The Way of Basketball: Never Talk Shit to Him!
Chapter 538 - 227 Soon you will remember me, but this time I will be your nightmare!_4

Chapter 538: Chapter 227 Soon you will remember me, but this time I will be your nightmare!_4

Honestly, these are the kind of stats you’d expect from Dirk Nowitzki at his peak.

Lots of fans later said that the Thunder Team had to waste three years with Kevin Durant before they reaped the "Thunder God"!

In fact, in his second season, Kevin Durant’s efficiency was already quite high.

And the "Double Change Direction" was already under development.

The team’s record remained lackluster, which actually already highlighted the playing characteristics of Kevin Durant.

If not making it to the playoffs in the first two years of his career, proving that even with one All-Star Level teammate, LeBron James couldn’t turn the team into a playoff-level squad; then Kevin Durant’s surge in scoring stats without any improvement in the Thunder’s record also proved that he was better suited to being a mercenary, tasked with being the "Bomber" of a tactically mature team!

But any team that relied on his scoring as their main offensive system would be unable to win the championship!

This could be seen from his stints with the Warriors, then joining the Brooklyn Nets, and the Phoenix Suns.

Of course, you could chalk up the Nets’ failure to injuries, or those damn big feet of his.

But in the end, Kevin Durant was only once again playing out the much-loved "almost turned things around" scenario, which wasn’t any different from his time with the Thunder.

Rick Carlisle made adjustments for this game and reverted Shaquille O’Neal back to the small forward position.

The purpose was to use his height and wingspan to limit Kevin Durant.

Little Handsome’s switch from the two to the small forward was due to his mobility being overestimated; his moving ability could match that of a small forward, but it wasn’t up to the speed of a guard.

At the two, it would make him seem a bit clumsy.

But Shaquille’s mobility was definitely on par with that of a small forward.

His height and reach also nullified Kevin Durant’s advantages.

This was only the first line of defense against Kevin Durant; Rick Carlisle also arranged for Su Wan’s help defense, various double-teams whenever he had the ball, forcing him to break into the paint to create contact and so on, directly befuddling Kevin Durant.

His athletic ability had vastly improved with age, but his issues with physical confrontation were still there. It wasn’t very noticeable when he faced normal small forwards, but now going up against Shaquille O’Neal, and breaking to the basket to face either Zach Randolph or Marc Gasol, who replaced a resting Shaquille O’Neal, his core-strength that seemed to wobble with just a touch, was suddenly laid bare.

In the end, when the game finished, Kevin Durant shot 5 out of 18 from the field, made 3 out of 5 free throws, only scoring 14 points in total.

Su Wan looked at him and said after the game ended, "If you keep playing like this, the Thunder’s owner is gonna bail!"

Those words really hit home.

Truth be told, ever since Su Wan told him "the SuperSonic’s owner would sell the team because of his poor performance," and the whole thing actually happened, he’s been very sensitive about it.

Kevin Durant is a very sensitive guy inside.

Even worse, when Su Wan told him those "trash talk" words at the time, a reporter by the court heard it and then reported it.

Now many fans were teasing Kevin Durant with that line.

Now hearing him jab at that issue again, Kevin Durant was pissed.

Thinking about how badly he’d been limited tonight made him even more irritated.

Seeing he didn’t respond, Su Wan said another line, "Kevin, you’re not going to say nothing now and then go curse me out on a burner account, are you?"

God knows what kind of storm these words stirred up in Kevin Durant’s heart—he nearly tripped over, almost falling flat on his face.

No, how did he know about that?

Could it be that my burner account was exposed?

That’s not possible!

And yet, he really had done that, more than once...

Kevin Durant pretended as if nothing happened, but he didn’t dare make eye contact with Su Wan, pretending everything was fine as he quickly left.

After the game, Su Wan went on with the interview as usual.

To his surprise, a reporter from Oklahoma asked him, "What heights do you think Kevin can reach in the future?"

Previously, Su Wan unexpectedly commented that Derek Rose would become the second youngest regular season MVP after him, which caused quite a buzz and made Wind City fans even more excited about Derek Rose’s growth.

Media from Oklahoma were envious; they wanted to know what Su Wan thought of Kevin Durant.

The city considered him the future of the team.

Su Wan said, "He will be a Scoring King level scorer, of course, he may also become a regular season MVP, but he’ll need some help!"

Upon hearing what Su Wan said, Oklahoma media couldn’t help but gasp.

They didn’t expect that in Su Wan’s eyes, Kevin Durant could also become a regular season MVP!

"And what about Russell? What level can he reach?" another Oklahoma media reporter asked.

The city didn’t understand at first why the team chose Westbrook.

Though Westbrook came out of UCLA, he was just a reserve player, and the prospects for his draft did not seem this bright.

But judging by his performance on the court this new season, he seems to be a rough diamond.

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