Kevin Durant will change the NBA game

Kevin Durant is an outstanding player and has yet to even play a single NBA game.  Many thought he should have been the 1st player picked in the draft and not Greg Oden.

 Your humble author disagrees, but not for the reason you are thinking.  Wait, how can anyone know what you are thinking?

 Oden has to be the number one pick, because the two players were rated so close, but Centers are just hard to find and true Centers are even harder to find and Greg Oden is a true Center.

 Still you could not go wrong by picking either player (except this year with Oden being injured).

 Now what about that changing the game stuff?

Well, get this, the Supersonics (and isn’t that the perfect team name for Durant to play for) have decided to play Durant at shooting guard.

The second overall pick in June’s draft was on the outside looking in during the first practice of his NBA life. He was a shooting guard.

It seemed to fit.

“It’s the same system we ran at Texas, so I’m comfortable in it,” Durant said with a smile.

For now, he’s in the same “2″ spot that All-Star Ray Allen held in Seattle from 2003 until he was traded to Boston for Szczerbiak, Delonte West and fifth overall choice Jeff Green, moments after the Sonics drafted Durant.  source

Is Kevin Durant the next Magic?

Remember Magic Johnson coming into the league and playing point guard at 6′ 9″ tall and everyone said that wouldn’t work?  Ok, maybe you don’t remember, but your gallivanting author does remember and it did change the game.

“In my opinion, that’s where he’s best suited right now,” said new Sonics coach P.J. Carlesimo, who Tuesday ran his first practice as an NBA head man since Golden State fired him in 1999. “Because of the way he shoots the ball, the way he handles the ball, and the fact that he is not as physical right now as he’s going to be before he’s done.

“He’s like — he’s not like Magic Johnson at all — but he’s like Magic in that you can play him probably any of four positions, if not five. Playing the 2, he’s not going to get beat up, box to box, the whole game.”

vs. MSU

Kevin Durant played against my Michigan State Spartans last year while he was at Texas.  Our star freshman, Ramar Morgan, guarded  Durant and did a great job.

 All in all, Morgan was great in that game and MSU pulled out the victory, but Kevin showed moves that only a small man should be able to make and he showed range on his shot  that was beyond 3 point land. 

Kevin did it all with an ease that showed what a star that he can be.

How will you guard Kevin Durant?

Ramar was a 6′6″ fast, strong, live body freshman that excels in defense.  Ramar did a great job, but he didn’t stop Kevin.

If your shooting guard is only 6′ 5″, what is he going to do?  If your shooting guard is 6′ 9″, will he be quick enough?  Probably not.

Yes, Kevin Durant will change the NBA game!

 NBA Basketball Fan Question  Have you had a chance to see Kevin Durant play?