Yahoo calls Ollie a liar.

[FartMan69]

I think all news/sports outlets are conspiring to kill UConn at every turn, with the exception of Andy Katz which is why he's my favorite sports reporter.

 

[gtcam]

this yahoo BS is the talk of some other coach who is in competition in recruiting players KO is going after
OKC will not pay $5MM to buyout then pay him $5MM per year
KO wont do this to UConn after DHam decides to stay and Adams comes in and the talks with all those 2016 guys
Lastly, JC would probably slit his throat!!!

 

[superjohn]

Davis just set his career high in games played with 68, so no.

There is not a single GM in the league who would take Durant over Davis. The brow is the better player and it's not even really that close.

 

[UconnFanDC]

Hurley has a pretty hefty buyout at Rhode Island per his recently signed extension.

Per the Providence Journal:
Should Hurley leave URI before the end of his deal, the school would have a nice head start on hiring its next coach. Improved buyout provisions in the contract call for a one-time payment of $1 million after the next two seasons, a one-time payment of $1.2 million between the 2017-18 and 2019-20 seasons or a one-time payment of $500,000 after the 2020-21 season.

I take th coach at Robert Morris. I mean they did beat Kentucky in 2012. lol

 

[PcketknfNiels]

There is not a single GM in the league who would take Durant over Davis. The brow is the better player and it's not even really that close.

If we're talking for just the next few years and tossing contract situations out the window then absolutely not. You believing otherwise only serves to prove you know absolutely nothing about basketball.

 

[8893]

You believing otherwise only serves to prove you know absolutely nothing about basketball.

I think this is my favorite of the Boneyard put-downs.

Really? Absolutely nothing?!?

 

[PcketknfNiels]

I think this is my favorite of the Boneyard put-downs.

Really? Absolutely nothing?!?

Guess he might know some things, but his thoughts on anything concerning basketball in any way shape or form are now dead to me after that statement

 

[superjohn]

If we're talking for just the next few years and tossing contract situations out the window then absolutely not. You believing otherwise only serves to prove you know absolutely nothing about basketball.

A couple simple questions, Do you think Durant is better than Davis right now? Do you think Durant will be better than Davis the next few years?

 

[champs99and04]

There is not a single GM in the league who would take Durant over Davis. The brow is the better player and it's not even really that close.

Whoa, whoa, whoa...not even close? Let's take a minute to remember that Durant averaged 32, 7 and 6 last year on damn near 50/40/90 shooting splits.

 

[PcketknfNiels]

A couple simple questions, Do you think Durant is better than Davis right now? Do you think Durant will be better than Davis the next few years?

Yes, undoubtedly. And the chances of Davis surpassing Durant in the next few years (assuming Durant plays anything close to last year going forward) is about as likely as both surpassing Lebron regardless. Davis is great but Durant was historically great last year, Davis needs to continue to improve and put together a few seasons of playing 75+ games before this is a serious discussion.

 

[mdkhusky]

i like how you are so positive you are right about a very debatable question

 

[PcketknfNiels]

i like how you are so positive you are right about a very debatable question

It's not really debatable though. All Durant has to do is stay healthy and play at a level close to last year. Davis has to both improve by a fairly decent amount, as well as string together a couple seasons in the mid-high 70's in games played.

 

[mdkhusky]

if you asked all the gms in the nba who they are taking 2 years down the road over half would say AD if not more

 

[PcketknfNiels]

if you asked all the gms in the nba who they are taking 2 years down the road over half would say AD if not more

More like 5 years down the road. In 2 years Durant will be 28 and still firmly in his prime. I don't think you realize how insane his 32/6/7 on 50/40/90 was last year. MJ, Lebron, Kobe have never put up those numbers with those %'s. Bird's BEST season is the best roughly equivalent comparison to what Durant did last year.

 

[superjohn]

Yes, undoubtedly. And the chances of Davis surpassing Durant in the next few years (assuming Durant plays anything close to last year going forward) is about as likely as both surpassing Lebron regardless. Davis is great but Durant was historically great last year, Davis needs to continue to improve and put together a few seasons of playing 75+ games before this is a serious discussion.

Davis is a one man wrecking crew for New Orleans, just getting that roster to the playoffs is a minor miracle, he just had one of the best statistical seasons in NBA history finishing top 8 in pts, rebs, steals, blocks, fg%. Davis is the best pick and roll defender in the league and one of the best rim protectors. I would give Durant the nod in scoring just because he gets more points even though he's less efficient but once again I thought he was exposed in the playoffs, he never diversified his offensive game, it's still perimeter shooting while his post game remains nonexistent. Davis has a post game and this season he's proven he has an outside game. While Durant scores more ppg, Davis is harder to take out of what he does because he can beat you down low and from the perimeter. I get that Pelicans are never on TV so you probably have watched very little of Davis, in a couple of years the Davis v. Durant argument won't even be an argument.

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

If Ollie does in fact bolt, hope he doesn't, imagine a scenario where Calhoun comes back for a season and rip hamilton is hired as lead assistant and groomed over the summer and course of the season to take the long term HC job.

Apropo moniker there, way WideRight! Or left, but definitely off the mark.

 

[PcketknfNiels]

Davis is a one man wrecking crew for New Orleans, just getting that roster to the playoffs is a minor miracle, he just had one of the best statistical seasons in NBA history finishing top 8 in pts, rebs, steals, blocks, fg%. Davis is the best pick and roll defender in the league and one of the best rim protectors. I would give Durant the nod in scoring just because he gets more points even though he's less efficient but once again I thought he was exposed in the playoffs, he never diversified his offensive game, it's still perimeter shooting while his post game remains nonexistent. Davis has a post game and this season he's proven he has an outside game. While Durant scores more ppg, Davis is harder to take out of what he does because he can beat you down low and from the perimeter. I get that Pelicans are never on TV so you probably have watched very little of Davis, in a couple of years the Davis v. Durant argument won't even be an argument.

You're basically over-crediting Davis for everything he does while under-crediting Durant for everything that he does. Durant gets to the line at an insane rate and is automatic from there, and his % splits are at the absolute pinnacle for what a wing player can do. Durant also played much of last season without Westbrook and won at something like a .700 clip.

Also Davis doesn't really have a low post game, he gets the bulk of his points on those 15 footers and using his quickness to run past slower bigs. Neither of these are negatives, but your evaluation of Davis' skill set isn't entirely correct.

Both will go down as all time greats, but Durant is already in his historically great phase and is in much more rarified air with what he's doing relative to what's ever been done at his position. He also played 81 games in both 2013-14, Davis has yet to even play 70.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

I think this is my favorite of the Boneyard put-downs.

Really? Absolutely nothing?!?

It's particularly well-placed in this context when it's asserted against one of the Founding Fathers of the "you don't know anything about basketball" crew.

 

[superjohn]

More like 5 years down the road. In 2 years Durant will be 28 and still firmly in his prime. I don't think you realize how insane his 32/6/7 on 50/40/90 was last year. MJ, Lebron, Kobe have never put up those numbers with those %'s. Bird's BEST season is the best roughly equivalent comparison to what Durant did last year.

5 years down the road, now I know you're crazy. Given the choice right now, no GM is building their team around Durant over Davis. Is this Kevin Durant I'm debating with?

 

[James]

5 years down the road, now I know you're crazy. Given the choice right now, no GM is building their team around Durant over Davis. Is this Kevin Durant I'm debating with?

kd is 26 superjohn. before he got shut down he was killing it also

 

[444JR]

Apropo moniker there, way WideRight! Or left, but definitely off the mark.

Yes definitely a rash, first idea type of attempt at rhetoric. I'd much rather stay in the mindset that the leader and face of the program is set in stone and working for improvement with relentlessness.

 

[PcketknfNiels]

kd is 26 superjohn. before he got shut down he was killing it also

Yeah, I don't think he realizes Durant has another 5 or so absolutely PRIME years left.

 

[PcketknfNiels]

5 years down the road, now I know you're crazy. Given the choice right now, no GM is building their team around Durant over Davis. Is this Kevin Durant I'm debating with?

Durant is only 26. At this point you've clearly just been pants'd.

 

[superjohn]

Yeah, I don't think he realizes Durant has another 5 or so absolutely PRIME years left.

I don't think you realize how good Davis already is and how rapidly he's improving. Spurs win in OT, time for bed.

 

[champs99and04]

Davis is a one man wrecking crew for New Orleans, just getting that roster to the playoffs is a minor miracle, he just had one of the best statistical seasons in NBA history finishing top 8 in pts, rebs, steals, blocks, fg%. Davis is the best pick and roll defender in the league and one of the best rim protectors. I would give Durant the nod in scoring just because he gets more points even though he's less efficient but once again I thought he was exposed in the playoffs, he never diversified his offensive game, it's still perimeter shooting while his post game remains nonexistent. Davis has a post game and this season he's proven he has an outside game. While Durant scores more ppg, Davis is harder to take out of what he does because he can beat you down low and from the perimeter. I get that Pelicans are never on TV so you probably have watched very little of Davis, in a couple of years the Davis v. Durant argument won't even be an argument.

How is Davis more efficient than Durant?

 

[superjohn]

Durant is only 26. At this point you've clearly just been pants'd.

I know how old Durant is, how have I been pants'd. Your argument is Durant had a historically good season last year, cool story bro. Davis had a historically good season this year, he just turned 22, is that a pants'ing?

 

[PcketknfNiels]

I don't think you realize how good Davis already is and how rapidly he's improving. Spurs win in OT, time for bed.

No, I just don't think you realize that the only guys who have ever put up comparable seasons from the perimeter as 13-14 Durant are essentially Bird, MJ, Lebron, and even those 3 never scored at the rate Durant did in 2014 with his %'s.

And you haven't even touched the fact that Davis has missed ~15-20 games every season. Durant went back to back 81 game seasons in 13-14.

 

[PcketknfNiels]

I know how old Durant is, how have I been pants'd. Your argument is Durant had a historically good season last year, cool story bro. Davis had a historically good season this year, he just turned 22, is that a pants'ing?

I would also be careful projecting with Davis. Big men tend to have their best seasons earlier in their career than perimeter players. Davis should still improve, but I suspect we're closer to what his peak represents than you realize.

 

[superjohn]

I would also be careful projecting with Davis. Big men tend to have their best seasons earlier in their career than perimeter players. Davis should still improve, but I suspect we're closer to what his peak represents than you realize.

This is just silly, Davis turned 22 last month and is just scratching the surface. There is also two sides of the court and you conveniently haven't brought up the defensive side.

 

[superjohn]

No, I just don't think you realize that the only guys who have ever put up comparable seasons from the perimeter as 13-14 Durant are essentially Bird, MJ, Lebron, and even those 3 never scored at the rate Durant did in 2014 with his %'s.

And you haven't even touched the fact that Davis has missed ~15-20 games every season. Durant went back to back 81 game seasons in 13-14.

You keep bringing up how Durant's season last year was historical without mentioning how Davis' season was historical this season. You seem to like stats, well Durant had the highest player efficiency rating in the league this year and one of the highest of all time. Only Wilt, Jordan and Lebron have had seasons with a higher PER.