Let's talk about Kevin Durant

[Electric Slide]

He has probably the worst ball security I've ever seen from a superstar.

[Le Shaqtus]

He has probably the worst ball security I've ever seen from a superstar.

Dwight Howard.

[NumberSix]

He has probably the worst ball security I've ever seen from a superstar.

It's irrelevant when you get to shoot free throws every time you dribble the ball off your own foot.

[KG215]

Originally Posted by Element
Great scorer, however has very little offensive impact compared to what his numbers suggest. He gets in great positions to score by moving without the ball. Him scoring the ball a ton doesn't make life easier for his teammates because he doesn't command a lot of attention the way he plays. The Grizzlies basically played him straight up with Prince and Allen and didn't bother to double team him once.

He's getting easier shots and more calls than any other superstar in the game. 50% AST'd rate and his FT draw rate is absolutely astromonical and really really questionable to say the least. With the ball, he's way too turnover prone to run an offense by himself which is why he's best used WITH a Westbrook or Rondo or whoever and not like Kobe or LeBron.

His defense is shoddy at best. Still has to be hidden behind Sefolosha. Advanced metrics don't prove shvt in that department.

Easily the second best player in the game but that's because Kobe and Wade are old, CP3 is past his prime and plays little minutes, Carmelo is still Carmelo and no one else is really close.

There's also plenty of things wrong with this if we're talking about 2013 Durant. Some of it was more true even through 2012, but not as much anymore. His defense is not "shoddy" and he wasn't just the second best player because other guys are past their prime. 2013 Durant was better than any version of CP3 or Melo, and not too far off from the best versions of Kobe and Wade.

And the part about "not bothering to double team him once" is just blatantly and flatout wrong. Against both Houston and Memphis (after Russ got hurt) he was almost exclusively double teamed and, in rarer instacnes, triple teamed.