Kevin Durant works out - 波特蘭拓荒者 Portland Trail Blazers

Kevin Durant works out

Posted by Casey Holdahl June 22, 2007 12:46PM

Categories: 2007 Draft

The workout and press conferences have wrapped up, and I'll have the audio
from that shortly, but I wanted to give a few updates about what I saw here
today in Tualatin:

-- First off, the crowd was a bit smaller today. Still a good turnout, but
not as many members of the media, and certainly fewer players in attendance.

-- The portion of the workout that the media was allowed to watch was much
more extensive today than it was on Wednesday during Oden's workout.

-- Now to the good stuff. If you're unaware, Kevin Durant is a really, really
good basketball player. He showed a great all-around game in
baseline-to-baseline drills. One of the first things you notice about Durant
is that he covers ground really, really quickly. Seriously, it's quite
ridiculous how few strides it take for KD to get from one side of the court
to the other.

-- Durant has such a sweet, classic shooting style. Crazy high and quick
elevation on the jumper. Good arc, follow through and rotation on every shot
he took. Superb accuracy as well. Kevin Pritchard noted that "he shoots
30-footers like he shoots 10-footers." And he's right.

-- Durant's a big dude. He's not exactly thick, but he's a lot taller than
you might expect. His body reminds me of LaMarcus Aldridge, and that's a good
thing in my opinion.

-- Back to the elevation. It's a thing of beauty to see Durant come baseline
and finish with the jam. Many of the people watching noted how fluid his
motion on the court is, and no where is that more apparent than when he's
going for the jam. It's preternatural.

-- Aside from Durant's offense, his defense, or at least what we saw of it,
was fairly impressive. They ran a drill were Durant would run from the
baseline to the free throw line, then jump out to the baseline to contest a
shot. Durant's ability to close space was evident again in this drill, as he
made it to the spot almost every time before the shot was taken.

Bottom line: This was a great workout. Pritchard said numerous times that
Durant is "made for these kinds of workouts," and that's pretty obvious, even
after watching only 20 minutes, that he's right. You can tell that Pritchard
and McMillan were really excited about the way he performed. Durant's game is
more geared toward these one-on-none performances than Oden's, and the
decision makers here are aware of that, but you figure it's hard not to watch
a great performance and think about that player in a Blazers uniform.

Kevin Pritchard mentioned that today's workout has made a difference in what
his decision is going to be, but he wouldn't say how. Let the speculation
begin.

http://blog.oregonlive.com/blazers/2007/06/kevin_durant_workouts_out.html

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看到最後一段：
Pritchard提到他看完今天(Durant的workout)的測試之後將使讓他的決定受到影響，
但他沒說他的決定到底有什麼改變。

從這段話看來選秀當天拓荒者真的有可能會挑Durant...

不只大家在這裡緊張他會挑Durant，國外很多球迷也緊張的要命！

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