Re: Durant as good--or better?!?!--than...
(why can't it relate to scoring? Most offensive skills are to score the ball, mind you.)
Durant has better footwork, uses screens better, has a better post up game(and LeBron has about 80+ pounds on him) and moves from the post(quite easily), more range(quite easily), and more touch off the dribble(quite easily).
The only glaring discrepancy in scoring is that LeBron can score inside the paint like no ones business and complete the and one WAY more often(though he did have about 9% more looks on the inside), though Durant is an elite level scorer inside the paint if you look at his % in the paint(67.1% to Bron's 71.7%). But, then again, there is also the glaring discrepancy in three point %, eFG%, and Durant's better mid range game.
Kevin is in no way better except for scoring the basketball in every other area on the court besides the paint and having better basketball skills... but skills aren't the only thing that make players better either. The best players combine skills and ability. LeBron's raw amount of ability(physical and mental) catapult him to the top of the league.
I'm just saying that just because player A doesn't average the same amount of assist as player B does not make player B a better player(and the same goes for all stats).
(why can't it relate to scoring? Most offensive skills are to score the ball, mind you.)
Durant has better footwork, uses screens better, has a better post up game(and LeBron has about 80+ pounds on him) and moves from the post(quite easily), more range(quite easily), and more touch off the dribble(quite easily).
The only glaring discrepancy in scoring is that LeBron can score inside the paint like no ones business and complete the and one WAY more often(though he did have about 9% more looks on the inside), though Durant is an elite level scorer inside the paint if you look at his % in the paint(67.1% to Bron's 71.7%). But, then again, there is also the glaring discrepancy in three point %, eFG%, and Durant's better mid range game.
Kevin is in no way better except for scoring the basketball in every other area on the court besides the paint and having better basketball skills... but skills aren't the only thing that make players better either. The best players combine skills and ability. LeBron's raw amount of ability(physical and mental) catapult him to the top of the league.
I'm just saying that just because player A doesn't average the same amount of assist as player B does not make player B a better player(and the same goes for all stats).
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