Kevin "Empty stats" Durant [Archive] - Message Board Basketball Forum

Illuminati

01-08-2014, 12:37 AM

This game was the definition of empty stats. Down 10+ for majority of the game, closest they got was 6. But Hayward and the Jazz weren't having that. As Trollsmasher pointed out in the thread, Durant was 0-6 in the fourth but made 11 FTs. Had no impact in the fourth, literally none. Empty stats.

Black and White

01-08-2014, 12:37 AM

He had ONE team mate in double figure scoring......

Twiens

01-08-2014, 12:38 AM

Lebron fans :oldlol:

Budadiiii

01-08-2014, 12:39 AM

That backfire.

Westbrook fills a lot of holes on this club. I appreciate dude even more when he's gone.

Byobob

01-08-2014, 12:39 AM

KD channeling his inner Lebron these past few games. Choking in the 4th.

HoopsFanNumero1

01-08-2014, 12:40 AM

That's what happens when the REAL MVPs of the team aren't there. Durant put up some FT-padded stats, but they don't reflect the impact he had on this game.

I though people would have learn from last year's Grizzlies series who the real MVP of the team is, but I guess not...

DirkNowitzki41

01-08-2014, 12:43 AM

dont ever compare the two. durant is an all time great, while love is a stat whore on a terrible team

oh ya, op is a retard

Fudge

01-08-2014, 12:43 AM

Only boosts his MVP case.

48/7/5 is just nutty.

NoGunzJustSkillz

01-08-2014, 12:43 AM

also none of his 40+ pts games would warrant evena replay on nba tv. just a free throw shooting instructional video

gordon hayward took that boy's soul and heart
:lol

inclinerator

01-08-2014, 12:45 AM

Only boosts his MVP case.

48/7/5 is just nutty.
not really, every loss effects his chances alot

Illuminati

01-08-2014, 12:45 AM

Only boosts his MVP case.

48/7/5 is just nutty.

That L against a lottery team doe. 48 points on 41% shooting doe.

HoopsFanNumero1

01-08-2014, 12:45 AM

This actually makes me appreciate Lebron and Wade even more. Both these guys carried teams worse than this OKC team. Meanwhile, Durant can't even lead his team to a win against the Jazz :facepalm

Trollsmasher

01-08-2014, 12:47 AM

Black and White

01-08-2014, 12:47 AM

This actually makes me appreciate Lebron and Wade even more. Both these guys carried teams worse than this OKC team. Meanwhile, Durant can't even lead his team to a win against the Jazz :facepalm

The Jazz are deceptively good.

Fudge

01-08-2014, 12:48 AM

I'd understand if they got blown out and Durant had a subpar game, but dude just put up 48 points AGAIN, and almost brought them back, AGAIN. That's some MVP type shit. Especially without 2 of their top 3 players.

48/7/5 is just insane. Even on a shitty percentage.

HoopsFanNumero1

01-08-2014, 12:50 AM

Also, in his first game against the Jazz, he had 24 FTAs :roll:

Inb4 they were all legit...

k0kakw0rld

01-08-2014, 12:51 AM

Lebron fans :oldlol:
I turned my back on him "Do your homework"

Lebron23

01-08-2014, 12:51 AM

KD channeling his inner Lebron these past few games. Choking in the 4th.

Both of the guys are clutch compared to Kevin Love, and to that injured never mind.

SpecialQue

01-08-2014, 12:52 AM

Jazz won the game http://www.wonderfulphotos.com/images/20070419014217_doe.jpg

imnew09

01-08-2014, 12:54 AM

FreeThrowRant

pauk

01-08-2014, 12:56 AM

Come on man, there is absolutely nothing more he could have done this game, its a team game..... but if he didnt drop those numbers i would just let you imagine how much down they would be.... same goes for Kevin Love or anybody...

Lebron23

01-08-2014, 12:56 AM

FreeThrowRant

He's a great player, but relies to much in his free throws. That $hit won't work in the playoffs where the referees rarely call those silly touch fouls.

ispin69

01-08-2014, 01:08 AM

Channeling his inner Kobrick, try to score 100 and LOSE. :lol

Kingwillball

01-08-2014, 01:25 AM

I hate that Durant gets to the line twice as much as Lebron who barely ever gets 10+ fts in a game anymore KD averages that it seems.

sportjames23

01-08-2014, 01:35 AM

That backfire.

Westbrook fills a lot of holes on this club. I appreciate dude even more when he's gone.

Pause.

Fire Colangelo

01-08-2014, 01:37 AM

I hate that Durant gets to the line twice as much as Lebron who barely ever gets 10+ fts in a game anymore KD averages that it seems.

LeBron doesn't take as many shots as Durant, and can afford to cherry pick his shots as he has options such as Wade and Bosh and elite 3 point shooters.

While only one of Durant's teammates scored double figures this game.

HoopsFanNumero1

01-08-2014, 01:40 AM

pauk

01-08-2014, 01:55 AM

LeBron doesn't take as many shots as Durant, and can afford to cherry pick his shots as he has options such as Wade and Bosh and elite 3 point shooters.

While only one of Durant's teammates scored double figures this game.

Thats not really the entire difference, the difference is that Lebron does a much greater job at exploiting what he has around him, take a look at Lebron in his Cavs days to better see/compare against the current KD & his supporting cast, he still would have up to the best team records in the NBA playing with worse supporting casts than KD has right now.... Do you know why? KD is a fantastic scorer, but that is his only way of signficantly making the opponents pay, right now he has improved as a passer, but not to the point where he can really damage opponents consistenly like lets say even win games with his passing/vision...... even if your teammates keep bricking you need to always trust & look for them & create for them.... even if they brick alot it keeps the defense honest overall and makes it even easier for you to score aswell...

As long as you know you did that then you dont have to worry about any loss.... teams get hot & defense is not something you can make your teammates better at either... offensively you can... I am not blaming this loss on KD not passing enough or something, not at all, i am just talking about the difference between Lebron/Durant here and ofcourse i just think KD could logically have a greater impact overall if he also had elite playmaking ability....

BlazerRed

01-08-2014, 01:57 AM

You guys are ****ing idiots. Who else did this Thunder team have tonight? Their second best player out there was Reggie ****ing Jackson. I mean, there's only so much weight you can carry.

Thunder starting lineup tonight:

Reggie Jackson
Thabo Sefalosha
Kevin Durant
Perry Johns III
Kendrick Perkins

Nuff said.

I<3NBA

01-08-2014, 02:05 AM

LilEddyCurry

01-08-2014, 02:18 AM

At least he was under 50% shooting and shot alot, therefore he was dominant

BlazerRed

01-08-2014, 02:19 AM

but if we replace Durant with Lebron tonight, does OKC win?
No.

TerranOP

01-08-2014, 02:20 AM

At least he was under 50% shooting and shot alot, therefore he was dominant

:roll: :roll: :roll:

INDI

01-08-2014, 08:22 AM

not really, every loss effects his chances alot

Not when you still have the best record in the west, and better stats and record then the guys that are trailing you for the award.

Everyone loses to a bum team now and then

Dr.J4ever

01-08-2014, 08:40 AM

One was the leading scorer and go to guy on a team that made the finals

one hasn't made the playoffs
This .... Plus don't be surprised when Durant finds a way to make his team win without Westbrook.

plowking

01-08-2014, 08:42 AM

Thats not really the entire difference, the difference is that Lebron does a much greater job at exploiting what he has around him, take a look at Lebron in his Cavs days to better see/compare against the current KD & his supporting cast, he still would have up to the best team records in the NBA playing with worse supporting casts than KD has right now.... Do you know why? KD is a fantastic scorer, but that is his only way of signficantly making the opponents pay, right now he has improved as a passer, but not to the point where he can really damage opponents consistenly like lets say even win games with his passing/vision...... even if your teammates keep bricking you need to always trust & look for them & create for them.... even if they brick alot it keeps the defense honest overall and makes it even easier for you to score aswell...

As long as you know you did that then you dont have to worry about any loss.... teams get hot & defense is not something you can make your teammates better at either... offensively you can... I am not blaming this loss on KD not passing enough or something, not at all, i am just talking about the difference between Lebron/Durant here and ofcourse i just think KD could logically have a greater impact overall if he also had elite playmaking ability....

This guy actually thinks people take time to mull over his opinions and thoughts. :oldlol:

Jax

01-08-2014, 09:11 AM

Kevin Duranthrow

veilside23

01-08-2014, 09:19 AM

Is this the effect of small market teams? how can you say durant is empty stats when his team was complete they were beating teams "easily" .

or this is the effect of trolls?
http://www.shopatnorway.com/images/840100_LA_trolls_norway.jpg

Frozen1

01-08-2014, 10:03 AM

Durant will some day eventually score 60 points in 10 FG made.

shallehalle

01-08-2014, 10:21 AM

just the title of this thread made me laugh :oldlol:

Uncle Drew

01-08-2014, 10:25 AM

Empty stats while his team is leading the Western Conference. :hammerhead:

Element

01-08-2014, 10:34 AM

Reminds of the game last year when LeBron came to OKC and shat on Durant's homecourt. Durant had like 15 empty stats FTs in the 4th, even though there was no chance of coming back:lol

Guy just kept sprinting down the court again and again,jumping into players and waltzing to the foul line after any kind of contact.

LOL I remember that game

LeBron was on the bench until the refs somehow got Durant to the line every possession to make it close. LeBron re-enters the game, hits a nasty spinning fadeaway with OKC's frontcourt in his face and shuts everyone up lol.

LeBron 06

01-08-2014, 10:54 AM

LOL I remember that game

LeBron was on the bench until the refs somehow got Durant to the line every possession to make it close. LeBron re-enters the game, hits a nasty spinning fadeaway with OKC's frontcourt in his face and shuts everyone up lol.

:lol

imdaman99

01-08-2014, 10:57 AM

Knew this thread would be a Bran Stan circle-jerk

I swear for stans of the best player in the league, you bunch sure are insecure. I guess Bran was right, tomorrow he gets to go back to his cushy mansion while the rest of you will still have the same problems you had the day before.
Words of advice from a king :bowdown:

SilkkTheShocker

01-08-2014, 11:12 AM

Durant losing steam to LeBron in the MVP race again. LeBron owns his soul almost as bad as Gordon Hayward does :oldlol:

SilkkTheShocker

01-08-2014, 11:13 AM

At least he was under 50% shooting and shot alot, therefore he was dominant

OMG this was too good :oldlol:

HurricaneKid

01-08-2014, 11:18 AM

14/34. 0/6 in the 4th. Not impressive. No wonder they lost.

Was he guarding Hayward too? 37/11/7/2/1 on 81%FG is far more impressive to me.

imdaman99

01-08-2014, 11:26 AM

14/34. 0/6 in the 4th. Not impressive. No wonder they lost.

Was he guarding Hayward too? 37/11/7/2/1 on 81%FG is far more impressive to me.
No he was not guarding Hayward. As a bran stan i'm sure you could understand that he can't possibly have the energy to guard the opposing team's best player when you're the only one on the team doing anything offensively. Maybe you noticed the 2012 Finals, when Battier guarded Durant for majority of the games while bran hid on Kendrick Perkins :roll:

SilkkTheShocker

01-08-2014, 11:36 AM

No he was not guarding Hayward. As a bran stan i'm sure you could understand that he can't possibly have the energy to guard the opposing team's best player when you're the only one on the team doing anything offensively. Maybe you noticed the 2012 Finals, when Battier guarded Durant for majority of the games while bran hid on Kendrick Perkins :roll:

Dude, you literally talk more about LeBron than most stans. He has been in your head big time for awhile now.

Element

01-08-2014, 11:37 AM

No he was not guarding Hayward. As a bran stan i'm sure you could understand that he can't possibly have the energy to guard the opposing team's best player when you're the only one on the team doing anything offensively. Maybe you noticed the 2012 Finals, when Battier guarded Durant for majority of the games while bran hid on Kendrick Perkins :roll:

Or, you're Kobe Bryant, and you're guarding Reggie Miller and Allen Iverson in back-to-back Finals, Carmelo, JR and Chauncey Billups in the same series, and shut down Westbrook and Rondo in one playoff run :bowdown:

imdaman99

01-08-2014, 11:43 AM

Dude, you literally talk more about LeBron than most stans. He has been in your head big time for awhile now.
Hit a nerve didn't I? :D

imdaman99

01-08-2014, 11:46 AM

Or, you're Kobe Bryant, and you're guarding Reggie Miller and Allen Iverson in back-to-back Finals, Carmelo, JR and Chauncey Billups in the same series, and shut down Westbrook and Rondo in one playoff run :bowdown:
Kobe is so damn competitive that he would have guarded Dwight if he noticed that Gasol and Bynum were getting dominated. Now that's competitive nature :bowdown: One loves competition, the other likes to join it. Let's see where he runs to once he realizes Wade is officially broken down.

Meanwhile Durant will win rings with the team he was drafted to.

moe94

01-08-2014, 12:21 PM

At least he was under 50% shooting and shot alot, therefore he was dominant
:roll:

Element

01-08-2014, 12:23 PM

Kobe is so damn competitive that he would have guarded Dwight if he noticed that Gasol and Bynum were getting dominated. Now that's competitive nature :bowdown: One loves competition, the other likes to join it. Let's see where he runs to once he realizes Wade is officially broken down.

Meanwhile Durant will win rings with the team he was drafted to.

He actually played incredible help defense on Dwight in the 09 Finals, similar to how the Blazers put their best defensive player in Pippen as the primary helper on Shaq in the 2000 WCF :bowdown: :bowdown:

LeBron, though? Dude was hidden on Rafer Alston :kobe:

NumberSix

01-08-2014, 12:45 PM

48 points on 41% and 19 FTAs.

There would be 10+ "selfish chucker" threads if Kobe did this.

k0kakw0rld

01-10-2014, 01:39 AM

30-4-3 in 3 Quarters :bowdown:

LeBron 06

01-10-2014, 01:41 AM

30-4-3 in 3 Quarters :bowdown:

and the nuggets lead by 23 points after 3 quarter!

k0kakw0rld

01-10-2014, 01:43 AM

and the nuggets lead by 23 points after 3 quarter!
I wanted to make him look good. You ruined the party:oldlol:

zoom17

01-10-2014, 01:47 AM

I wanted to make him look good. You ruined the party:oldlol:

:oldlol:

NumberSix

01-10-2014, 01:48 AM

30-4-3 in 3 Quarters :bowdown:
15 of his points on 38% shooting. The other 15 from free throws.

50% of his points are fro FTAs.:roll:

he'd be shooting about 19% if he wasn't getting bailed out

BlazerRed

01-10-2014, 02:34 AM

15 of his points on 38% shooting. The other 15 from free throws.

50% of his points are fro FTAs.:roll:

he'd be shooting about 19% if he wasn't getting bailed out

The guy is being ****ing triple teamed out there without Westbrook, how stupid are you? He has to take shots, and sometimes they're bad but he HAS to take them because no on else on that team can score. The second highest scorer out there was Reggie Jackson with THIRTEEN.

Fudge

01-10-2014, 02:37 AM

If only he had Wade and Bosh, mayn. :(

k0kakw0rld

01-10-2014, 02:40 AM

If only he could be the player that LeBron is.

He wil always finish second :pimp:

Fudge

01-10-2014, 02:42 AM

If only he was a Nugget, Raptor, Spur, Warrior, Grizzly, Knick, or Heat, you'd be a fan of his, eh mayn? :(

BlazerRed

01-10-2014, 02:43 AM

If only he was a Nugget, Raptor, Spur, Warrior, Grizzly, Knick, or Heat, you'd be a fan of his, eh mayn? :(

:lol life's tough as a bandwagoner..

Illuminati

01-10-2014, 02:44 AM

Fudge

01-10-2014, 02:45 AM

Clearly you didn't watch the game and you're talking out of your ass.
Get me a soda bro, I'm thirsty.

Illuminati

01-10-2014, 02:47 AM

Get me a soda bro, I'm thirsty.

Gimme an ice cream.

BlazerRed

01-10-2014, 02:49 AM

Clearly you didn't watch the game and you're talking out of your ass.
April 2013.

Illuminati

01-10-2014, 02:54 AM

April 2013.

April 2013 > Apr 2013.

You mad.

BlazerRed

01-10-2014, 02:54 AM

April 2013 > Apr 2013.

You mad.

:crazysam:

Illuminati

01-10-2014, 02:56 AM

:crazysam:
:D

oarabbus

01-10-2014, 04:52 AM

The guy is being ****ing triple teamed out there without Westbrook, how stupid are you? He has to take shots, and sometimes they're bad but he HAS to take them because no on else on that team can score. The second highest scorer out there was Reggie Jackson with THIRTEEN.

What you're saying is true, but still though. The Spurs beat the Dubs without Timmy, Parker, or Manu (nasty loss) and a no-Lebron Heat took out your Blazers at home. But now all of a sudden the best player on the 3rd seeded team can't beat the likes of Randy Foye with Westbrook (and Ibaka for the last game) out?

All I'm saying is the Patty Mills-led Spurs can take out the Warriors in Oakland but the #2 player in the league (who some claim is actually better than Bron) loses back to back games against lottery teams :confusedshrug:

BlazerRed

01-10-2014, 10:26 AM

What you're saying is true, but still though. The Spurs beat the Dubs without Timmy, Parker, or Manu (nasty loss) and a no-Lebron Heat took out your Blazers at home. But now all of a sudden the best player on the 3rd seeded team can't beat the likes of Randy Foye with Westbrook (and Ibaka for the last game) out?

All I'm saying is the Patty Mills-led Spurs can take out the Warriors in Oakland but the #2 player in the league (who some claim is actually better than Bron) loses back to back games against lottery teams :confusedshrug:

In regards to the Spurs, they have an INCREDIBLE coach. I mean, Brooks isn't even a good coach, yet alone a great coach. That makes a huge difference to the role players. Spurs are a better team all-round, OKC just have the better stars.. that's why it hits OKC harder.

Heat have some diminishing returns with all of Lebron/Wade/Bosh out there, so missing one of those isn't really that bad either. Plus, Bosh is worlds better than Ibaka.

steve

01-10-2014, 01:59 PM

One thing I've learned from this board: if your name is "Kevin" you're putting up empty stats.

k0kakw0rld

01-15-2014, 12:00 AM

He is back at it again. :oldlol: And he just pulled a LeBron by passing the ball to Ibaka who bricked a corner 3.

Joyner82reload

01-15-2014, 12:02 AM

He is back at it again. :oldlol: And he just pulled a LeBron by passing the ball to Ibaka who bricked a corner 3.

If OKC wasn't down 3 at that time, you would have a perfectly valid argument and he should have dunked it. However given they were down 3, with no timeouts, and 10 seconds left, they HAD to have a 3. Durant made the right basketball play by collapsing the defensing and setting up an open 3.

scotty00007

01-15-2014, 12:15 AM

If OKC wasn't down 3 at that time, you would have a perfectly valid argument and he should have dunked it. However given they were down 3, with no timeouts, and 10 seconds left, they HAD to have a 3. Durant made the right basketball play by collapsing the defensing and setting up an open 3.

Oh funk me the hypocrisy is ludicrous , lebron makes the right basketball play and he is ridiculed, Durant and Kobe Stan's have a field day.

Durant does it? It's all good baby he made the right play.

For lebrons whole career he had better stats than Kobe, but was he better? Hell no say Kobe and other and other Stan's because 5 RINGS baby !!!!!!!!

Now Durant has better stats with Westbrook out and is losing but now he is better.....

2 RINGS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Stop all this ridiculousness it's disgusting . Joyner is the worst poster on the board

Illuminati

01-15-2014, 12:21 AM

Oh funk me the hypocrisy is ludicrous , lebron makes the right basketball play and he is ridiculed, Durant and Kobe Stan's have a field day.

Durant does it? It's all good baby he made the right play.

For lebrons whole career he had better stats than Kobe, but was he better? Hell no say Kobe and other and other Stan's because 5 RINGS baby !!!!!!!!

Now Durant has better stats with Westbrook out and is losing but now he is better.....

2 RINGS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Stop all this ridiculousness it's disgusting . Joyner is the worst poster on the board

Damn. Now that I think of it, there would be 2 full pages of LeBron bashing threads if LeBron kicked it out to an open 3. I agree.