From the creative ("Slim Reaper") to the mundane ("KD"), the basketball world has yet to find a nickname for Oklahoma City Thunder superstar Kevin Durant that captures the supreme nature of his talent.
The 25-year-old MVP front-runner may have indirectly offered up the latest suggestion: "Coach."
As Durant told reporters after OKC's 116-94 win over the New Orleans Pelicans, via Anthony Slater of The Oklahoman, he'd like to see a coaching gig in his future:
I hope so. We’ll see. I always hear the guys that can play a little bit aren’t smart enough to be coaches, but I’m learning. I’m learning from a lot of different guys. Trying to put myself in different shoes. We’ll see. I like to see guys get better, I enjoy watching the progress of the team.
That actual transition is years—perhaps decades—away from becoming a reality, but Durant is apparently already getting his feet wet. In the final minutes of Friday's victory, he grabbed the white board and diagrammed a play to get sophomore wing Jeremy Lamb an open look from the short corner.
Given that the gam ...
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