Mind The Game Kevin Durant on defensive schemes in the NBA today I see a lot of coaches being creative defensively and that's pushing players to become better offensively

Rafael and Ime have talked about wanting to get your minutes down at points this season-Kevin Durant Why I'm better on the court The team is better when I'm on the court That's what I'm supposed to be training for is to play the long haul 48 minutes a night If the game needs me to be out

Marcus Smart on playing with Kevin Durant I get to be on the other side of him taking the shots and not taking the shots over mehis ability to make shots it doesn't matter who's there And it also doesn't help that he's close to seven foot and I'm close to six foot

Ben Taylor of Thinking Basketball questions why the NBA has stopped calling offensive fouls when players charge into someone or use their off-arm showing clips from just a decade ago where those moves were illegal and the players didn't even argue the calls when they happened

Kon Knueppel Im not super athletic so being able to play off two feet now they have to be ready for a shot fake or a pivot It kind of evens the playing field It evens out the athleticism

Kevin Durant on the drama surrounding the WNBAAll that stuff is to be noise man WNBA is flourishing Look what these women are doing Look at the money they made over the last few years Look at the visibility of their league They got 4 5 signature athletes on major brands that are representi

Thinking Basketball Ben Taylor Manu Ginobili I think is the most underrated defender ever probably And I think Manu Ginobili might be a better defender than Bruce Bowen but not as an isolation defender on the perimeter