(Official) Kevin Durant FTM record watch

After 10 games of the season, Kevin Durant, also known as God of the Line, is on pace to completly obliterate the record in free throws made set by Jerry West in 1964-1965 season. As the sample size grows bigger and bigger, many people are starting to believe that we are witnessing something truly unique.

Jerry West (64-65) - [B]840 FTM[/B]
Kevin Durant (13-14) - current pace - [B]895 FTM[/B]

KD, tired of long years of being 2nd in everything, finally found a segment of the game in which he can become an indisputable GOAT and is currently rip-through-ing his way to the line at an unprecedented rate.

(In fact with his current pace of drawing fouls on any BS contact, he could end up with 4th highest amount of FTA in the history, only behind Wilt Chamberlain, who played in much faster era and had usage twice as large as KD).

This thread will monitor Kevin's exploits and will highlight his best FT games, along with tracking his record breaking pace.

[B]Best games of the season[/B]

October 30 @ UTA - [B]22-24[/B] [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t90d3mbOHog"]Highlights[/URL]
November 3 vs PHO - [B]11-13[/B] [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t90d3mbOHog"]Highlights[/URL]
November 8 @ DET - [B]17-19[/B] [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t90d3mbOHog"]Highlights[/URL]
November 13 @ LAC - [B]15-17[/B] [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t90d3mbOHog"]Highlights[/URL]
November 18 vs DEN - [B]13-16[/B] [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t90d3mbOHog"]Highlights[/URL]
November 25 vs UTA - [B]12-13[/B] in just 26 minutes [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t90d3mbOHog"]Highlights[/URL]

(as of November 25, 2013)

[B]Curiosities:[/B]
- KD is currently averaging 3 more FTM per game than FGM
- at a rate of 10,9 FTM per game, KD is averaging only 0,6 less FTM per game than Carmelo Anthony and LeBron James combined
- KD is averaging 0,71 FTA per FGA. Michael Jordan, arguably the best slasher in the history, in his best season averaged 0,46 FTA per FGA
- KD is attempting only 3,8 less FTA per game than the entire San Antonio Spurs team

Durant is getting almost as many FTA per game this season as Shaq was in 00-01 when everyone has doing hack-a-shaq. And if you look at FTA/FGA, he is actually getting more than Shaq was in that season.

Still, I doubt he can keep his average this high for the entire season.

lol @ the highlights, ur funny trollsmasher.

INB4 KG215 comes here and say Durant deserves all FT he gets and that we actually don't watch OKC games.

I approve of this thread.

:applause:

James Harden and Kevin Durant have figured out the NBA scoring wise.
What's the one thing you won't go cold on and can get consistently game to game?
Free throws that is the answer!
If they refs are calling it, than they are going to milk it and shoot 80% - 90% every game and get like 15 points a game from the line alone.
I'd rather have a superstar on my team like that than watch them struggle to make half their jump shots if they can't get to the rim.
Might be shitty to watch, but I'm not complaining if they are on my team the the team is winning.

If the NBA wants to speed up the game how about calling less bs/superstar calls and not worrying about players touching the ball once it goes through the net. That would speed the game up a lot more than worrying about anything else.

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Can't blame people for not watching OKC games, it's fkn torture so boring :lol :facepalm

Great thread. I like those highlights:lol

This thread delivers.

This thread should be stickied.

"Tired of being 2nd in everything..." that made me :roll:

This is a good thread.

:applause:

No one wants to watch you shoot 20 free throws a game.

[QUOTE=Trollsmasher]

KD, tired of long years of being 2nd in everything, finally found a segment of the game in which he can become an indisputable GOAT and is currently rip-through-ing his way to the line at an unprecedented rate.

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I couldn't watch OKC games if it wasn't for the Goatbrook :rockon:

Current top 10 in scoring (excluding FT's):

1. Lebron James - 21.9ppg
2. Kevin Love - 20.1ppg
3. Carmelo Anthony - 20.1ppg
4. Lamarcus Aldridge - 19.6ppg
5. Blake Griffin - 18.9ppg
5. Klay Thompson - 18.9ppg
7. Kevin Martin - 18.3ppg
7. Paul George - 18.3ppg
7. Kevin Durant - 18.3ppg
10. Bradley Beal - 18.1ppg

where is KG215 when we need him? :confusedshrug:

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KG215 come out and play-ay-yaaa

This is actually quality trolling. The tired of being 2nd at everything line and the highlights were hilarious. Repped.

If KD wasn't such a skinny dude, he wouldn't be receiving Shaq like FTAs.

:roll: :roll:

this is the GOAT KD thread lol

[QUOTE=Trollsmasher]

[B]Best games of the season[/B]

October 30 @ UTA - [B]22-24[/B] [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t90d3mbOHog"]Highlights[/URL]
November 3 vs PHO - [B]11-13[/B] [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t90d3mbOHog"]Highlights[/URL]
November 8 @ DET - [B]17-19[/B] [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t90d3mbOHog"]Highlights[/URL]
November 13 @ LAC - [B]15-17[/B] [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t90d3mbOHog"]Highlights[/URL]
November 18 vs DEN - [B]13-16[/B] [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t90d3mbOHog"]Highlights[/URL]

(as of November 19, 2013)
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That's his signature move, "act n' shake"

The troll bar has been set!

:bowdown:

[QUOTE]at a rate of 11,3 FTM per game, KD is averaging 0,2 more FTM per game than Carmelo Anthony and LeBron James combined[/QUOTE]

This just blows my mind. It's obvious that Lebron is better than Durant but so is Melo. At least he's not far behind as people like to think he is. If Melo got the kind of calls Durant gets, he could easily replicate Durant's offensive statline.

[QUOTE=HoopsFanNumero1]This just blows my mind. It's obvious that Lebron is better than Durant but so is Melo. At least he's not far behind as people like to think he is. If Melo got the kind of calls Durant gets, he could easily replicate Duran't offensive statline.[/QUOTE]

looking at how bad the refs treat melo, im sure they must be ISHer

OP... Good One.

Has Durant been going hard to the hoop?

[QUOTE=VIntageNOvel]looking at how bad the refs treat melo, im sure they must be ISHer[/QUOTE]
Somebody with skills needs to make a Melo contrast Durant foul calls - it would definitely go viral. Its like two whole different leagues, no two whole different sports! That discrepancy is the wildest in sports.

[QUOTE=HoopsFanNumero1]This just blows my mind. It's obvious that Lebron is better than Durant but so is Melo. At least he's not far behind as people like to think he is. If Melo got the kind of calls Durant gets, he could easily replicate Duran't offensive statline.[/QUOTE]
Melo gets the iverson blackball treatment.. no point in him flopping and flailing refs just look the other way. Durant cannot be breathed on.. if you play tight defense, and so much as touch him he will flail sideways and demand calls. Hes the heir to bron's throne and the league has to protect him.

He's a deadly scorer who can shoot from anywhere while being able to attack the rim with his insane wingspan. His weak base causes him to fall easily with slight contact so officials are forced to call fouls. He's savvy and hunts extended arms to get tangled up in.. lol. It's not always about who attacks the rim more. Reggie Miller had a higher FT rate than Jordan.

Curry needs to learn from Durant/Harden.

[QUOTE=chazzy]He's a deadly scorer who can shoot from anywhere while being able to attack the rim with his insane wingspan. His weak base causes him to fall easily with slight contact so officials are forced to call fouls. He's savvy and hunts extended arms to get tangled up in.. lol. It's not always about who attacks the rim more. Reggie Miller had a higher FT rate than Jordan.[/QUOTE]
Wasnt reggie miller a known flopper/baiter?

At least reggie was a little real with it though.. he talk shit right to your face no matter what right after tricking you and getting the refs to see his side. This whole class of ref baiters nowadays harden/durant/wade just act entitled.. and arent even sneaky with it. Just spoiled brats like the refs are their rich parents.. while melo is like an orphan.

[QUOTE=tpols]This whole class of ref baiters nowadays harden/durant/wade just act entitled.. and arent even sneaky with it. Just spoiled brats like the refs are their rich parents.. [B]while melo is like an orphan.[/B][/QUOTE]

:lol :lol

It's funny cause it's true lol

[QUOTE=tpols]Wasnt reggie miller a known flopper/baiter?

At least reggie was a little real with it though.. he talk shit right to your face no matter what right after tricking you and getting the refs to see his side. This whole class of ref baiters nowadays harden/durant/wade just act entitled.. and arent even sneaky with it. Just spoiled brats like the refs are their rich parents.. while melo is like an orphan.[/QUOTE]


Reggie Miller was the KING,EMPEROR of Flop

He patented the shooting leg kick for fta,he did the rip through,he extended his arms whenever he shot to get touched and get fta,he exaggerated contact all the time.

And even then comparing Jordan and Reggie is like today comparing
Durant and Harden.
Jordan was the NBA's golden boy,you couldn't breath on Jordan and he got special ref treatment like Durant does.Harden is like Reggie only Harden can not shoot or do anything.

Durant is the NBA's golden boy,you can't breath on him.
LeBron has been getting the Shaq treatment since he came to Miami,once he started winning and dominating and also maybe due to the excessive hate he got the Shaq treatment.

Durant is untouchable,it's like he took George Gervin and Reggie Miller's tactics and bc he's NBA's golden boy,he's UNTOUCHABLE.

14 FTA PER GAME,WTF?

The only person even close to that amount is Harden and the only person in the past 20 years to even get close to that is Shaq.

Wade barely gets any calls and is basically completely disregarded as a star by the refs,Melo gets no calls(maybe NY hate bias),LeBron got the Shaq treatment,
Kobe gets calls like he's in his prime and a star,Harden is Free Throw King and the league is trying to make him a star,Durant is MR UNTOUCHABLE,Free Throw God and is getting FTA as much as Wilt only You cant touch Him.

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This is actually quality trolling.
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I was thinking something similar. Its at least reasonably new information and its amusing.


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[QUOTE=RoundMoundOfReb]This is actually quality trolling. The tired of being 2nd at everything line and the highlights were hilarious. Repped.[/QUOTE]
Not a trolling. An official record tracking thread with a hint of sarcasm the situation warrants:cheers:

[QUOTE=BigTicket]Current top 10 in scoring (excluding FT's):

1. Lebron James - 21.9ppg
2. Kevin Love - 20.1ppg
3. Carmelo Anthony - 20.1ppg
4. Lamarcus Aldridge - 19.6ppg
5. Blake Griffin - 18.9ppg
5. Klay Thompson - 18.9ppg
7. Kevin Martin - 18.3ppg
7. Paul George - 18.3ppg
7. Kevin Durant - 18.3ppg
10. Bradley Beal - 18.1ppg[/QUOTE]

lol....

big up LMA

[QUOTE=Kblaze8855]I was thinking something similar. Its at least reasonably new information and its amusing.


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Yeah no we've never heard about Durant & his free throws.

I mean as long as it isn't negatively directed towards Rose..who cares?

And to think we're only one Lebron James away from ''God of the Line'' being considered the NBA's best basketball player. What has this league come to, REFS?

In all honesty, Durant is a god-level talent and a pleasure to watch, except when he is at the line shooting FTs... which is virtually all the time these days.

[QUOTE=TheMarkMadsen]Yeah no we've never heard about Durant & his free throws.

I mean as long as it isn't negatively directed towards Rose..who cares?[/QUOTE]

I knew none of the information in the first post. It being a Durant Ft topic doesnt make it exactly a rehash. And even if it were...if I deleted every topic id seen before we wouldnt have any. Ive been here 12 damn years. Nothing is original anymore.

But some hater topics manage to be amusing if well put together. The 1 word topics, hating just to get a reaction and argue all day, and acting like HOF players are worse than role players are not needed.

Not like rose topics are all deleted. There have been more than one today I disregarded.

Bump, updated OP. KD slips a little of his pace (still comfortably on a track to make it though). Great game today:applause: