.
You dont double Acie Law because he does what he just did against Louisville (at home, which I still cant figure out how a 6th seed gets two home games in the first two rounds) He finds the open man for wide open slashes, or 3's. And the 3 Law made was pure luck, he said so, he shot a knucle ball, it had zero rotation. Kirk is ATM's best 3 point shooter, thats who Barnes was worried about shooting.
And you nailed it with Moses Malone. I totally agree. He was a monster under the boards the minute he stepped on the the court.
Keep em coming. I reserve the right to ask you horsie questions so I can learn more.
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I dont think Dirk can guard any 3 in the NBA. None. Zero. I saw Marc Jackson light him up. Marc freakin Jackson. Dirk has zero lateral movement. He plays passable D, he often rests on D because he is usually guarding the other teams least effective player. Avery knows where his bread is buttered unlike Barnes. You seem to have a fascination with Durants muscles. Being skinny has nothing to do with being athletic.
You dont let the other teams best player beat you, period. Louisville doubles everyone and A=M prepared for it (not that they were that effective).
BTW - I have a few highly placed NBA sources that I steal some info from occasionally, I'm not just shooting from the hip.