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People expected that to happen again? 50/40/90 is one of the rarest accomplishments in the NBA, Durant is likely never to do it again. Lebron will never do it in his career. Let's not pretend it's easy
JulesWinnfield wrote:The more the season advances, the more this is going to look like a 2 man race between Lebron and Durant. KD can win it, but the smart money is on Lebron of course, probably handing Durant his 4th second place finish to Lebron in the process. Think about how we would be talking about Kevin Durant if Lebron did not exist? He'd have 3 MVPs by age 24, and would be the odds on favorite to win this season.
I think Roy Hibbert being defensive player of the year is the biggest lock of all the awards barring injury. Even more likely than Lebron MVP
Hero wrote:
People expected that to happen again? 50/40/90 is one of the rarest accomplishments in the NBA, Durant is likely never to do it again. Lebron will never do it in his career. Let's not pretend it's easy
Not expect it but I expected him to be close to his numbers last year. Didn't you?
Right now he's at 45% FG and 36% from 3. A fairly substantial drop off I would say.
We'll see if the numbers improve as the season progresses but he is down from last year's November.
fallacy wrote:and Durant is always a slow starter. Yes, this is slow for him
After November last year: 48%/29%/87%
After "November" two years ago: 45%/35%/82%
After November three years ago: 43%/23%/94%
After November four years ago: 46%/24%/86%
November this year: 47%/38%/88%
He always shoots poorly in November. By the end of the year he'll be around 50/40/90 like always
Coxy wrote:I think with a PG like George Hill, they'd be better than current.
NaturalThunder wrote:Hero wrote:
People expected that to happen again? 50/40/90 is one of the rarest accomplishments in the NBA, Durant is likely never to do it again. Lebron will never do it in his career. Let's not pretend it's easy
Not expect it but I expected him to be close to his numbers last year. Didn't you?
Right now he's at 45% FG and 36% from 3. A fairly substantial drop off I would say.
We'll see if the numbers improve as the season progresses but he is down from last year's November.
Going to steal a post from the Kevin Durant Thread in the PC board.fallacy wrote:and Durant is always a slow starter. Yes, this is slow for him
After November last year: 48%/29%/87%
After "November" two years ago: 45%/35%/82%
After November three years ago: 43%/23%/94%
After November four years ago: 46%/24%/86%
November this year: 47%/38%/88%
He always shoots poorly in November. By the end of the year he'll be around 50/40/90 like always
For whatever reason, Durant usually has a rusty/sluggish November. He'll be fine.
Hero wrote:NaturalThunder wrote:Hero wrote:
Not expect it but I expected him to be close to his numbers last year. Didn't you?
Right now he's at 45% FG and 36% from 3. A fairly substantial drop off I would say.
We'll see if the numbers improve as the season progresses but he is down from last year's November.
Going to steal a post from the Kevin Durant Thread in the PC board.fallacy wrote:and Durant is always a slow starter. Yes, this is slow for him
After November last year: 48%/29%/87%
After "November" two years ago: 45%/35%/82%
After November three years ago: 43%/23%/94%
After November four years ago: 46%/24%/86%
November this year: 47%/38%/88%
He always shoots poorly in November. By the end of the year he'll be around 50/40/90 like always
For whatever reason, Durant usually has a rusty/sluggish November. He'll be fine.
Aren't those numbers wrong?
According to ESPN, he shot 51% FG , 43% 3p, 89% FT last year in November. If anything he was out of the gate running rather than sluggish.
His points did increase as the season went along and I wouldn't be surprised if that happened this year as well given the loss of Kevin Martin.
Run DLC wrote:The guy is playing at a video game level, and some of us(myself included) aren't satisfied yet. A four games 30+ PPG on 50+ % FG triple-double streak would be amazing. He's never had a triple-double streak before and i'm sure he's fully aware of what Kobe said last year when he had his six games of 30+ points on 60% shooting. I'm sure LeBron would like to top MJ's triple-double streak.
Joao Saraiva wrote:Run DLC wrote:The guy is playing at a video game level, and some of us(myself included) aren't satisfied yet. A four games 30+ PPG on 50+ % FG triple-double streak would be amazing. He's never had a triple-double streak before and i'm sure he's fully aware of what Kobe said last year when he had his six games of 30+ points on 60% shooting. I'm sure LeBron would like to top MJ's triple-double streak.
What did Kobe say?
Run DLC wrote:Joao Saraiva wrote:Run DLC wrote:The guy is playing at a video game level, and some of us(myself included) aren't satisfied yet. A four games 30+ PPG on 50+ % FG triple-double streak would be amazing. He's never had a triple-double streak before and i'm sure he's fully aware of what Kobe said last year when he had his six games of 30+ points on 60% shooting. I'm sure LeBron would like to top MJ's triple-double streak.
What did Kobe say?
He said people forgot about MJ's triple-double streak when people talked about LeBron's 30+ pts on 60% FG streak.
Joao Saraiva wrote:Run DLC wrote:Joao Saraiva wrote:
What did Kobe say?
He said people forgot about MJ's triple-double streak when people talked about LeBron's 30+ pts on 60% FG streak.
Kobe and MJ sound buthurt when talking about LeBron. But I understand it. Kobe doesn't like that LeBron has already surpassed him in every cateagory and MJ feels LeBron is going for the GOAT spot.
Coxy wrote:I think with a PG like George Hill, they'd be better than current.
NaturalThunder wrote:Durant another terrible shooting night. Don't know what's going on with him right now. He's still getting plenty of good looks that he was making last year, but this year they arne't falling for him right now. I do think he needs to go away form trying the Dirk one-legged fadeaway from the post and be more decisive with the ball when he catches it in the hid or mid post.
Joao Saraiva wrote:Kobe and MJ sound buthurt when talking about LeBron. But I understand it. Kobe doesn't like that LeBron has already surpassed him in every cateagory and MJ feels LeBron is going for the GOAT spot.
Doctor MJ wrote:Joao Saraiva wrote:Kobe and MJ sound buthurt when talking about LeBron. But I understand it. Kobe doesn't like that LeBron has already surpassed him in every cateagory and MJ feels LeBron is going for the GOAT spot.
It's always interesting to me how players pick sides in their gripes.
Shaq was notorious for this. Everyone knows about his smack against Kobe, but he was as likely to talk Kobe up as knock him down. The important thing to always remember was that whether it was meant as an insult or a compliment, you shouldn't listen to any of it.
Jordan's certainly given his share of negativity Kobe's way, but now it's clear Kobe isn't a threat, and it's also clear that LeBron serves as a much bigger threat not simply based on actual impact, but as a rebuke on how Jordan played. The reason guys like this are so quick to knock LeBron for being afraid to shoot the big shot, is because they are secretly afraid they he's actually going about things the right way, which means they were hurting their team with their individual focus.
Doctor MJ wrote:Joao Saraiva wrote:Kobe and MJ sound buthurt when talking about LeBron. But I understand it. Kobe doesn't like that LeBron has already surpassed him in every cateagory and MJ feels LeBron is going for the GOAT spot.
It's always interesting to me how players pick sides in their gripes.
Shaq was notorious for this. Everyone knows about his smack against Kobe, but he was as likely to talk Kobe up as knock him down. The important thing to always remember was that whether it was meant as an insult or a compliment, you shouldn't listen to any of it.
Jordan's certainly given his share of negativity Kobe's way, but now it's clear Kobe isn't a threat, and it's also clear that LeBron serves as a much bigger threat not simply based on actual impact, but as a rebuke on how Jordan played. The reason guys like this are so quick to knock LeBron for being afraid to shoot the big shot, is because they are secretly afraid they he's actually going about things the right way, which means they were hurting their team with their individual focus.