Thursday, April 1st, 2010 at 9:00 am  |  114 responses

Garnett on Kevin Durant: ‘Michael F*cking Jordan’

by Marcel Mutoni / @marcel_mutoni

Twenty-four years ago, a young man walked into the Boston Celtics’ home arena and torched them for 63 points in a Playoff game. Afterwards, Larry Bird famously declared that it was “God disguised as Michael Jordan.”

Last night, Kevin Durant evoked painful memories of MJ for Celtics fans and forward Kevin Garnett. A clearly frustrated KG described the experience in his own colorful way.

On his way to 37 points, Durant shot 15 free throws (and didn’t miss a single one in the process); the Celtics as a team only attempted 17 in total. “Durantula” is a great nickname for KD, but Garnett blessed him with an even better one during the post game presser last night.

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  • Teddy-the-Bear

    Durant is a better scorer (they’re actually tied right now) and rebounder than LeBron, but LeBron is a far better passer. There we go.
    Right now LeBron is the better all-around player.

  • Teddy-the-Bear

    Also, Kobe Bryant and LeBron James have NEVER played with a point guard of Russell Westbrook’s caliber. Kobe and LeBron need to dominate the ball; Durant has Westbrook to facilitate. So 2.5 apg is NOT that unreasonable for a forward–okay let’s get this straight: he’s a FORWARD, not a POINT GUARD–especially when Westbrook is averaging 8 assists per game.
    The highest average Fisher has ever had was 4.4 apg during the 2000-2001 season.

  • Joey E.

    3/90M extension for Kobe

  • John

    Assist #s are so overrated

  • http://dsfjklf.com Jukai

    @Allenp: Kobe’s career average is 5.3 and he averages around 5-6 assists a game. You’re cutting him short. Kobe doesn’t have the court vision but if he sees you, he can get you the ball, so in essence, he’s 2-3 times the passer that Durant is. He’s also five times the defender
    @The Philosopher: You’re wrong. He was a fantastic help defender but he was also an underrated man-on-man defender. He had incredibly long arms and while his lateral quickness wasn’t spectacular, it was adequate for his size. You’re downgrading him while simultaneously overrating him.
    People who weren’t in the NBA’s top 50: Gary Payton, Shawn Kemp, Kobe Bryant, Lebron James, Dwayne Wade, Jason Kidd, Steve Nash, Allen Iverson, Tim Duncan, Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, Ray Allen, Dikembe Mutumbo, Dirk Nowitzki, Chris Webber, Vince Carter… do all those guys belong in the top 50? I dunno. Haven’t really checked. Would they push McHale out? I dunno. Haven’t really checked. But trust me, it’s getting crowded in that top-50.
    So yeah, in my mind, Lebron is definitely so much better than McHale that they’re not in the same class.
    @Teddy: Don’t use the point guard excuse. If Durant could control the ball and pass it out, Westbrooke would control it less. I also see Durant’s dribbling as a bit suspect at time, especially in the open court, but I can’t DARE mention something offensively that Durant isn’t spectacular at so I wont.
    @Everyone:
    To sum it up
    Durant is a bit better offensively. He’s a bit better at rebounding.
    Lebron is a SUPERIOR passer. He’s a SUPERIOR defender.
    And I’d throw intangibles to Lebron too.
    But yeah, I’m sure Durant will be better in two years, because everyone drastically improves all areas of their games they show no talent in. Sigh.

  • T-Money

    Allenp: why is he a better rebounder than Bron? / What people really mean when they say that KD is a better scorer than LeBron is that his offense is more fluid. He is not where LeBron is in terms of production and he can still be shut down at the end of games. KD is not there yet. / KD right now, he’s a scorer. That’s all he is. And that’s not good enough to be considered top 5. He gives you nothing on D, he doesn’t make his teammates better, he is nowhere near the leader that guys like Kobe, Bron, Wade are. When his shot is not falling, he can’t help you.

  • BostonBaller

    Great scorers should be good passers b/c they get doubled teamed which leaves 1 or 2 teammates open b/c of defensive rotation. (just saying) Repost from other KG post: “Don’t run w/ the popular stream of disdain for a player..It’s funny how fans seem to remember KG barking at Calderon (who barked back) and claim he only goes after pg’s and lesser players in the L. None of you will acknowledge or remember that KG was doing a lot of barking and L . James Sunday (Last I saw LBJ was a “real” player)” Kg is pretty much the same now as he was earlier in his career plus a few more F bombs so I think more of the hate and venom stem from him being on The Celtics. So many players complain during and after games I don’t see how any of you or myself can single out any one of them unless we dislike the team in general. IT’S JUST A GAME SO RELAX.Win or lose I still enjoy them. Congrats to Butler..I was pulling for them. lol

  • BostonBaller

    If I knew a certain player drops F bombs more than he sweats then I as a station or network would have the interviews on a delay for editing purposes. You can jump on the Boston media for that but hold the “they are bias comments b/c every cities media is biased”. lol.

  • BostonBaller

    I wouldn’t say that LeBron is way ahead of McHale b/c their jobs were/are much different. McHale could have been in the scoring race every year but he had Bird and others who could score. (his FG% was .554 so imagine if he had as many opps as James) I’m claiming he was a better all around player I’m just saying don’t knock what you don’t know.

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  • Ngoie Kafita

    Not hating on KD but i don’t see him becoming the all around juggernaut that Bron is.
    His offence is bananas, true. But a better rebounder?
    C’mon, of course Durant is goin to get rebounds but put James on the same squad and i bet he’ll average around 10 boards a game.
    Put KD on the cavs and his averages will drop to around 6 or something.

  • http://blomsteve@yahoo.com Steve Blom

    I’m a huge Laker fan and I hope they repeat this year. I don’t like it when a player is criticized because he happens to make it to the free throw line. Durant is a great young player so give him credit. Forget about the referees and the free throw line and play basketball!

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  • http://www.threadsandkicks.com.au Eduardo

    Hahahaha Love KG’s passion and honesty in the game. Need to see more passionate players like this coming up. Like how the Celtics have returned to the old school rough ways of playing hard defensive basketball. Shame they’re pretty much on their last legs now.

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