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James Edwards

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The Athletic NBA Daily
Kevin Durant reaches 30k career points | Sixers lose 4th straight

impactful he is to winning, especially at his size. Well, he's weird.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Kevin Durant reaches 30k career points | Sixers lose 4th straight

impactful he is to winning, especially at his size. Well, he's weird.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Kevin Durant reaches 30k career points | Sixers lose 4th straight

impactful he is to winning, especially at his size. Well, he's weird.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Kevin Durant reaches 30k career points | Sixers lose 4th straight

We've talked about it. I've mentioned it to him. Like, those are the type of guys that every championship team has. And we could just use recent memory, right? Like Contavious Caldwell Pope helped the Lakers win, helped the Nuggets win. Bruce Brown, right? Draymond Green's the ultimate example. I mean, we could go on and on on those X factors, whatever you want to call them.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Kevin Durant reaches 30k career points | Sixers lose 4th straight

We've talked about it. I've mentioned it to him. Like, those are the type of guys that every championship team has. And we could just use recent memory, right? Like Contavious Caldwell Pope helped the Lakers win, helped the Nuggets win. Bruce Brown, right? Draymond Green's the ultimate example. I mean, we could go on and on on those X factors, whatever you want to call them.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Kevin Durant reaches 30k career points | Sixers lose 4th straight

We've talked about it. I've mentioned it to him. Like, those are the type of guys that every championship team has. And we could just use recent memory, right? Like Contavious Caldwell Pope helped the Lakers win, helped the Nuggets win. Bruce Brown, right? Draymond Green's the ultimate example. I mean, we could go on and on on those X factors, whatever you want to call them.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Kevin Durant reaches 30k career points | Sixers lose 4th straight

Glue guys, whatever you want to call them. But I think I agree with Zena. Like, those guys, those motors are unmatched, but also like, I think we don't give enough credit to how smart those players are. Right. Like it's the instincts to go get a rebound. It's the instincts to know when to cut. It's the instincts to know when to make the right pass.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Kevin Durant reaches 30k career points | Sixers lose 4th straight

Glue guys, whatever you want to call them. But I think I agree with Zena. Like, those guys, those motors are unmatched, but also like, I think we don't give enough credit to how smart those players are. Right. Like it's the instincts to go get a rebound. It's the instincts to know when to cut. It's the instincts to know when to make the right pass.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Kevin Durant reaches 30k career points | Sixers lose 4th straight

Glue guys, whatever you want to call them. But I think I agree with Zena. Like, those guys, those motors are unmatched, but also like, I think we don't give enough credit to how smart those players are. Right. Like it's the instincts to go get a rebound. It's the instincts to know when to cut. It's the instincts to know when to make the right pass.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Kevin Durant reaches 30k career points | Sixers lose 4th straight

And I think, too, just really quick, I think people also don't realize he is one of the best finishers I've ever seen. He's shooting above 70 percent at the rim and he's 6'4". That's not normal for people that don't know. Like that's if you look at who has the best field goal percentage in basketball, it's a bunch of six foot ten guys and higher.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Kevin Durant reaches 30k career points | Sixers lose 4th straight

And I think, too, just really quick, I think people also don't realize he is one of the best finishers I've ever seen. He's shooting above 70 percent at the rim and he's 6'4". That's not normal for people that don't know. Like that's if you look at who has the best field goal percentage in basketball, it's a bunch of six foot ten guys and higher.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Kevin Durant reaches 30k career points | Sixers lose 4th straight

And I think, too, just really quick, I think people also don't realize he is one of the best finishers I've ever seen. He's shooting above 70 percent at the rim and he's 6'4". That's not normal for people that don't know. Like that's if you look at who has the best field goal percentage in basketball, it's a bunch of six foot ten guys and higher.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Kevin Durant reaches 30k career points | Sixers lose 4th straight

And then Josh Hart, like 70 percent at the rim is insane for a guard.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Kevin Durant reaches 30k career points | Sixers lose 4th straight

And then Josh Hart, like 70 percent at the rim is insane for a guard.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Kevin Durant reaches 30k career points | Sixers lose 4th straight

And then Josh Hart, like 70 percent at the rim is insane for a guard.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Kevin Durant reaches 30k career points | Sixers lose 4th straight

Yeah, like, it's not normal. And he just knows how to play the game of basketball at the end of the day. And not many guys do in this league.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Kevin Durant reaches 30k career points | Sixers lose 4th straight

Yeah, like, it's not normal. And he just knows how to play the game of basketball at the end of the day. And not many guys do in this league.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Kevin Durant reaches 30k career points | Sixers lose 4th straight

Yeah, like, it's not normal. And he just knows how to play the game of basketball at the end of the day. And not many guys do in this league.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Kevin Durant reaches 30k career points | Sixers lose 4th straight

Yeah, if you're listening to this on Wednesday morning, I have a story that I've been working on coming out. It's... When I started the story and I thought about it, the idea was I thought it would be a little bit more fun than it turned out. It turned out a little bit more eerie. It's about how players get harassed by fans because they lose them a bet or a parlay.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Kevin Durant reaches 30k career points | Sixers lose 4th straight

Yeah, if you're listening to this on Wednesday morning, I have a story that I've been working on coming out. It's... When I started the story and I thought about it, the idea was I thought it would be a little bit more fun than it turned out. It turned out a little bit more eerie. It's about how players get harassed by fans because they lose them a bet or a parlay.