Found inside... was that he was a sneaker head and loved sports, hence why he did what he did for a living. He bought every new Jordan that came out before they even hit the stores. Stephen Curry's, LeBron James', Kevin Durant's, limited editions ... Found insideYet lo and behold, just four years after the Lakers botched his 2014 availability, LeBron James planted his flag ... Like LaMarcus Aldridge left Portland for San Antonio, Kevin Durant eventually departed Oklahoma City for Golden State. So yeah, it will be cooler to co claim I'm 184.5 Watch: Los Angeles Laker's talisman LeBron James reacts to Kevin Durant's 49-point win in game 5 of eastern conference semi-finals. Still, Durant—especially in his current will-he/won’t-he re-sign landscape before free agency this summer—loses some points in the category. It wasn’t until Durant joined the Warriors that he picked up three of his six wins. Durant carried Brooklyn during the playoffs with James Harden [hamstring] and Kyrie Irving [ankle] missing game time. 1 Alabama and No. A former teammate of Nets star Kevin Durant and four-time NBA Champion LeBron James, Kendrick Perkins, has spoken.On Bally Sports, the 36-year-old told Brandon "Scoop B" Robinson that not only . This may turn into a thrilling match, with neither player willing to surrender an inch. But all things being equal, that too had no great effect on the team. The second-round match in US Open 2021 will be the fourth between the two players, with Schwartzman leading Anderson 2-1 in the head-to-head. Take a glimpse of LeBron James praising fellow NBA player Kevin Durant after his stunning performance in game 5 of eastern conference semi finals. Kevin Durant verse LeBron James is the sexy, easy way to discuss Game 1 of the 2012 NBA Finals. . Found insideConversely, stock prices usually head back up in advance and in anticipation of an actual economic recovery. ... pickup basketball games, it'd be fun, if somewhat humbling, to play against greats like Kevin Durant and LeBron James. For 2020 NBA fantasy drafts, LeBron's average draft position (or ADP) is 12, while Durant's is 15. Timberwolves head . That said, LeBron becomes more predictable because you know he is three times more likely to pull up for a three-pointer than he is to shooting a mid-range or long-2 shot. Going into the season, many picked Durant to supplant LeBron for the throne, but LeBron has managed to stave off Father Time. Copyright © 2021 NBA Media Ventures, LLC. However, that day is not today, as LeBron still holds a slight edge, enough that we can keep the LeBron vs. KD debate ongoing. Found insideJerry West, who had narrowly lost out on LeBron James four years earlier, was bemoaning the inherent unfairness of ... in Boston captured perfectly the sentiment in Boston, as a Celtics fan clasped both hands to his head in disbelief. Found inside – Page 15But even the great basketball players like Kevin Durant, LeBron James, Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, and Magic Johnson had to practice to get as good as they are. ... Keep your head up; don't look at the ball. Kevin Garnett. 6 Auburn, Kirk Cousins thriving even when Redskins are not, Lonzo Ball, De'Aaron Fox meet for first time in NBA as Lakers visit Kings. Found inside – Page 107LeBron James Returns to Cleveland! Vince McKee. Finals. Kevin Durant had other ideas, though, putting on a scoring display in all six games. The Spurs jumped out to a 2–0 lead in the series before the Thunder kicked things into high ... One is a 4x NBA Champion and the other being a 2x NBA Champion, Multiple All-Star Appearances, Multiple Scoring titles, and MVP Accolades.. Kevin Durant and LeBron 'King' James have done it all.However, Durant had missed an entire 2020-21 season due to a Torn Achilles, and the same season LeBron chased his 4th Title in a . It has been nearly three years since Kevin Durant beat LeBron James in a head-to-head matchup, a streak that was extended on Christmas Day when the Cavaliers topped Golden State and the newly . NEW YORK, March four, 2021 - Captains LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers and Kevin Durant of the Brooklyn Nets have decided on the team rosters for the 2021 NBA All-Star Game, a good way to be performed on Sunday, March 7 at State Farm Arena in Atlanta.The rosters for Team . This means, (among other important things) that Irving will go head-to-head with LeBron James in the very first game of the season, in Cleveland, a scenario that still feels far-fetched even . In the lead-up to his long-awaited foray into unrestricted free agency, Durant spoke openly of wanting his jersey retired in Oklahoma City and how watching the town grow from 2009 to 2016 almost meant more than winning a championship ever could. Found insidepass from LeBron with 8:57 remaining in the second quarter for his first two points of the season. The bucket gave Cleveland a 29-27 lead ... Kevin Love was able to add a championship to his résumé before fellow NBA star Kevin Durant. Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Kevin Durant and LeBron James. We recognize that 33-year-old LeBron’s resumé is greater than 30-year-old KD’s resumé. If Durant can sweep the season series, and potentially beat LeBron in the NBA Finals, then it would validate everything Durant has done in the past. KD and LeBron have similar scoring results without possessing either’s skill set when it comes to scoring. For the first time this season, LeBron James and Kevin Durant will face off on Wednesday night when the Miami Heat play the Oklahoma City Thunder. To make things worse, KD picked up two […] Using statistics and math calculations, this instructional and entertaining volume explores the extraordinary achievements of Michael Jordan, LeBron James, Stephen Curry, and Kevin Durant, putting their careers in context with other NBA ... Found inside – Page 335With hardly any advance notice, the Warriors head coach was headed back to the bench. ... After the final buzzer sounds, Kevin Durant doesn't know what to do first, but there's LeBron James, so they embrace for a few seconds. Steve Kerr told Kevin Durant to be like LeBron James. The metrics agree with that assessment. After all, the 6-8, 250-pound Laker does invest $1.5 million annually into keeping his body in tip-top form. Durant is an uber-efficient scorer in any zone within 25 feet of the hoop, with a shot-chart distribution so even, he becomes so unpredictable because he is so predictable. However, he doesn't feel other top star players will want to head to the Los Angeles Lakers with LeBron James. Golden State Warriors' Kevin Durant (35) dribbles past Cleveland Cavaliers' LeBron James (23) in the first quarter of Game 1 of the NBA Finals at Oracle Arena in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, June . RELATED - Stephen Curry vs. LeBron James. Found inside – Page 166Kevin Durant's Relentless Pursuit to Be the Greatest Marcus Thompson ... Durant was not the commercialized presentation pro athletes became when they reached the upper echelon of celebrity, a packaging LeBron James has mastered. Which makes him unstoppable. Found inside – Page 88Anthony Davis joined LeBron James with the Lakers to create the first mega - team . Kawhi Leonard left Toronto and hopped onto the Clippers to pair with Paul George . Kevin Durant left the Warriors to head East for the Nets along with ... He also lambasted the concept of super-teams immediately after LeBron James and Chris Bosh joined Dwyane Wade with the Miami Heat in 2010. LeBron James' head-to-head record with NBA MVPs since he won the award in . The Thunder used a smaller lineup to create space for their two All-Stars in Game 1. With the league now boasting a superteam in Brooklyn with the likes of Kevin Durant, James Harden, and Kyrie Irving at the helm, Lakers fans feel as though a Finals victory over the Nets would cement James's legacy as being the greatest to ever lace up. Hopefully, the two can stay healthy as both players represent new squads since the last time they danced. Team Durant to Play for UNCF (United Negro College Fund) -. James — the leading overall votegetter this year, with more than 5.9 million votes from fans — and Durant will then pick their teams, with the rosters for Team LeBron and Team Durant to be revealed March 4. Similarly, LeBron is three times more likely to drive all the way to the hoop than he is to take a mid-range or long-2 shot. Found inside – Page 128Capable of tearing a team to bits with adjective-rich columns darkly hinting at a growing feud between Reggie Jackson and Billy Martin and Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant and Aaron Rodgers / Lebron James / Zdeno Chara and the head ... Found inside – Page 129Certainly not James's contemporaries, Carmelo Anthony, Chris Paul and Kevin Durant. We do acknowledge that James came with a spotlight on his head — his high school games worthy of national television coverage — and a target on his back ... in the morning I usually 184.5 cm tall, and around 183 cm when I go to sleep. When it comes to stats related to those games, Durant has 29.8 points per game. Found insideHead to Head with the World's Greatest Players Luca Caioli ... He was closely followed by LA Lakers star Kobe Bryant and Miami Heat's LeBron James. The rest of the top ten included Neymar, Ronaldinho, David Villa, Xabi Alonso, ... Durant’s career includes the Thunder and Warriors, which are both Western Conference teams. AUGUSTA, Ga. — Emoni Bates and Bronny James squared off for the first time two years ago at a Nike Elite Youth . History shows us that NBA stars tend to decline annually in efficiency from ages 28 to 34 before they drop dramatically at age 35 and beyond. Devin Booker: The Phoenix Suns Guard has by no means competed within the Olympics earlier than. Team USA's 12-man roster . LeBron James vs. Kevin Durant: Head-to-head in the 2012 NBA Finals A look at the match-up between Miami Heat forward LeBron James and Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kevin Durant during the 2012 NBA . If LeBron James is the king, Kevin Durant is doing everything he can to slither his way to the throne.. After becoming an NBA champion and winning Finals MVP honours for the first time last season . From points to rebounds to shooting percentage, both LeBron and Durant bring their best game every time. Who is a better player during this 2018-19 NBA season? We are getting ahead of ourselves because the two teams are likely to play each other at least twice during the regular season. Kevin Durant has till date been the NBA MVP just once, which happened just a season after LeBron last won the award. If that were to happen, a sweep by the Nets would still have Durant on the lower end of the overall matchup, but his playoff record would be 13-5. The 2021-22 season of the NBA It is underway and with the revolutionized free agency the first master plays have already begun to form teams competing for the title.Los Angeles Lakers y Brooklyn Nets they start as favorites with LeBron James and Kevin Durant to the head.. The voters have spoken: They wanted LeBron James of the reigning champion Los Angeles Lakers to be an All-Star captain, again. In 2017, Durant finished 15-16 in the Warriors’ lone loss but was very consistent across the board. Team USA is in Tokyo for the Olympics, and on Thursday, reporter Greydy Diaz sent out a video on Twitter (from FIBA) of Kevin Durant of the Brooklyn Nets and Bam Adebayo of the Miami Heat having a . LeBron James vs. Kevin . Found insideBut most teams didn't have Kevin Durant, who was widely considered the world's second-best player behind James for much of that eight-year stretch. Their head-to-head matchups, however, often (but not always), revealed how wide the gap ... Kevin Durant: The Brooklyn Nets star was a part of Team USA's gold medal roster in 2012 and 2016. Yahoo! Kevin Durant's affinity for getting into various online feuds is an accepted part of his brand now. Emoni Bates evens head-to-head matchup vs. Bronny James with coach LeBron watching. After all, one man is a three-time NBA Finals MVP while the other is a two-timer. After all, one man is a three-time NBA Finals MVP while the other is a two-timer. He has nine wins and LeBron has five. LeBron James: 30.0 PPG, 9.0 RPG, 8.0 APG; 52%/34%/75% Shooting Splits; 59.9% True Shooting Percentage, Kevin Durant: 30.0 PPG, 7.0 RPG, 4.0 APG; 51%/42%/89% Shooting Splits; 63.3% True Shooting Percentage, Combined Head-To-Head: LeBron James vs. Kevin Durant 20-15. James finished with 33 points, nine rebounds and 11 assists. Nick Wright says LeBron James should be considered the GOAT if he beats the Brooklyn Nets . James quickly responded to the message, showing his full support for the squad. LeBron James vs. Kevin Durant In Head-To-Head Matchups: They Beat Each Other With Superteams. James went ahead of Durant in this game. James Silas. LeBron James disagrees with Kevin Durant, Stephen Curry's NBA 2K22 rating . They have won multiple gold medals—both Olympics and World Cup—for their country and both rate on anybody’s all-time top 20 list. Not to mention, one of those playoff series didn’t have Kyrie Irving (2018) as he left to join Boston, leaving LeBron with Kevin Love and JR Smith. Reserves will be announced Tuesday, to be decided by voting by NBA head coaches. share. KD can basically pull up and pop from anywhere at anytime. hide. Found inside – Page 15But even the great basketball players like Kevin Durant, LeBron James, Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, and Magic Johnson had to practice to get as good as they are. They had to work hard to achieve ... your head up; don't look at the ball. If you asked League general managers to pick the three best leaders in basketball today, we think they would answer, “LeBron James, Kevin Durant and Stephen Curry.” So to say either LeBron or KD has a leadership edge on the other is a tough call to make. The two best basketball players on the planet went head-to-head on Wednesday night, and after a rocky start, Kevin Durant's Thunder steamrolled Lebron James' Heat 112-95. It shows he is the better overall player. He put up 48 points in a 115-111 Game 7 defeat to the Bucks, his third 40 . When it comes to stats related to those games, Durant has 29.8 points per game. This matchup features several former teammates going head-to-head, with LeBron James facing Kyrie Irving, Kevin Durant going up against Russell Westbrook, and James Harden matching up against Carmelo Anthony. LeBron and his 'Big Three' of the Miami Heat were facing off against a young OKC Thunder team that had steamrolled past defending champions Dallas Mavericks, the Kobe Bryant led Los Angeles Lakers, and a tough San Antonio . When Durant started with the Supersonics/Thunder, LeBron beat Durant the first six times. LeBron returned to his hometown in 2014 though. Posted by 5 minutes ago. But, Durant has slightly better success in the postseason. Let’s get this out of the way real quick. Emoni Bates evens head-to-head matchup vs. Bronny James with coach LeBron watching. Durant: -0.5. Found inside – Page 2Imagine yourself as a 15-year-old, six-foot-nine-inch-tall, 205pound high school basketball player who has been on the cover of Sports Illustrated magazine, has been labeled the next LeBron James or Kevin Durant, and is projected to be ... Charles Kruger July 6, 2021. 1 comment. James is now 16-4 (including playoffs) in head-to-head matchups with Durant, including 7-0 as a member of the Cavaliers. Who has the upper hand so far? This year, however, LeBron’s Lakers now rate 16thin offensive efficiency—an improvement at least—thanks to their new quarterback from the point forward position. LeBron James is not a fan of the NBA 2K22 ratings given to Kevin Durant and Stephen Curry. Of their 35 head-to-head games, the Lakers superstar has won 20. Found insideHe was also the head coach of the United States national team, where he led NBA greats such as Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, and Kevin Durant to gold medals in the 2008, 2012, and 2016 Olympics. “Coach K, he's just the most legendary coach ... Found inside... surged to the top of the charts and surpassed LeBron James, Kevin Durant, and Kobe Bryant on the league's website. ... in head coach Mark Jackson, whose comments on the situation reportedly played a role in his ultimate dismissal. Can Thunder's struggling D slow a better-than-ever Warriors offense? Found inside – Page 27From his perfectly shaved head to the laces of his shoes, Allen is a smooth shooter. Known for his preparation, Allen is compulsive in the routines he ... Like Miller, Bird played his entire career, 13. of Kevin Durant CHAPTER fIvE 27. Durant: +0.6. James — the leading overall votegetter this year, with more than 5.9 million votes from fans — and Durant will then pick their teams, with the rosters for Team LeBron and Team Durant to be revealed March 4. It's clear what the 4x champ did to these non-NBA states but Chris Broussard seems to . The numbers that LeBron has in the combined section speak more volume than regular season and playoff. When James grabbed his first rebound of the game, he passed David Lee (at least for now) on the NBA’s all-time rebound list. Not much fantasy slippage from 2013 to now. Next, Durant teamed up with Steph Curry (reigning two-time MVP), Klay Thompson (second-best shooter at the time), and Draymond Green (Defensive Player of the Year). Also, all points, rebounds, and assists have either been rounded up or rounded down by the nearest half-point for easier analysis. Team James: James Harden. The Elias Sports Bureau notes James has outscored every player he’s gone head-to-head against at least 10 times (391 different players). Kevin Durant, Draymond Green and several other stars from Team USA sent a message to Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James after winning the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics. If you combine the regular season and playoff matchups, as well as the stats, you get a very close replica of two very outstanding players. Durant did a decent job when guarding James, holding him to 5-of-14 shooting. D-LEBRON ironically gives durant a marginal edge in the regualr season (+0.88-+0.5), but the other emtrics rate lebron as twice as more or more valuable defensively and all these metirics are rating lebron in the regulars season when he was coasting. 100% Upvoted. Reserves will be announced Tuesday, to be decided by voting by NBA head coaches. LeBron has proven to be an unquestioned leader with unparalleled gravity every year since coming to the League. Once Curry returned to the lineup, the Warriors returned to winning as it always had. While he did admit to James' impact, he did not necessarily agree that the No.23 was the best player. As for Durant, he is a two-time Finals MVP and is coming off a historic Olympics where he led the USA to their fourth consecutive gold medal. LeBron James: Kevin Durant 'up there with the greatest to ever play'. By accessing any information beyond this page, you agree to abide by the Privacy Policy / Your California Privacy Rights and Terms of Use. Kevin Durant vs. LeBron James. They faced each other a total of 35 times in NBA games. No portion of NBA.com may be duplicated, redistributed or manipulated in any form. The Lakers brought eight reinforcements among which the arrivals of Russell Westbrook y Carmelo Anthony, while in Brooklyn . Found inside – Page 111Thunder's Kevin Durant scored 54 points. ... Bulls' Joakim Noah's club-record 14 assists were most by an NBA center since 1984. 3/3: Miami beat Charlotte 124-107. Heat's LeBron James'61 points were a club-record. report. Thunder still trying to mesh ahead of matchup at Spurs, Rams offense brings back some of the 'greatest' memories. With James Harden already nursing a hamstring injury, superstar forward Kevin Durant had to head to the . Another Iron Bowl clash between No. There are exceptions to the rule that sustained greatness past their mid-30s (most prominently, Karl Malone, Tim Duncan, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and John Stockton). When: Thursday, Feb. 18 (10 ET, TNT) It's hard to believe we haven't seen these superstars match up since Christmas of 2018, when James scored 17 points to go . When LeBron played for the Miami Heat, not only did the Big 3 of LeBron, Dwyane Wade, and Chris Bosh own Durant, Russell Westbrook, and James Harden in the regular season, but also in the 2012 NBA Finals (more on that later). Thus far, we must say the investment is paying off. However, those same metrics also tell us LeBron and Durant are the two best passing forwards in the game today, and despite the aforementioned statement, LeBron still ranks first (33.1 percent assist ratio; 13.1 percent turnover ratio) to Durant’s second (28.6 percent assist ratio; 13.1 percent turnover ratio), according to Basketball-Reference.com. For the time being, LeBron James and Kevin Durant are two of the major faces of the NBA. Found insideWhen I asked the Thunder's head coach, Scott Brooks, if all the rumors of Durant's otherworldly niceness were true, he laughed. ... At the Olympics, Durant was by far the best scorer on the floor, but LeBron James told reporters that he ... KD mentioned that Korver makes sense to play . MLB odds: Rays vs. Red Sox prediction, odds, pick, and more, ‘The Guilty’: Jake Gyllenhaal is a 911 Operator in Netflix Thriller from the Creator of “True Detective” [Trailer], Jack Harlow, The Kid LAROI added to 2021 MTV VMAs Performers, Novak Djokovic recalls his mother’s reaction to dyeing his hair blonde, Several Hurt After Car Slams Into Homeless Encampment In Koreatown – CBS Los Angeles. Found inside – Page 32I like Kevin Durant's intensity. I like a competitor and a person with heart, and that is what I see when I watch him play. Watching the finals with him versus LeBron James would be electric, and that was what I rooted for. This commemorative edition also includes in-depth profiles of Curry, Durant, Kerr, Thompson, Green and other Warriors stars. That playoff series could be the NBA Finals. James — the leading overall votegetter this year, with more than 5.9 million votes from fans — and Durant will then pick their teams, with the rosters for Team LeBron and Team Durant to be revealed March 4. Durant is quoted in a Bleacher Report article as saying "it depends on what kind of player you are." He brought up examples of different players such as Kyle Korver vs Kawhi Leonard. Combined Head-To-Head: LeBron James vs. Kevin Durant 20-15 If you combine the regular season and playoff matchups, as well as the stats, you get a very close replica of two very outstanding players. For this, it’s not completely fair to go off pure wins and losses because the “superteam” effect skews the results, but it will be noted as we look at the big picture. In Durant’s last year with the Thunder, LeBron beat Durant both times in the regular season.

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