K. Perkins: Durant needs to get stronger since he is a TOSB

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Kevin Durant, who has led the league in scoring in four of the past five seasons, won his first league MVP this season and carried the Oklahoma City Thunder when fellow star Russell Westbrook recovered from a knee injury.

Kendrick Perkins believes teammate Kevin Durant could "get stronger" if he focused on hitting the weight room.
But teammate Kendrick Perkins still thinks there's more Durant can do: spend time in the weight room.

"I feel like he could get stronger, in my opinion," Perkins told The Oklahoman. "I think that would help him a lot. I told him all the good and great players that played the game, from Jordan, Kobe, LeBron, they all put size on them, and it helped them."

Perkins believes the added strength will help Durant defend consistently and make him a more dependable threat in the low post, even while playing a league high in minutes.

"Seems like there was possessions he was tired," Perkins said, according to the paper. "But, like I said, I think that's [when] getting in the weight room plays a factor. Cause then you could let your body take over."

Durant, for his part, says he can "always be better" when it comes to helping the Thunder chase a championship. Oklahoma City lost to the eventual champion San Antonio Spurs in six games in the Western Conference finals.



http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/11106595/kevin-durant-oklahoma-city-thunder-gets-advice-teammate-kendrick-perkins

[mavsfan1000]

Perkins is right.

[TDMVPDPOY]

the pre draft tryouts, he couldnt do many reps bench press

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Perkins is a winner. Always.

[LkrFan]

Perkins is right.

[mavsfan1000]

Durant likes to party and scrimmage too much I'm afraid.

[tmtcsc]

He needs to work on his brain if that's possible. Starting controversy by saying Kawhi Leonard is a product of the system isn't smart and sounds like a jealous hater. Durant isn't sh*t without Westbrook and is nothing more than a great shooter. MVP ? :lol

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Durant likes to party and >>>>>>>>>scrimmage<<<<<<<<< too much I'm afraid.

Been what, years?....you finally lodge a brilliantly cogent assertion.

Congratulations.

[TDMVPDPOY]

maybe he should have some ibaka sausages to harden the fck up

[rogues]

Pack another 5-10 pounds of muscle to deal with the wear and tear. Kevin tired out and he'll be ready for next year.

[Mel_13]

He'd also be fresher if he wasn't playing 40 mpg in blowouts chasing meaningless scoring streaks.

[Mori Chu]

They played him too many minutes and asked too much of him, period. He wanted to do it, and he wanted that MVP trophy. But they should have paced him better for his own good. That team, like Chicago, has no discipline about their players' minutes, and it'll be their undoing. (That and their total lack of coaching ability.)

[Random5843]

I'm not so sure. I mean Le-Cramp gain muscle, speed, strength, jawbone AND jumped taller but he needs to be used between 60-80 degrees. OTOH, our SAS players got better when they've lost weight.