Kevin Durant: Making a Run for The King’s Throne

April 13th, 2010 by Robert Misovic Leave a reply »
This isn't a debate most were anticipating last season, or when Durant went second in the draft to Seattle behind Greg Oden, but I've been calling it since his third game at Texas.

Some may be ready to label this damn near blasphemous, but those people have clearly bought into the LeBron hype machine and ignored Oklahoma City's budding superstar's remarkable progress in the process.

When he declared for the NBA draft, Durant stated at his press conference that he didn't want to be "just another player in the NBA." Three seasons later, he's likely going to be the runner-up for MVP honors before he's passed through puberty.

When the topic of greatness comes up, it's a two-way race between Kobe Bryant and LeBron James for most NBA pundits. As far as I'm concerned, this isn't a two-way race anymore.

LeBron's case has been well advertised by the NBA. He can play five positions, can defend, rebound, pass, walk on water, cure cancer, and do absolutely anything he wants to on the basketball court.

But what does walking on water have to do with winning basketball games? Nada.

James has parlayed his skills into global ...

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