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Durant is a better shooter, a better free throw shooter, averaged more rebounds than Lebron this year, more blocks, and scored more points. He's also a far better clutch performer as this year's playoffs prove. Lebron is a better defender and a better passer. He's also played four more seasons than Durant. When it's all said and done Durant is going to be the better player, IMO. I know he certainly did more damage to the Mavs the last two seasons, and it's not even close.
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Wouldn't be surprised to see that most passed on "the greatest player in the world" to go with Durant.
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Great point.
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That's just asinine. I'm trying to remember Steve Nash's decision and the Phoenix pre-season celebration and I keep coming up blank. I don't hate LeBron at all, but it's easy to understand why people are all over him, and it's not because he's black.
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It's been done and most selected Durant. It doesn't hurt that he's 4 years younger.
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Really? Haven't seen that. I suspect it wouldn't matter if Durant was 4 years older.
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Pure scorer is Durant. Pure basketball player is LeBron. If you start a franchise it would only be natural to go with Durant, mainly because of age. 4 extra years would be a big deal. But ageside, LeBron is the best player in the league with Durant second.
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Both, IMO, don't play defense well enough yet.
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LeBron's PER (Player Efficiency Rating) was 30.74 (http://www.basketball-reference.com/...er_season.html). That's a top 10 season in NBA history by that metric (and the crazy thing is he's had two better seasons than it before). Durant's was 26.20, which while still great, is not historically good like LeBron's season. The stat doesn't do a good job of measuring defensive impact, either, which is an area where LeBron has a clear advantage on any player.
LeBron's win share/48 min rate was also among the best of all time seasons as well (http://www.basketball-reference.com/...48_season.html). We're watching something extraordinary in LeBron James' play here over the last few years and a lot of people hate him too much to even acknowledge that (even going so far as to ridiculously suggest that guys like Durant are better than him). It's too much. |
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Stats are great, but Durant plays on a better team, so he's required to do less. It's that simple. If Lebron played in OKC, his PER would be lower.
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