Morning Bell – 2.18.2009

Posted by on Wednesday, February 18, 2009 2 Comments

Thing You Need to Believe Me About

The point of this space is to show you what you need to be paying attention to in the NBA.  So please, consider this a warning: if you don’t watch the Thunder, you’re not going to understand a lot of these posts.

For realsies, Kevin Durant is amazing.  He alone is worth the price of admission, and outside of the Bulls, the Thunder are my only appointment viewing league-wide so he’ll be on here a lot.  He went for 47 points last night on 16-27 shooting, with 3 rebounds, 2 assists, and 2 turnovers.  He’s averaging 29.5 a game in 2k9, to go with nearly 8 rebounds.  He’s the future of the league and the future is now.

It’s not ludicrous to suggest that, for the past month and a half, Durant has been a top 10 player in the NBA.  I mean, those are basically equivalent to what LeBron has done in the same time frame.  We’ve known about his potential, but it’s awesome to see him start to realize it so soon.  All this and Scott Brooks can’t even call a play to get him open.  Amazing.

Thing About the End of the Bobcats/Magic Game

C’mon Raymond Felton.  Don’t pull up for three with the game tied and three seconds on the clock.  Your eFG is 40% out there.  Get to the basket.  Your eFG is 45% in there.  That’s a higher number.  Not to mention you only make 3 out of 10 from the arc.  I’m just worried for you.  I don’t want Larry Brown to try to kneecap you.

Thing About the Bobcats I Learned While Looking for Raymond Felton’s Stats

The Bobcats have played 23 different players so far this year.  That’s four more than any other team in the league.  One of them was Cartier Martin.  He makes great eyeglasses.

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Chuck

Re: KD

I am the same way. I never miss him playing when at all possible, but it is so painful to watch them play. Brooks is energetic, nervous but clueless. Westbrook will only pass when a gun is to his head, Green doesn't have an idea how to pass and a seen at the end of game, a poor shooter like Weaver is constantly taking his 3s like he is Ray Allen.

The pieces are in place, but Brooks has to go. Durant, if they can get him the ball, will start to put up 40 point games effortlessly. There has never been anyone like him and he is just 20 and when he puts on 15 more pounds, will be totally unstoppable even with 2 men on him.

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  1. Wednesday Bolts - Trade and Rumble reaction | Daily Thunder.com - Where Thunder Happens says:
    February 18, 2009 at 10:21 am

    [...] Hardwood Paroxysm on KD’s career night: “For realsies, Kevin Durant is amazing. He alone is worth the price of admission, and outside of the Bulls, the Thunder are my only appointment viewing league-wide so he’ll be on here a lot. He went for 47 points last night on 16-27 shooting, with 3 rebounds, 2 assists, and 2 turnovers. He’s averaging 29.5 a game in 2k9, to go with nearly 8 rebounds. He’s the future of the league and the future is now. It’s not ludicrous to suggest that, for the past month and a half, Durant has been a top 10 player in the NBA. I mean, those are basically equivalent to what LeBron has done in the same time frame. We’ve known about his potential, but it’s awesome to see him start to realize it so soon. All this and Scott Brooks can’t even call a play to get him open. Amazing.” [...]