Kevin Durant Speaks Out On Okc Thunder Defense

Oklahoma City, nether Mark Daigneault, has enjoyed immoderate of nan NBA's champion defenses, moreover turning successful a historical portion a twelvemonth agone connected that broadside of nan floor.

The Thunder cheque each container that hoops fans declare to crave. They are a throwback roster pinch a modern flair. OKC attacks each force each night, seldom ever taking nights off, truthful overmuch truthful that a deficiency of effort against Charlotte was National News, while that is conscionable different time successful 29 different NBA markets.

As nan Bricktown Ballers show what fans clamor for, physicality, competitory edge, crisp rotation, fastener down defense and often times out-efforting and executing teams while being driven by a mid-range maestro who uses interaction to bump defenders disconnected their spots and tosses successful improbable buckets routinely.

Though, this has awoken NBA fanbases envious that their favourite hoops nine refuses to do nan aforesaid and caused an epidemic. You tin not scroll for 2 seconds connected your favourite hoops sermon mean without seeing a rage baiting clip aliases deliberation portion connected really nan Thunder playing an early 2000s style of play is bad for nan league. Though, nan hypocrisy shines done erstwhile scrolling 2 much seconds to spot outcry complete "new aged players not trying anymore." A catch-22 of sorts.

Despite 29 fanbases surviving successful emotion and feelings, nary analytic aliases actual grounds supports nan thought that Oklahoma City "gets away" pinch excessively overmuch physicality aliases that nan convention is rigging it for 1 of nan smallest markets successful master sports.

On Thursday night, nan Thunder downed nan Houston Rockets 111-91 to gain their 5th consecutive victory. After nan game, NBA fable and master scorer Kevin Durant, who had to activity for each 19 points connected 30% shooting from nan floor, was very outspoken connected Oklahoma City's defense.

"They play pinch physicality for sure, but that’s what title organizations do. I don’t deliberation they toethe statement aliases anything," Durant detailed. "I conscionable deliberation they conscionable play swarming basketball; they each unreserved to nan ball. They play beingness disconnected nan ball. They sewage awesome hands. They sewage a bully shot-blocking center. I don’t deliberation they do excessively much, thing extra. I conscionable deliberation they play together and cognize really to swarm nan basketball.”

This is simply a precocious compliment from 1 of nan NBA's champion scorers of each time, nan erstwhile Thunder guardant didn't make excuses, aliases show a sob communicative aliases blasted nan refs, but conscionable acknowledged really elite nan Bricktown Ballers defense is.

If nan biggest net troll nan convention has ever seen tin admit it, possibly it tin alteration nan communicative astir this Oklahoma City club.