Kevin Durant vs. OJ Mayo

Captain_Morgan · Post #1 » by **Captain_Morgan** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 2:07 am

Who would you rather have to start a franchise with?

fivas14 · Post #2 » by **fivas14** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 2:14 am

KD

He's a proven 20 ppg scorer and is a 6-9 SG.

Mayo hasn't played a second in the NBA.

ponder276 · Post #3 » by **ponder276** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 2:49 am

Durant extremely easily. I like Mayo, but don't expect him to be much better than someone like Richard Hamilton. I see Durant as a future superstar. Durant has way better size with roughly the same skillset, and has proven way more at every level (incredible freshman season vs. solid but flawed freshman season, NBA ROY vs. hasn't played an NBA game yet).

Captain_Morgan · Post #4 » by **Captain_Morgan** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 3:01 am

I understand that Mayo hasn't played a game yet but we can predict both player's future just for the heck of it.

Teddy KGB · Post #5 » by **Teddy KGB** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 3:03 am

Durant very easily.

How has Mayo suddenly become so damn overrated?

Captain_Morgan · Post #6 » by **Captain_Morgan** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 3:48 am

^ USC fans.

thegreatblaze · Post #7 » by **thegreatblaze** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 4:31 am

KD w/o hesitation.

He's going to be very, very good.

Bank Shot · Post #8 » by **Bank Shot** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 2:53 pm

Durant for sure.

Thank God Mayo went to Memphis. I don't think I could take all the hyping if he went to a team with a big fan base.

Malinhion · Post #9 » by **Malinhion** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 3:01 pm

Kevin Durant.

I think Mayo is much more of a sure thing than people have proposed, but Durantula's ceiling seems to be much higher, and he's already proved to be a 20 ppg scorer.

Relentless88 · Post #10 » by **Relentless88** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 4:20 pm

KEvin Durant probably, but I love Mayo, and I hope he'll have a better career.

cb4_89 · Post #11 » by **cb4_89** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 1:43 am

Kraft Dinner easily

Post #12 » by **tsherkin** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 4:56 pm

I'm not the biggest of Durant fans but even I'm inclined to say that this one is pretty solidly Durant. As the season wore on, his passing measurably improved and he started to take more intelligent shots, get more patient, etc. He's a guy with a fairly clear baseline and lots of room to improve. He's also potentially multipositional.

Mayo is going to be a slightly undersized SG without the skills to be a primary ball-handler ala the Kobe's and T-Mac's of the world, maybe not even ala Vince Carter in New Jersey, we'll see. He's going to be a good scorer but will he be as nasty and versatile as Durant? Durant's a guy who has perennial All-Star potential... Mayo, at least to me and several others to whom I've spoken, seems more like he'll make the All-Star game a couple of times at his peak.

vct33 · Post #13 » by **vct33** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 5:04 pm

Kevin Durant

I'm not sure how the rest of his game will develop but I believe he will challenge for the scoring title in a few years. He is just so slick on offense. I think he'll be a 30 ppg scorer in his 3rd season.

Post #14 » by **TMACFORMVP** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 5:47 pm

Mayo's starting to become overrated, he's a great talent and should be a great player in this league but over a proven 20 point per game scorer in Durant that has more potential with his size and mis-match ability he can create, the comparison isn't really close.