Kevin Durant is my Savior
Jul 9th, 2007 by totoro
From today’s InsideHoops.com NBA rumors, Gary Washburn of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer writes that Kevin Durant refuses to refer to himself as a superstar, savior, or cornerstone.
Sorry Kevin, but even if you won’t refer to yourself as that, all of Seattle is. So accept it, deal with it, and live up to it. Your one year in college made you a superstar. When Ray Allen was sent to the Celtics on Draft day, you were instantly the cornerstone of the Sonics. When Rashard Lewis agreed to sign with the Orlando Magic, you became the savior.
Jeff Green is a nice player. Robert Swift can develop into a good big man. Wally Szczerbiak is grossly overpaid. None of them are superstars. None of them will have their jersey hanging in the rafters when all is said and done. None of them can keep a team in a city. Kevin Durant can. His destiny and path is already set.
….A little too premature. Let’s not put him in the hall of fame just yet. There are many cautionary tales of players that dominate in college, and never become a superstar in the L. Sam Bowie, for one, Joe Smith, Andrew Bogut, etc. I think it’s great that Durant doesn’t see himself as a superstar. Look at Tim Duncan. He shuns publicity, constantly defers to his teammates, but still gets the job done. A player who sees himself as a “superstar” may also carry an ego that could destroy a team. Look at Kobe. Great talent, but an even greater ego. We have to remember that Kevin Durant is a basketball player, not a GM. The responsibility should go to Presti, because he made all the decisions to isolate Durant, to cut the salary cap, and to take away players that could have helped further Durant’s development, and cushion the burden on his shoulders. When Duncan came in the league, he had Robinson. Kobe had Shaq. To a certain extent, so did Wade. Who does Durant have? NOBODY.
Kevin Durant is a great player and I think that he would have been the savior for any organization that he was drafted by. I am from memphis and if he came here i would have bought season tickets. He’s a great player and at 6’10”, he needs to realize that he has the opportunity to be one of the greatest players of all time. I haven’t seen a talent like him. He can do it all. I don’t think he should put no limitations on his self. Kevin you are a great player and a superstar. Just completely develop your leadership skills and killer mantality and the rest will be history.
K-Smoove is the last chance to keep the Sonics in Seattle, where they belong, is that simple.
Regards from a sonic fan in Spain.
pd: when will we see #3 hanging in the Key Arena (or Renton). Justice for Dale Ellis
I have to agree with Chris (comment #1). Let’s not put a period to a career that has not even started yet. K.D can be made into any type of player the paper say, but walking the walk in the hard wood and a consistency of more than one decade is what makes a player a savior. Ref: Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Kareem Abdul Jabbar etc. Now you don’t see these type of greatness these days.
But I wish K.D all the best and I look forward for hom to have a great performance in the N.B.A