Kevin Durant has had a very active offseason already, with his Twitter activity showing the frequency with which he is sharing his unfiltered thoughts with his fans and the entire world.
Whether or not everyone agrees with what Durant has to say most of the time, there is no questioning that he is one of the best basketball minds in the world. He has dominated at the top of basketball for the last 15 years as one of the most elite scorers the game has ever seen.
A fan asked Durant a question on Twitter about a situation he is having where his teammates believe he is taking bad shots when he gets hot and shoots mid-ranges over multiple defenders, even though he is making them. KD advised the fan to keep shooting the shots and make his teammates understand that he needs to ride his hot streak out until he starts missing.
Shoot the next one. Your teammates gotta lock in on defense until the flurry is over and then they can get some shots up https://t.co/GZbMDnMcwu
— Kevin Durant (@KDTrey5) June 20, 2022
KD has embodied this mantra for years and giving any other advice would just be untruthful on his part. However, not every player is the generational offensive talent that KD is, so maybe this advice doesn’t apply to everyone. But if a player is offensively gifted, KD will always give the advice to further nurture that talent.
Young basketball players are brought through the basketball world by coaches who perfect systems and sets that they can run, leaving little room to improvise in the higher level of organized basketball at high school or college. The ability to be a team player is extremely valued in college recruitment, so most shouldn’t fall into this trap.
For the players that can impact the game like KD has since 2007, this is going to allow them to be the offensive weapons of a team while setting realistic expectations for everyone on the team. If the buckets are falling, the team is closer to winning. There is no reason to stop that process for the sake of the ‘correct’ shots.
