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ESPN.com - True Hoop - Blog found this 7/25/2008 on dberri.wordpress.com [flag]
Last summer Kevin Durant made his professional debut in the NBA summer leagues. His performance inspired the following two posts: Disappointing Durant Durant Disappoints Again These two columns made two observations: a. Kevin Durant played very badly last summer. b. The media covering summer league basketball didn’t seem to notice that Kevin Durant played very badly last ... [link]

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Friday Bullets
Published 7/25/2008 at ESPN.com - True Hoop - Blog
... David Berri's look at Summer League numbers tells him that Jerryd Bayless, Kevin Love, D.J. Augustin, James Gist, and Maarty Leunen were among those who played well. O.J. Mayo, Anthony Randolph, and Joe Alexander did not look so good in this analysis. Many will say this is where Berri's model picks on certain players -- his numbers don't much like Kevin Durant either. If I was a basketball talent evaluator, though, I'd at least investigate a little further with video and other kinds of numbers. ...

Saturday Notes: Olympic hoops, Bogut interview, Big Three rewind
Published 7/26/2008 by Frank Madden at Brew Hoop: Front Page Posts
... Dave Berri looks at rookie summer league performances.  As you might guess, the number's aren't great for Joe Alexander, but they were actually worse for O.J. Mayo.  Something else you might not have expected?  ...

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buddha_sak posted 7/21/2008 from sportscracklepop.com

You all might have heard the news about Kevin Durant playing at legendary Goodman last week and dropping 60 (62 pts according to the video) points in a loss against Shooters (DC). Durant made a record ten 3-pointers in a legendary duel against Baltimore’s own P-Shiddy (Gerald “Gee” Brown). I have been waiting for video of this to pop up and it now has. Watch for yourself
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Kevin Durant Scores 62 at Barry Farms

SeaTown Sports found this 7/21/2008 on myespn.go.com

Video of Kevin Durant shooting a lot of 3's (a little PG-13 for language) off the dribble at the George Goodman Classic. It's funny, he scores a ton, in a very close game, but somehow because of the style of play -- pound pound, pound, launch -- ...
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Eins Zwei Drei, Ankle Sprain

And One posted 7/23/2008 from blog.cleveland.com

Thanks to WFNY for the heads up on LB's injury. The AP report says when you jump high and land on Kevin Durant's foot, it's your ankle that gives. Even if you are LeBron James.
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LeBron Leaves Team USA Practice with Mild Sprain

CelticsBlog found this 7/23/2008 on www.nba.com

As Team USA's practice ended, LeBron James reclined on a table with trainers tending to his sprained right ankle. It occurred Tuesday when James landed on Kevin Durant's foot during a scrimmage between Team USA and a select squad of young NBA players.
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