Comments on: Kevin Durant says he may not attempt long shots to beat the buzzer if he’s having an off night statistically

By: mytthor

mytthor — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 06:32:44 +0000

Yeah, scrub! Have fun with that SECOND best player in the league status!

By: sportsnut101

sportsnut101 — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 00:30:37 +0000

Westbrook just went ahead of durant in my book. Love gung ho attitude lol If all u care about is ur stats just ask to sit out play. Dam I shot 48pct tonite instead of my 51pct i must suck. Guess its the new cocky durant. Enjoy being lebron James runner up to MVP next 3 yrs.

By: buffalowned

buffalowned — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 22:41:41 +0000

hahaha that’s why i love westbrook. he doesn’t care what people think about him he just plays hard

By: dacapt704

dacapt704 — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 22:38:28 +0000

oh of course…I was outlining the “perfect case” scenario, which is very unlikely

By: albertmn

albertmn — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 22:16:52 +0000

Your team won’t even have the ball all of those times. That would only be 8-12 potential heaves for both teams, and at least half of those will be last second shots after running through the offense. I bet it is closer to 2-4 heaves total per TEAM in a week.

By: drewzducks

drewzducks — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 21:50:56 +0000

I guess that’s better than the frauds who just happen to let their shot go right AFTER the clock hits 00:00.

By: eagles512

eagles512 — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 21:50:39 +0000

Disappointing

By: savvybynature

savvybynature — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 21:41:55 +0000

This attempt to not have certain FG attempts counted is a waste of human intelligence, time and energy. With every team in the league invested in an advanced stats department, does anyone really think teams are incapable of discounting those attempts when they evaluate players? An agent could similarly provide an adjusted FG% to teams rather easily if they were truly worried about it affecting contract negotaitions.

Turning down an opportunity to get more points when a game is still up in the air is a selfish, loser mentality imo, and I found Westbrook’s response much more “refreshing.”

By: eventhorizon04

eventhorizon04 — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 21:16:38 +0000

I’ve noticed a lot of stars do it, so I’ll give props to Durant for at least admitting it.

By: dacapt704

dacapt704 — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 21:16:00 +0000

I’ve often wondered if players took that into consideration?

Think about it…4 quarters a game, 2-3 games a week gives you potentially 8-12 “heaves” a week. 0-12 would definitely bring down your %. Of course it would be nearly impossible to ALWAYS have the ball in your hands in that situation but…I’m just sayin

Over the course of a season, it would probably add up

By: eventhorizon04

eventhorizon04 — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 21:15:50 +0000

I’m not a huge Westbrook fan, but I appreciated that line.

Nobody, and I mean nobody, could ever argue that Westbrook plays like a guy overly concerned by his field goal percentage.

By: loungefly74

loungefly74 — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 20:51:51 +0000

KD has earned the right to shoot it any time he wants.

By: timb12

timb12 — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 20:34:10 +0000

This is all an assumption, but I don’t think he won’t do it because he cares about his shooting percentage. I think he knows how people will dissect it and look at the numbers and thing “he was awful tonight”

By: miamatt

miamatt — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 20:22:46 +0000

This article should have been about Westbrook’s more cavalier attitude towards that situation. Love it!