Of course this will not have any affect on the officiating. LOL

How can they afford to let this guy fail, in spite of himself.

Kevin Durant: Nike Or Adidas Want Him To Fill Some Big Shoes - Sports Biz with Darren Rovell - MSNBC.com

Well, the guy is being hyped up. Can he live up to it? Being a solid performer won't cut it in his case. The expectations are just too high. From the press clippings looks like he's being touted as a "savior" in Seattle.

Research is old.............gotta go with the latest in behavioral studies.

Durant is not physically strong enough to play in the NBA at this time. Give him about 6 months in a conditioning and strength program and you will start to see him produce. I think he will end up being more of a 2 guard than a SF.

So the premise has changed?

Has the definition been rewritten?

I'm having a little trouble understanding the context of your post considering my link was posted for reasons of definition of the phrase only.

To be honest I could care less about Darko during his summer league stint. As a matter of fact, I didn`t even know if he played in the summer league or not.

Your dislike for Durant seems personal to me. What is it? Why do you dislike him so? At least let him get a few NBA games under his belt.

Usually when you are picked #1 or #2 in the draft the hype is pretty thick, therefore, this is nothing unusal what is happening to Durant.

If he doesn`t live up to his potential and/or his projected marketing status, then you can fire away, but to do it now is absurd after a few summer league games!!

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Didn't Darko miss the whole Summer League because we had to take all summer trying to buy him out of the Homofarm contract?

I have nothing against him, except I think he is controlled by his mother who is grabbing as much money as she can to the long term disadvantage of her son. I actually feel sorry for him.

For a 19 year old to get all this money based upon such high expectations that he can't possibly achieve will really mess his psyche up over the long term. He is no Lebron. Lebron is a real baller and was far more physically developed, muscularly than Durant is at 18 - 19, so he could compete better in the NBA.

The other thing that bothers me is how so many millions of fans are just going along with all the hype like sheep following their shepherd, without thinking for themselves on this.

I really hope he succeeds except when he plays against the Pistons, Lakers and Clippers, but I think his momma is doing terribly wrong by him and he should have stayed in college, which would have been better for his emotional and social development and if he gotten a really good all around college education would probably wind up making more money in the long run then by coming out at this point.

You have a short memory my friend. I was saying the same thing about him when he was playing in college after I saw him play there in games that meant something against guys who won't even make it to the NBA.