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Jabari said he worked out with KD, Kawhi and Jayson Tatum during the summer and was also at the Rico Hines runs.
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Iguodala says watching KD practice changed his life.
“The idea is to do the same exact thing over and over to succeed in sport.” -John Wooden
Training with people that play nothing like him smh. Should be training with Rashard Lewis and Al Harrington
The secret to success is finding one thing you do well, and doing it very very well. For KD it’s scoring.
Sometimes I forget KD is KD and I’ll see him go on a streak where he’s just dribbling into a guy and taking midrange shots and wonder why he’s doing that.
Then he’ll hit like 5 of those exact shots in a row and I’ll feel dumb.
https://youtu.be/E5X7lBp03uM?si=Kdbc4_BynsH-8Ujg
Said it before but it feels like watching 2k sometimes the way that he snaps into a sequence of moves to try and score. I think that’s also why generally shorter players can give him trouble, he’s used to dealing with guys that are stronger/near his height, but disrupting that dribble means he can’t get into his routine.
KD still can’t win a real ring
those highlights were nasty. you can tell Jabari was trying his hardest but he was getting COOKED to the death lmaoooo
“Shooting the same shot everytime” predictable? Maybe. Still unstoppable? Yes! Predictable yet unstoppable seems to be one sign of greatness
scoring is just second nature to him at this point
Kawhi blue screened after hearing this comment.
KD is a robot. Confirmed.
I’m pretty sure if Durant wanted to win the scoring title every year he could. When he gets hot he is unstoppable.
I remember the warriors going into game 5? Of the ’19 raptor finals and durant started that game and he could not miss, till he went down I honestly believed he was gonna bring them back and win the title and then the KD narrative would have flipped some
Kevin Durobot
Top 20 player of all time.
It’s like MJ, so it’s no surprise, given how much KD loves him
What did Kobe say about MJ?
“He was so tactical and efficient with his movement. No wasted dribble, no wasted space”
There ya go.
Kobe tried really hard to emulate MJ, but KD clearly has adopted MJ’s midrange philosophy.
Do what you need to get to your spot and create your space as effectively as possible without wasting energy or dribble.
If any of you kiddos here ever take the time to watch MJ’s mid range game, you’d see how calculated it is.
A lot of shooting from the triple thread. A quick head fake and elevate. When he’s dribbling? A quick one – two dribble fake, jumper.
Backing down? Posting up? A quick one two dribble, shoot.
KD’s game is similar. Super effecient with his movement in terms of creating that mid range game.
It’s not a dig to say all of his shots are the same.
If someone masters what they’re good at, and what they’re good at continues to work, it doesn’t matter if it’s predictable, flashy, or diverse.
KD is probably the third most prolithic mid range shooter of all time behind MJ and Dirk, and no one can compete with him.
It’s good stuff.