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Durantula: The Most Dangerous Player.

With a 7’5” wingspan, playing a position that a man of his stature would not normally play, the agility aspect of his game sometimes make it seem that the two 7’5” arms look like Eight.

Okay, that may be a little extreme. But the fact is, Durant is dangerous. Early in his career he was a scorer, just a pure knock ‘em down shooter. Remind you of some other player (hint: He changed his Jersey to 24). In the four years in the league, Kevin Durant has evolved into, what I would call the most dangerous player. The fact is he isn’t as talented, nor can he fill a sheet like LeBron James, the current holder of ‘Best Player in the World’ title, but unlike LeBron James, Kevin Durant has more game winners than LeBron. The fact is, when it boils down to clutch moments LeBron James just isn’t cold enough. Regardless.

In what would be the ‘real’ match-up, but also a finals preview in an OKC vs. Heat matchup.  This would be the final meeting between LeBron and Durant, the two leading candidates for the KIA MVP award. Durant flirted with a triple double in that game, finishing with 29 points, 9 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 steals, and a single block, compared to King James’s 17 points 7 assists, 4 turnovers, and 3 rebounds. Durant dominated on both ends, playing fantastic defense, giving Kendrick Perkins involved on the opposite side (60% of Durant’s 8 assists went to Perkins).

Early in the start of the lockout shortened season, many experts talked about how Durant, and Westbrook would cause the team to implode, two young stars vying for the spotlights. What should have been team work, would cause tension and then utter chaos. The Thunder would go on to lock up the number 2 seed behind the San Antonio Spurs, (Who they kick off the Western Conference finals against soon).
It didn’t stop at their regular season dominance; Durant would take the Thunder past the defending champion Dallas Mavericks in the hardest 4 game sweep of a team, in history. They would play a even harder 5 game series against the Los Angeles Lakers. It’s easy to say that real mismatches on paper were OKC’s back court (Westbrook, Harden, Durant) would dominate against LA’s (Kobe, Artest/Barnes, Sessions). Where LA had Andrew Bynum one of the top 2 centers in the NBA, and Pau Gasol, but neither player could catch rhythm against OKC’s frontcourt combo of Perkins and Iblocka (I want to go ahead and say that at the beginning of the season I was calling him Iblocka, Iblocka flocka flame to be specific).
Now Durant is in a stride, he hasn’t had a down game thus far.

There have been no questions on Durant’s health, his abilities, or his character. Durant is banging on the door of greatness right now, and what better way to prove it than go up against a team coached by, in my opinion the greatest professional coach in history, Greg Popp. The original big 3: Parker, Manu, and Tim Duncan, Duncan might I add is playing like he was 28 again. Parker was the original slashing point guard, and Manu is easily the original ‘James Harden’.  Not only that, but the Spurs are loaded with experience, are playing some of the greatest playoff basketball anyone has seen in a long time.

The spotlight has been turned up, but the thing is that Durant will never shy away, when the game is at its hardest, when the lights are shining bright. Kevin Durant will step up, he will make that shot. And in one instance, whether it be against the Spurs, the Heat or Celtics/Sixers. Durant is banging on the door, inside waiting for him is the start of a truly epic career, because in this sports fan’s opinion.

Kevin Durant, will be, the greatest player in NBA History. When his career is said and done, written down on the pages of history. On 5/26/2012, Dr. Rob said it. Believe it.

Go Thunder.
Go Devils.

Also want to point out, bought KD and Devil’s swag before the post seasons began. Not a bad idea eh?