http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/10/14/durants-versatility-has-nothing-to-do-with-position-just-greatness/ Basketball - NBC Sports Tue, 21 May 2013 15:47:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/10/14/durants-versatility-has-nothing-to-do-with-position-just-greatness/comment-page-1/#comment-28656 Thu, 14 Oct 2010 14:06:53 +0000 http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=7070#comment-28656 [...] Matt Moore for Pro Basketball Talk on KD’s positon swapping: “Both LeBron and Durant play small forward, but they’re so much more than that. Because they’re so talented, they receive the ball in a myriad of ways. High post. Wing. Top of the key. Off the cut. Low-post. All of these positions are classically maintained by positions other than the one they occupy. And that’s the genius component. LeBron is able to post a small forward defending him as a power forward. Durant is able to take a small forward off the dribble as if he were a point guard. It doesn’t mean that Durant actually is a point guard, anymore than it means that Kevin Durant is a small forward at this point. He may need to be surrounded by two bigger players, and two smaller players, but that still doesn’t make him a small forward.” [...]

]]> http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/10/14/durants-versatility-has-nothing-to-do-with-position-just-greatness/comment-page-1/#comment-28652 Thu, 14 Oct 2010 12:12:51 +0000 http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=7070#comment-28652 [...] Durant's versatility has nothing to do with position, just greatnessProBasketballTalkIt's not about the transcendence of Kevin Durant's athletic ability and basketball skill to cross-over to any spot on the floor. …Kevin Durant: Durant leaves after elbow to throatRotoworld.comLooking Back On Last Night's LossNewsOK.com (blog)One more reason Kevin Durant will win MVP in 2011Dime MagazineCBSSports.com (blog) -Bleacher Report -KTULall 22 news articles » [...]

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