They should call Kevin Durant Jesus

[IcemanCometh]

Because hes the ing truth.

[JoeChalupa]

I do not know of this Kevin but I'll google to find out.

[JamStone]

Kevin Garnett meets Tracy McGrady meets Josh Smith.

KD will own Texas when it's all said and done with.

[LaMarcus Bryant]

I am a little annoyed by how much his gets sucked by the media already, if i were another team fan I would hate him immediately.

I caught the Mich State game the other day and had to mute the game cuz all I kept hearing (besides how young and experienced texas was as a team) was how bad ass durant was. I hope he has a solid head to ignore all this hype.

[samikeyp]

Good point...he is a of a player....hopefully he can focus on his team rather than the hype....too bad he will only be in Austin for a year.

[lebomb]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO........you cant joke around about that. At least IMHO. Sorry, but Durant is just another good Bball player. He is NOT even in Jesus league.

[IcemanCometh]

jesus couldn't cross-over

[vince Young]

Neither could god but look at how much he gets talked about

[JMarkJohns]

I'm still baffled by the McGrady/Garnett comparison. I certainly see aspects, but I think he's much closer to Eddie Griffin at Seton Hall, than Garnett.

KG plays with passion second only to Iverson in the League. Physically, I guess I see (though again, he's very, very similer to Griffin). I just don't see this same passion in Durant, nor do I see Garnett's skills.

If any here saw Griffin at Seton Hall, they know that my comparison is no slight. Kid was a monster capable of hitting handfuls of threes and notching handfuls of blocks to go with 20 points and double-digit boards every game. That's Durant. Not Garnett. Where McGrady factors in is in ball-handling, position (as in wing, rather than PF) and in at ude, because while I love ths kid's skills and think as highly of his potential as the UT slurpers here, I see the same McGradyesque at ude towards man-on-man defense and hustle.

Still, I do think that he's the gem of this class. Oden will probably be the best player longterm, but if you want the star, it'll be Durant. McGrady/Griffin = 20+ points, 7/8 rebounds, 3/4 assists, 2+ made threes, 2+ blocks and a steal per game. That's what I envision for Durant in the League.