Westbrook or Durant

[dream_catcher_9]

Westbrook is the heart and soul of the team. Just once I wish Durant would play with the same kind of effort and tenacity that Russ shows.

This is ridiculous crap that comes from people who think screaming and beating your chest is leadership and heart. Durant is the quiet leader, remember who called Russ out on the court? Remember who was standing up to Bosh (Dude he took on a dinosaur)? His heart and soul get a bad rap because he is so smooth. He makes it look effortless so people assume he isn't playing with the same passion, truthfully it's just that he has such a beautiful game.

you can tell a whole lot from body language and how they play and act when they are faced with adversity. Under those circumstances Westbrook has a tendency to get more aggressive and forces his will on the other team good and bad. Durant has a tendency to fade, get passive and back down. Westbrook has more heart than Durant, its that simple.

[spearsy23]

You can tell a lot from body language, look at the difference between how they react when things go badly. Westbrook has a tendency to blow up and become an emotional child. Durant takes it in stride and keeps his cool, he doesn't get passive he just doesn't change his game. That's what a great player does and should do. Westbrook tries to do too much, KD plays his game the way a true leader should.

[Devilanche]

It really depends on perspective.
If your shots aren't falling down, etc you would want your main player (main 2?) to be more aggressive, bring play closer to the basket, pass around more to find open teammate and try to get rebounding or play better defence.

Westbrook if we're losing, he'll step it up and push/force things depending on which side you're on. When it's on, that's a nice thing, when it's not, media will question why not go to durant?

Durant if we're losing, he tends to play as he always does on offence, maybe he'll rebound more, pass more but his shots are what he usually take. Can't blame him, with his range and his stroke, he'll think it'll go in and so do we, but we want him to be more aggressive, less settling for long jumper/long 3.

So eventually, would be better if they take a little bit from each other and be less extreme, or cough cough, use Harden in a 3 way offence rather than him as a spot up shooter. But well they're still young, so i guess they're figuring it out, how to win when you're not playing well. We need both to step up and try to take the game, good or bad outcome.

[1Shooter]

Durant is better..... when it comes to shooting.
I think defensively & attacking the rim it'll be Westbrook....

I don't know here. I think Westbrook could be better but Durant is the better scorer... I'm not sure if just being a great scorer makes you the best player on the team... Durant does some other stuff as well but that's the main thing he can do is score the basket which is a great quality.
It's hard to pick Westbrook because when he's on fire, he doesn't know how to pass the ball. So I'll say his decision making is sometimes horrible.

I'm going to go with Durant right now but I really have to think it through.

[Jase]

Currently:

20 votes for Durant.
4 for Westbrook.

[StateOfThunder]

Durant because he is much more consistent. I think Westbrook is the more potent player though but he isn't as consistent. I acutally think Harden is more consistent than Westbrook.

Durant lacks some physical skills such as ball security, timed passing, etc.
Westbrook lacks mental skills such as tunnel vision, picking the right spots, etc.

I think Durant's weaknesses are easier to fix than Westbrook's.