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Kevin Durant vs George Gervin
What do you think? Is Durant already as good as Gervin ever was, is he better, or is he still a bit below prime George Gervin?
Durant is already a better rebounder, but Gervin is one of the greatest scorers of all time. I've watched some prime George Gervin games for the first time and he really was impressive. Didn't seem to hog the ball, was efficient, had good shot selection, excellent mid-range and turnaround jumper, very smooth getting to the basket and a creative scorer. However Gervin was known as a poor defender even though he was a very good shot blocker for his position. While Durant is not an all-defense level player, I've seen him shown some potential as far as 1 on 1 defense. But only flashes of it like that 4th quarter in the playoffs where he shut down Kobe. One thing that will be key is whether Durant proves to be clutch or not, Gervin wasn't known as particularly clutch so that is what could potentially make Durant better, though he has yet to prove himself as clutch.
This is a much better comparison for Durant IMO, than Jordan, Kobe, Lebron, Wade or prime T-Mac. Those guys are/were excellent passers/playmakers. That's not really Durant's game.
But I haven't watched enough George Gervin games to really decide. For those that have seen more George Gervin games or watched him in his prime, what's your opinion?
And before Joyner comes in slamming Gervin and sucking Durant's dick, here are the stats because that's what Joyner bases his entire argument around.
George's scoring title seasons.
1978- 27.2 ppg, 5.1 rpg, 3.7 apg, 1.7 spg, 1.3 bpg, 3.7 TO, 53.6 FG%, 83 FT%, 59.4 TS%
1979- 29.6 ppg, 5 rpg, 2.7 apg, 1.7 spg, 1.1 bpg, 3.6 TO, 54.1 FG%, 82.6 FT%, 59.1 TS%
1980- 33.1 ppg, 5.2 rpg, 2.6 apg, 1.4 spg, 1 bpg, 3.3 TO, 52.8 FG%, 85.2 FT%, 58.7 TS%
1982- 32.3 ppg, 5 rpg, 2.4 apg, 1 spg, 0.6 bpg, 2.7 TO, 50 FG%, 86.4 FT%, 56,.2 TS%
Durant's scoring title season
30.3 ppg, 7.6 rpg, 2.8 apg, 1.4 spg, 1 bpg, 3.3 TO, 47.6 FG%, 90 FT%, 60.7 TS%
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Re: Kevin Durant vs George Gervin
[QUOTE=ShaqAttack3234]What do you think? Is Durant already as good as Gervin ever was, is he better, or is he still a bit below prime George Gervin?
Durant is already a better rebounder, but Gervin is one of the greatest scorers of all time. I've watched some prime George Gervin games for the first time and he really was impressive. Didn't seem to hog the ball, was efficient, had good shot selection, excellent mid-range and turnaround jumper, very smooth getting to the basket and a creative scorer. However Gervin was known as a poor defender even though he was a very good shot blocker for his position. While Durant is not an all-defense level player, I've seen him shown some potential as far as 1 on 1 defense. But only flashes of it like that 4th quarter in the playoffs where he shut down Kobe. One thing that will be key is whether Durant proves to be clutch or not, Gervin wasn't known as particularly clutch so that is what could potentially make Durant better, though he has yet to prove himself as clutch.
This is a much better comparison for Durant IMO, than Jordan, Kobe, Lebron, Wade or prime T-Mac. Those guys are/were excellent passers/playmakers. That's not really Durant's game.
But I haven't watched enough George Gervin games to really decide. For those that have seen more George Gervin games or watched him in his prime, what's your opinion?
And before Joyner comes in slamming Gervin and sucking Durant's dick, here are the stats because that's what Joyner bases his entire argument around.
George's scoring title seasons.
1978- 27.2 ppg, 5.1 rpg, 3.7 apg, 1.7 spg, 1.3 bpg, 3.7 TO, 53.6 FG%, 83 FT%, 59.4 TS%
1979- 29.6 ppg, 5 rpg, 2.7 apg, 1.7 spg, 1.1 bpg, 3.6 TO, 54.1 FG%, 82.6 FT%, 59.1 TS%
1980- 33.1 ppg, 5.2 rpg, 2.6 apg, 1.4 spg, 1 bpg, 3.3 TO, 52.8 FG%, 85.2 FT%, 58.7 TS%
1982- 32.3 ppg, 5 rpg, 2.4 apg, 1 spg, 0.6 bpg, 2.7 TO, 50 FG%, 86.4 FT%, 56,.2 TS%
Durant's scoring title season
30.3 ppg, 7.6 rpg, 2.8 apg, 3.3 TO, 47.6 FG%, 90 FT%, 60.7 TS%[/QUOTE]
Gervin was one of the greatest scorers of his era. Durant would have to have some spectacular seasons to come close to being compared with him
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nice thread.
I remember when K.D came out of Texas people were calling him the next Iceman.
BTW i never seen Gervin play b4 i wasnt even born
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Durant at 21 is/was better than prime Gervin and it's not even really close. Durant is a more efficient scorer and a far better defender.
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Durant may be a slightly more athletic Alex English.
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[QUOTE=joyner82]Durant at 21 is/was better than prime Gervin and it's not even really close. Durant is a more efficient scorer and a far better defender.[/QUOTE]
Durant MAY be a better scorer...but to say that he was better, at 21, than a PRIME Gervin is simply not true.
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How about some post-season comparison's between the two?
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Durant's 3rd season vs Gervin's best season
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Player FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
Gervin 13.1 24.9 .528 0.4 1.3 .314 6.5 7.6 .852 2.0 3.2 5.2 2.6 1.4 1.0 3.3 2.7 33.1
Durant 9.7 20.3 .476 1.6 4.3 .365 9.2 10.2 .900 1.3 6.3 7.6 2.8 1.4 1.0 3.3 2.1 30.1[/CODE]
[CODE]
Player PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
Gervin 24.0 .587 .536 5.7 8.9 7.3 11.0 1.6 1.4 10.3 31.7 115 110 9.3 1.3 10.6 0.173
Durant 26.2 .607 .514 3.8 17.9 11.0 13.5 1.8 1.9 11.7 32.0 118 104 11.1 5.0 16.1 0.238[/CODE]
Durant dominates him across the board like I said. The only thing Gervin did more of was shoot.
60.7 TS vs 58.7
26.2 PER vs 24.0 PER
.238 WSp48 vs .173 WSp48
Comparison is a joke
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Why Gervin though? Why not Dantley or Bernard King?
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[QUOTE=joyner82]Durant's 3rd season vs Gervin's best season
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Player FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
Gervin 13.1 24.9 .528 0.4 1.3 .314 6.5 7.6 .852 2.0 3.2 5.2 2.6 1.4 1.0 3.3 2.7 33.1
Durant 9.7 20.3 .476 1.6 4.3 .365 9.2 10.2 .900 1.3 6.3 7.6 2.8 1.4 1.0 3.3 2.1 30.1[/CODE]
[CODE]
Player PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
Gervin 24.0 .587 .536 5.7 8.9 7.3 11.0 1.6 1.4 10.3 31.7 115 110 9.3 1.3 10.6 0.173
Durant 26.2 .607 .514 3.8 17.9 11.0 13.5 1.8 1.9 11.7 32.0 118 104 11.1 5.0 16.1 0.238[/CODE]
Durant dominates him across the board like I said. The only thing Gervin did more of was shoot.
60.7 TS vs 58.7
26.2 PER vs 24.0 PER
.238 WSp48 vs .173 WSp48
Comparison is a joke[/QUOTE]
How about his ONE post-season with a PRIME Gervin's BEST post-season(s)?
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:roll: at Durant being more efficient, he has an edge in TS%, but Gervin kills him in FG% which is still a factor because TS% doesn't factor in that misses hurt a team and rewards less consistent streaky/volume scorers. FG% is a good indicator of how consistent a scorer is.
And get that PER garbage out of here.
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[QUOTE=ShaqAttack3234]:roll: at Durant being more efficient, he has an edge in TS%, but Gervin kills him in FG% which is still a factor because TS% doesn't factor in that misses hurt a team and rewards less consistent streaky/volume scorers. FG% is a good indicator of how consistent a scorer is.
And get that PER garbage out of here.[/QUOTE]
Missing a free throw is worse than missing a FGA because you have a lesser percentage of getting an offensive rebound off a miss ft than a standard FG. Also Durant destroys him in 3P% and last time I checked a 90% free throw shooter getting to the line is more efficient than anyone on the court taking a shot.
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A missed FT does NOT hurt a team more than a missed FG because even if you miss a FT you can set your defense and actually that still helps, a missed FG, particularly a long jumpshot, can lead to a fastbreak for the other team and even with a missed FT, you still drew a foul on another player/team.
And yeah, Durant shoots 90%, but Gervin was no slouch in that department, he shot between 82-87% in all of his scoring title seasons. And 3s weren't really part of the game in Gervin's prime.
I posted TS%, but better TS% doesn't equal more efficient and because of Gervin's big advantage in FG%(he shot between 50-55% in his scoring title seasons while Durant shot between 47-48%) plus the fact that Durant didn't average 32-33 ppg either and volume has to be factored in.
At best, you can call their efficiency a wash.
And the Gervin comparison is better than a King or Dantley comparison because those guys posted up more and were were a lot stronger and more physical. I've heard some strange comparisons for Durant like Nowitzki and even more off, Garnett. :roll:
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yea i also remember Dicky V calling K.D. the next K.G. :lol :lol moron
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[QUOTE=ShaqAttack3234]A missed FT does NOT hurt a team more than a missed FG because even if you miss a FT you can set your defense and actually that still helps, a missed FG, particularly a long jumpshot, can lead to a fastbreak for the other team and even with a missed FT, you still drew a foul on another player/team.
And yeah, Durant shoots 90%, but Gervin was no slouch in that department, he shot between 82-87% in all of his scoring title seasons. And 3s weren't really part of the game in Gervin's prime.
I posted TS%, but better TS% doesn't equal more efficient and because of Gervin's big advantage in FG%(he shot between 50-55% in his scoring title seasons while Durant shot between 47-48%) plus the fact that Durant didn't average 32-33 ppg either and volume has to be factored in.
At best, you can call their efficiency a wash.
And the Gervin comparison is better than a King or Dantley comparison because those guys posted up more and were were a lot stronger and more physical. I've heard some strange comparisons for Durant like Nowitzki and even more off, Garnett. :roll:[/QUOTE]
Durant at 21 put up 30 a game on 20 shots or
Gervin averaged over 30 twice in his career and needed 25 FGA to get it done.
During the heart of his prime he posted 29.6 ppg and needed 21.9 FGA to get it done. That was his most efficient 28+ ppg season.
Also Gervin played on teams that were always 1st or 2nd in the league in pace/ppg. Durant is on a team that is primarily defensive minded which makes his numbers even more ridiculous.
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I have no beef in this discussion. Durant has already accomplished a lot at only 21. BUT, my god, those that want to rank a player who has only played three seasons, with a long-time career star are being ridiculous.
Let's have this debate 5-10 years from now.
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[QUOTE=joyner82]Durant at 21 put up 30 a game on 20 shots or
Gervin averaged over 30 twice in his career and needed 25 FGA to get it done.
During the heart of his prime he posted 29.6 ppg and needed 21.9 FGA to get it done. That was his most efficient 28+ ppg season.
Also Gervin played on teams that were always 1st or 2nd in the league in pace/ppg. Durant is on a team that is primarily defensive minded which makes his numbers even more ridiculous.[/QUOTE]
Durant averaged a 3 pointer and a half with 10 fts. Gervin .1 3's and only over 8 fts once.
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[QUOTE=jlauber]I have no beef in this discussion. Durant has already accomplished a lot at only 21. BUT, my god, those that want to rank a player who has only played three seasons, with a long-time career star are being ridiculous.
Let's have this debate 5-10 years from now.[/QUOTE]
I remember after his fith season, kids were ranking Wade over Drexler and Gervin. Some had him 3 or 4 behind MJ, Kobe and some had him over West, lol.
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Shaqattack this is a nice comparison, much more logical than comparing him to Lebron or Kobe, because as you said, Durant is not a playmaker. I guess you already know that, but dont give up on this thread just because biased homers like joyner are insecure enough to not allow this comparison. Not even close? what a joke.
As I see it right now, I still think Gervin is the better scorer than any version of Durant we have seen yet (notice the word "yet"), better rebounder Durant? well not much, its something tied to me or at least only slightly better Kevin.
My intuition tells me Durant will end up being the better player, but as of now, I see George being the most decisive superstar, just see the scoring stats.
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[QUOTE=EarlTheGoat]Shaqattack this is a nice comparison, much more logical than comparing him to Lebron or Kobe, because as you said, Durant is not a playmaker. I guess you already know that, but dont give up on this thread just because biased homers like joyner are insecure enough to not allow this comparison. Not even close? what a joke.
As I see it right now, I still think Gervin is the better scorer than any version of Durant we have seen yet (notice the word "yet"), better rebounder Durant? well not much, its something tied to me or at least only slightly better Kevin.
My intuition tells me Durant will end up being the better player, but as of now, I see George being the most decisive superstar, just see the scoring stats.[/QUOTE]
Alex English is another good comparison as they both were big, lanky Small Forwards.
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[QUOTE=L.Kizzle]Durant averaged a 3 pointer and a half with 10 fts. Gervin .1 3's and only over 8 fts once.[/QUOTE]
There is a stat that factors all of these shots together and scales them. It's called TS%. Durant's 3rd year destroys Gervin's best year in TS%. Durant is the more efficient scorer.
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every time I see the name "george gervin" there's only one thing in my mind : Finger roll!
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[QUOTE=jlauber]Gervin was one of the greatest scorers of his era. Durant would have to have some spectacular seasons to come close to being compared with him
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Ok, be honest every1. How many of you guys were actually older than 7 years old when this guy played in his prime. Cuz ppl always compare older players and i guaran-fukin-tee that very few ppl on this website ever watched a live game of bill russell. Everyone acts like they know everybody though.
Like honestly Russell prolly quit playing prolly b4 the 70s. Youd have to be 40 to be alive and 45-50 years old (at the very least, I didn't start watchin basketball on a regular basis until i was like 11), and I know there aren't a bunch of fugin 50 year olds on here callin each dick sucking trolls and shit.
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I really like Durant, but for christ sake, give the kid some time before comparing him to the ice man. Let him build up a resume.
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[QUOTE=momo]I really like Durant, but for christ sake, give the kid some time before comparing him to the ice man. Let him build up a resume.[/QUOTE]
sit back and watch him get his MVP next season :pimp:
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[QUOTE=Bigsmoke]sit back and watch him get his MVP next seasobn :pimp:[/QUOTE]
Would not surprise me a bit.
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I see a prime tmac/Dirk hybrid which is what everyone thougt he'd be.
Mcgrady was a scoring champ. Durant is a big though with a 3 point stroke. He can put the ball on the floor though, more like tmac than Dirk.
I don't know much about gervin. But Durant is one hell of a shooter.
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[QUOTE=joyner82]Durant's 3rd season vs Gervin's best season
[CODE]
Player FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
Gervin 13.1 24.9 .528 0.4 1.3 .314 6.5 7.6 .852 2.0 3.2 5.2 2.6 1.4 1.0 3.3 2.7 33.1
Durant 9.7 20.3 .476 1.6 4.3 .365 9.2 10.2 .900 1.3 6.3 7.6 2.8 1.4 1.0 3.3 2.1 30.1[/CODE]
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Player PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
Gervin 24.0 .587 .536 5.7 8.9 7.3 11.0 1.6 1.4 10.3 31.7 115 110 9.3 1.3 10.6 0.173
Durant 26.2 .607 .514 3.8 17.9 11.0 13.5 1.8 1.9 11.7 32.0 118 104 11.1 5.0 16.1 0.238[/CODE]
Durant dominates him across the board like I said. The only thing Gervin did more of was shoot.
60.7 TS vs 58.7
26.2 PER vs 24.0 PER
.238 WSp48 vs .173 WSp48
Comparison is a joke[/QUOTE]
How is that domination across the board? Gervin clearly scored 3 more PPG, only attempted 2-3 more shots, and shot a 53% FG%.
Sure Durant has a better TS%, but uh, you forget that when you brick more shots, the other team rebounds the ball more and gets a chance to score. TS% doesn't factor the extra possessions for the other team in, which = not a good stat to bring out. 3pt shots especially lead to the most defensive rebounds of any shot.
All of Durant's extra bricked shots cancel out his extra couple rebounds since he bricks a couple more shots per game (takes 2 more threes per game which = high chance of possession change)
Durant might become better than Gervin, but right now he isn't. At all.
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[QUOTE=iamgine]Why Gervin though? Why not Dantley or Bernard King?[/QUOTE]
Gervin and KD had similar playing styles. Dantley and King were different types of players, both much more physical than the first two.
I agree that the comparison would be much better in 10 years, but right off the bat I'd say that KD will end up being a much better rebounder than the Iceman, but the roles on their teams is different.
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Gervin may be a legend but Durant is a far better defender and nearly as good as a scorer. Durant FTW.
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[QUOTE=rfoster24]Ok, be honest every1. How many of you guys were actually older than 7 years old when this guy played in his prime. Cuz ppl always compare older players and i guaran-fukin-tee that very few ppl on this website ever watched a live game of bill russell. Everyone acts like they know everybody though.
Like honestly Russell prolly quit playing prolly b4 the 70s. Youd have to be 40 to be alive and 45-50 years old (at the very least, I didn't start watchin basketball on a regular basis until i was like 11), and I know there aren't a bunch of fugin 50 year olds on here callin each dick sucking trolls and shit.[/QUOTE]
Well jlauber has said he's like 50 or something.
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[QUOTE=SinJackal]How is that domination across the board? Gervin clearly scored 3 more PPG, only attempted 2-3 more shots, and shot a 53% FG%.
Sure Durant has a better TS%, but uh, you forget that when you brick more shots, the other team rebounds the ball more and gets a chance to score. TS% doesn't factor the extra possessions for the other team in, which = not a good stat to bring out. 3pt shots especially lead to the most defensive rebounds of any shot.
All of Durant's extra bricked shots cancel out his extra couple rebounds since he bricks a couple more shots per game (takes 2 more threes per game which = high chance of possession change)
Durant might become better than Gervin, but right now he isn't. At all.[/QUOTE]
Gervin averaged exactly 3 more ppg on 4.6 more FGA.
Considering Durant averaged 1.5 PPS last season, give him 4.6 more FGA and he's at 37.0 ppg. Sure Durant averaged 2.6 more FTA but that averages out to roughly 1.1 FGA.
So you can give Gervin 33.1 ppg on 23.8 FGA. That's less than 1.4 PPS which is vastly inferior to Durant's absurd 1.5.
And if you really want to break it down then Durant holds far superior edges in term's of posessions gained due to his ability to draw fouls and his greater rebounding, fewer pf's, assist %, etc.
Durant is clearly the superior offensive player which is expressed through all of the advanced stats. Defense you don't even need stats, but Durant has a 104 PP100 D vs Gervin's 110 which concludes Durant destroys him on defense.
I'm sorry but Durant was better than Gervin this past season. It's no different from saying 3rd year Shaq was better than someone like Elvin Hayes.
Does that mean Durant ranks higher on the all time list than Gervin? No, but he was better in year 3 than Gervin ever was. Just as LeBron was probably a top 10 player all time last season but you won't find him close to top 10 lists all time currently.
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I don't think anyone here is going to say that Durant won't have a HOF career. Barring injury, and more than likely he will dust Gervin and many others by the time his career is over. However, as Kizzle alluded to, many thought McGrady and Wade, among other's, were going to be racking up sensational numbers every year, too.
Wilt, Kareem, and MJ all had their finest scoring seasons in their third years. Granted, they were all older than Durant in his third season. But, none of them kept putting up bigger scoring seasons. And, obviously, that didn't diminish the rest of the careers. But it does show that nothing is guaranteed. Durant will almost surely become an even better player, but he may never taste 30 ppg again, either.
In any case, Gervin was one of the greatest "scorers" in NBA history. And it is simply not fair to him to state that Durant, after only one really outstanding season, is/was a better scorer than Gervin. He may very well go on to average 35+ ppg over several seasons. But let's at least wait until he has some of them under his belt first.
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[QUOTE=RoseCity07]I see a prime tmac/Dirk hybrid which is what everyone thougt he'd be.
Mcgrady was a scoring champ. Durant is a big though with a 3 point stroke. He can put the ball on the floor though, more like tmac than Dirk.
I don't know much about gervin. But Durant is one hell of a shooter.[/QUOTE]
Durant isn't a big man. He's a 6'9"/6'10" small forward who actually started at shooting guard in his rookie season and part of his second year. He's not like Dirk who posts up more, but is less athletic than Durant and less perimeter-oriented. Durant also doesn't have the athleticism of prime T-Mac or anywhere near the passing/playmaking skills.
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Robinson>Ewing
Dirk>Dwight
Whoever I say > Whatever ShaqAttack says
Russell > Shaq
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TS%? :facepalm The Iceman excelled in a more physical era that featured less spacing. His scoring numbers are remarkable when you factor in his less reliance on the 3 point shot, hand checking, his slight frame, and fewer bail out calls that were given during his day. Kevin will need five more years like the last before I put him in the class of Gervin.
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[QUOTE=Th3ShowMVP]Robinson>Ewing
Dirk>Dwight
Whoever I say > Whatever ShaqAttack says
Russell > Shaq[/QUOTE]
:roll: what a troll.
Dwight>>Yao
You didn't watch Ewing or Robinson play well maybe '03 Robinson.
Go watch the footage of Russell that's available and then watch some 2000 or 2001 Shaq games and then try saying that with a straight face.
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[QUOTE=ShaqAttack3234]Durant isn't a big man. He's a 6'9"/6'10" small forward who actually started at shooting guard in his rookie season and part of his second year. He's not like Dirk who posts up more, but is less athletic than Durant and less perimeter-oriented. Durant also doesn't have the athleticism of prime T-Mac or anywhere near the passing/playmaking skills.[/QUOTE]
Durant is 6'11 in shoes with a 7'5" wingspan
KG was 7' with a 7'4" wingspan
They both weigh about the same and have identical body types. I guess KG was a sg?
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Durant has had one good season. Gervin had many. I don't doubt that KD will continue to improve and put up ridiculous numbers, but what if(a huge hypothetical what if) he gets injured or something and doesn't pan out like he should? Are you still gonna say "well in that one season he put up better stats so he must be automatically without a doubt better"? Give KD his time before saying he's "clearly" better than a legend. He's fricking 21 years old.
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[QUOTE=bucks_ole]Durant has had one good season. Gervin had many. I don't doubt that KD will continue to improve and put up ridiculous numbers, but what if(a huge hypothetical what if) he gets injured or something and doesn't pan out like he should? Are you still gonna say "well in that one season he put up better stats so he must be automatically without a doubt better"? Give KD his time before saying he's "clearly" better than a legend. He's fricking 21 years old.[/QUOTE]
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