BOL Round Table

What is crazy to me is how Durant is such a superior shooter than Lebron or Wade but yet he still drives to the bucket as much or more than both of them. He could fall in love with the jumper but he realizes the way to win is taking the ball to the basket.

Other than Bama fans, I have two favorite types of fans.

1) Butthurt Auburn fans.

2) Butthurt Lebron/Heat fans.

They're both just so much fun.

This is a typical statement about lebron. He ALWAYS disappears when his team needs him the most.

He is the best 3 quarter player in the league

Clyde Drexler made a great point on ESPN radio. He said that Jordan redefined the role of a superstar. Before Jordan, superstars would draw double and triple teams down the stretch and then distribute. Jordan was the first who would draw double and triple teams in the fourth, keep the ball, and still score, so we now expect the best player in the game to do the same (even though that wasn't Magic's game, Wilt's game, etc.). Lebron shouldn't feel the need to be Jordan and we shouldn't need for him to be Jordan. He can be one of the 10 greatest players of all time without scoring 15 in the 4th quarter of every playoff game. He needs to give himself the freedom to give up the ball when he draws that 4th quarter double team, rather than feeling like he has to create his own shot in the face of a double team.

And I think there's been some revisionist history on Jordan. We forget how often even Jordan would distribute to Paxon, Pippen, etc. in those situations late in his career and we forget how often he kept the ball in the face of a double team, shot, and missed during the first 5 years of his career.

Here is the reality, and you can keep your head in the sand if you like but Durant is the "clutch" guy right now. He doesn't care if it's 10 min left or 1 min left. He wants the ball and he can create space and open shots. I hate OKC and I hope they drop the ball and Durant ends up in LA one day (G)