Do people really believe KD is only a good scorer because of his free throws?
First off: he gets a lot of cheap calls because of his flailing limbs and sht.
But last year, he averaged 28.0ppg on 49.6/38.7/86.0 (61%TS) with 7.6 free throws per game.
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Only people who are insecure about their favorite player. In other words Lebron, Kobe or Melo fans. :lol
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People are just overreacting to the latest Melo hot streak and bashing Durant because they are "scoring rivals".
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[QUOTE=Graviton]People are just overreacting to the latest Melo hot streak and bashing Durant because they are "scoring rivals".[/QUOTE]
This.
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[QUOTE=mjokc]Only people who are insecure about their favorite player. In other words Lebron, Kobe or Melo fans. :lol[/QUOTE]
I'm a Lebron fan, but I'm not overly unrealistic.
I think you're looking for Lebron, Kobe or Melo [B]stans[/B].
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[QUOTE=mjokc]Only people who are insecure about their favorite player. In other words Lebron, Kobe or Melo fans. :lol[/QUOTE]
lebron is so much better than Durant his "stans" shouldn't have to worry about Durant...Melo and Kobe stans are another story considering Durant is better than both of them:lol
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[QUOTE=esiotrot]I'm a Lebron fan, but I'm not overly unrealistic.
I think you're looking for Lebron, Kobe or Melo [B]stans[/B].[/QUOTE]
Yeah sorry, that was a bad generalization on my part. I know there are dumb KD stans too.
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[QUOTE=Hoopz2332]lebron is so much better than Durant his "stans" shouldn't have to worry about Durant...Melo and Kobe stans are another story considering Durant is better than both of them:lol[/QUOTE]
I agree that Lebron is better, but that doesn't mean that Lebron stans aren't insecure if you DARE say that KD is better at something than Lebron.
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[QUOTE=mjokc]Yeah sorry, that was a bad generalization on my part. I know there are dumb KD stans too.[/QUOTE]
The funny this is, in my six months of lurking, I've only seen one Durant stan (28renyoy/Joyner). And I haven't seen any Melo stans. They're usually just New York Knicks fans enthusiastic about their team.
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Probably, but unfortunately most people are just stupid on here.
Durant goes to the line less than 1 more time than the likes of Kobe and Melo.
Durant shoots 9.4 free throws per game.
Kobe shoots 7.7 and Melo shoots 7.6
So everyone think about that for a second. That means that Durant, on average, draws a little less than 1 more shooting foul per game than comparable scorers. Harden goes to the line more often. Drawing fouls is part of being a great scorer.
Love him or hate him, I think anyone without a huge bias would at least admit he's really good a drawing fouls. So I don't think it's that unreasonable for a guy like Durant to go to the free throw line roughly 1 more time per game than some of the other elite scorers in the league.
I know, logic just sucks.
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[QUOTE=DMAVS41]Probably, but unfortunately most people are just stupid on here.
Durant goes to the line less than 1 more time than the likes of Kobe and Melo.
Durant shoots 9.4 free throws per game.
Kobe shoots 7.7 and Melo shoots 7.6
So everyone think about that for a second. That means that Durant, on average, draws a little less than 1 more shooting foul per game than comparable scorers. Harden goes to the line more often. Drawing fouls is part of being a great scorer.
Love him or hate him, I think anyone without a huge bias would at least admit he's really good a drawing fouls. So I don't think it's that unreasonable for a guy like Durant to go to the free throw line roughly 1 more time per game than some of the other elite scorers in the league.
I know, logic just sucks.[/QUOTE]
Would rep. People are so ****ing stupid. Apparently Durant only scores like he does because of free throws, but Kobe and Melo, who only go to the line 1 time less and that's irrelevant. ISH is so ****ing retarded.. :facepalm
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[QUOTE=DMAVS41]Probably, but unfortunately most people are just stupid on here.
Durant goes to the line [B]less than 1 more time[/B] than the likes of Kobe and Melo.
Durant shoots 9.4 free throws per game.
Kobe shoots 7.7 and Melo shoots 7.6
So everyone think about that for a second. That means that Durant, on average, draws a little less than 1 more shooting foul per game than comparable scorers. Harden goes to the line more often. Drawing fouls is part of being a great scorer.
Love him or hate him, I think anyone without a huge bias would at least admit he's really good a drawing fouls. So I don't think it's that unreasonable for a guy like Durant to go to the free throw line roughly 1 more time per game than some of the other elite scorers in the league.
I know, logic just sucks.[/QUOTE]
9.4 - 7.7 = 1.7
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[QUOTE=RoundMoundOfReb]9.4 - 7.7 = 1.7[/QUOTE]
And you get two free throws per every trip to the line. :confusedshrug:
Hence roughly 1 more trip to the free throw line.
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[QUOTE=DMAVS41]And you get two free throws per every trip to the line. :confusedshrug:
Hence roughly 1 more trip to the free throw line.[/QUOTE]
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[QUOTE=RoundMoundOfReb]9.4 - 7.7 = 1.7[/QUOTE]
HURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR :facepalm