Fred Katz

Kevin Durant is a master of the short and the long mid range. There are guys who are unbelievable in the short mid range, bad in the long marriage. You don't want them taking them. A 12 footer is not the same thing as a 19 footer. It's just not the same thing. And to me, Shay, Shay is a four level scorer right now. To me, the thing where the place where he can get better is,

Kevin Durant is a master of the short and the long mid range. There are guys who are unbelievable in the short mid range, bad in the long marriage. You don't want them taking them. A 12 footer is not the same thing as a 19 footer. It's just not the same thing. And to me, Shay, Shay is a four level scorer right now. To me, the thing where the place where he can get better is,

Kevin Durant is a master of the short and the long mid range. There are guys who are unbelievable in the short mid range, bad in the long marriage. You don't want them taking them. A 12 footer is not the same thing as a 19 footer. It's just not the same thing. And to me, Shay, Shay is a four level scorer right now. To me, the thing where the place where he can get better is,

is maybe as a passer, he's already really good at knowing the first read and You know, he's really difficult to blitz. I actually wrote something last week about how many guard to guard screens the Thunder set and how he's really good at just getting off the ball when he gets blitzed.

is maybe as a passer, he's already really good at knowing the first read and You know, he's really difficult to blitz. I actually wrote something last week about how many guard to guard screens the Thunder set and how he's really good at just getting off the ball when he gets blitzed.

is maybe as a passer, he's already really good at knowing the first read and You know, he's really difficult to blitz. I actually wrote something last week about how many guard to guard screens the Thunder set and how he's really good at just getting off the ball when he gets blitzed.

And the Thunder have creators who are receiving the ball in those scenarios because it's Alex Caruso or it's Lou Dort or it's J-Dub or it's Kasem Wallace or it's Wiggins. It's like guys who are comfortable handling the ball or even Isaiah Hartenstein who are comfortable handling the ball in those scenarios who can then make plays.

And the Thunder have creators who are receiving the ball in those scenarios because it's Alex Caruso or it's Lou Dort or it's J-Dub or it's Kasem Wallace or it's Wiggins. It's like guys who are comfortable handling the ball or even Isaiah Hartenstein who are comfortable handling the ball in those scenarios who can then make plays.

And the Thunder have creators who are receiving the ball in those scenarios because it's Alex Caruso or it's Lou Dort or it's J-Dub or it's Kasem Wallace or it's Wiggins. It's like guys who are comfortable handling the ball or even Isaiah Hartenstein who are comfortable handling the ball in those scenarios who can then make plays.

And Shea is really good at getting off the ball, making the intuitive pass. In terms of passing guys open, in terms of getting all the way to the hoop and then creating cross-court passes from there, I think that's something that maybe he could get a little bit better at.

And Shea is really good at getting off the ball, making the intuitive pass. In terms of passing guys open, in terms of getting all the way to the hoop and then creating cross-court passes from there, I think that's something that maybe he could get a little bit better at.

And Shea is really good at getting off the ball, making the intuitive pass. In terms of passing guys open, in terms of getting all the way to the hoop and then creating cross-court passes from there, I think that's something that maybe he could get a little bit better at.

I also think really more of the improvement comes on the other side because he's such an incredibly complete offensive player where he is very good in passing lanes. He is a legitimately good defender. but on the ball, he can get bullied. And look, I mean, everyone's got something. Everybody's. Yeah, exactly.

I also think really more of the improvement comes on the other side because he's such an incredibly complete offensive player where he is very good in passing lanes. He is a legitimately good defender. but on the ball, he can get bullied. And look, I mean, everyone's got something. Everybody's. Yeah, exactly.

I also think really more of the improvement comes on the other side because he's such an incredibly complete offensive player where he is very good in passing lanes. He is a legitimately good defender. but on the ball, he can get bullied. And look, I mean, everyone's got something. Everybody's. Yeah, exactly.

I think there's no question they're the team to beat in the West. I mean, they're 11 games better than anybody else. They have by far the best defense in the league. They are able to play the greatest amount of varieties now that they have Chet Holmgren back. They can go really, really big with that double big lineup they're using with Chet and with Hartenstein.

I think there's no question they're the team to beat in the West. I mean, they're 11 games better than anybody else. They have by far the best defense in the league. They are able to play the greatest amount of varieties now that they have Chet Holmgren back. They can go really, really big with that double big lineup they're using with Chet and with Hartenstein.

I think there's no question they're the team to beat in the West. I mean, they're 11 games better than anybody else. They have by far the best defense in the league. They are able to play the greatest amount of varieties now that they have Chet Holmgren back. They can go really, really big with that double big lineup they're using with Chet and with Hartenstein.

And they can throw Dort out there and they can throw J-Dub out there and they can throw Shea out there. And that is just a massive lineup. They can go small and they can go five out with Chet. They can have a playmaker in the middle but still have size with Hartenstein. They have a gazillion wings and switchable defenders who come off the bench.

And they can throw Dort out there and they can throw J-Dub out there and they can throw Shea out there. And that is just a massive lineup. They can go small and they can go five out with Chet. They can have a playmaker in the middle but still have size with Hartenstein. They have a gazillion wings and switchable defenders who come off the bench.