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What baffles Draymond Green about Kevin Durant & Suns #shorts #nba #suns #kevindurant

3 May 2024 · 1 min

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In this YouTube short, Draymond Green reacts to former Warriors assistant coach James Jones' statement that "no one has been able to maximize Kevin Durant." Green points out that Jones made the comment after his 2017 team lost to Durant in the NBA Finals, where Durant posted a dominant line of roughly 35 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists while shooting 55% from the field, 47% from three, and 93% from the free‑throw line. Green argues that the claim is baffling because Jones' own team failed to run plays that put Durant in his preferred scoring spots, meaning they themselves did not maximize Durant. He emphasizes that a team’s ability to get a star player the right opportunities is what defines whether the player is maximized, not a vague, external assessment.

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James Jones said, "A constant focus for us is to continue to figure out and maximize Kevin Durant. No one has done it yet." I was baffled when I watched James Jones make this comment. James Jones was on a team in 2017 that lost in the NBA Finals to Kevin Durant. And Kevin Durant averaged 35, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists on 55% from the field, 47% from 3, 93% shooter. And when you got your ass bust like the Cavs got their ass bust, I have a hard time believing that James Jones could then come out and say, "No one has been able to maximize Kevin Durant." When your team does not have plays getting Kevin Durant to the spots that Kevin Durant wanna get to and like to score from, I'm sorry, but you didn't maximize Kevin Durant. But don't say nobody has maximized Kevin Durant because you've been on the wrong side of Kevin Durant being maximized. Fast.