How Kevin Durant fits with San Antonio Spurs & Victor Wembanyama | Colin Cowherd & Jason Timpf NBA

How Kevin Durant fits with San Antonio Spurs & Victor Wembanyama | Colin Cowherd & Jason Timpf NBA

what are your thoughts on the report that Kevin Durant prefers the Spurs i was not a huge fan of this fit we were talking last week about how WBY being very thin KD being very thin even Darren Fox is he’s a super fast guard but he’s not a power player not a lot of power on that roster Colin what are your thoughts on KD potentially going to the Spurs well I mean to me Benyama and Stefon Castle are are the team like that’s nothing against De’Arren and Vassel but I I I think those two guys are all stars uh one of them all NBA so and I think they’re just getting better fast um I think I’m always cautious to say Kevin Durant doesn’t fit anywhere i think he fits everywhere that’s like my wife always say always says like salt works with everything you know like like like my son was a chef my stepson’s like “Yeah bacon grease and butter work with everything.” That That’s Kevin Durant like you can just find a spot for a guy who’s the best jump shooter at any given juncture in the league so and I also think Kevin it just kind of figures it out you know I don’t always like his decision making on teams but even in Brooklyn he was the one thing I liked about it he was the one thing i mean in in in Arizona in Phoenix it was Bradley Beal that drove us nuts kevin Durant was giving me 26 and 27 i’m not disappointed with him i’ve been disappointed with you know his like team selection but I just kind of feel like he’s water like he just he just kind of floats and finds his level and I think he’ll fit anywhere um and I also think you’ve got really smart between Chris Paul and De’Arren Fox you know you have good guiders on that team like really smart guys and you can be a really flawed team if you’re intelligent we’ve talked about the Miami Heat like one of the smartest teams in league history it’s like Allen LeBron Wade Bosch Badier uh Hasslam it’s like jeez high functioning they They didn’t have a center chalmers drove everybody crazy wade and LeBron kind of had duplicate games and you’re like “Yeah they got to four straight finals.” Like they just figured out right and I kind of feel like if you put WBY and and and Vitz Fox and it’s uh you have to move off i think Harrison Barnes we talked about before i think it was the But I mean I just think KD would work i think it would just work uh I think it I think Houston needs him more but I mean I think he looks at Houston and thinks all right like like Shenon yeah I mean Thompson is he a great offensive player yet he’s more of a athlete defensive player i don’t know i think KD Smart looks at it and just thinks man I could have bad shooting nights and we could score 128 in San Antonio like I think that’s how he looks at it maybe I’m wrong you know I want to be clear just because I say it’s not my favorite fit doesn’t mean it can’t work like I’m a big believer in don’t overthink things like don’t overthink Kevin Durant next to Victor Webyama and Darren Fox like they’re going to score a lot of points and they’re going to be able to uh to get a certain number of stops there’s I there is you were just talking about with Desmond Bane there’s a reason why Desmond Bane’s shooting is so incredibly valuable in the Orlando context on a team that not only doesn’t have a guy who can make jump shots but doesn’t have a guy who can make jump shots off the move so it’s uniquely super valuable to that team kd anchored by the physicality of Houston I like the kind of like force multiplier effect he could have there that said even in the context of San Antonio he’s obviously a massive upgrade he’s obviously going to make them way better there’s ob there’s even like some interesting stuff you could look at in the big picture kd is like probably the best shooting workout guy in the league to pair to pair Victor Wbeyama with he’s legendary for the quality of his shooting workouts him going game speed him working on shots that are specifically available in NBA games off of certain actions kd is like a legend in his workouts off the floor web is going to be doing all those workouts with him you know he is and it would lead to a certain development in ter in terms of Wemb’s big picture health but it it looks to me more like less of a immediate contender juggernaut and more of like kind of a fun place for KD to end his career where he can go hand in hand in Wimpy you know that’s what I think i think KD looks at it and thinks this would be fun is that it wouldn’t be I wouldn’t have to drop 28 points would come easy and I think KD looks at it and thinks okay De’aran Fox you know We Wy this the structure of the organization they draft smart players they don’t draft a lot of ego they don’t draft a lot of dummies i think Katie looks at himself and thinks “Okay Houston’s got this.” There’s a lot of stuff in Houston that I’m not sure it’s ever going to be great in the playoffs it’s a lot of hyper athleticism and length and running and I and I and that’s fun but I think I don’t think at this point he wants to be a mentor right like I think he wants to go I’m gonna go have some fun and play with really smart players highly functional players and I’ll put the pressure on me to figure out where I fit you know like they don’t need him i think Houston needs him i think the Knicks could really use him so I think you know I think for KD it is I think you’re it’s perfect that would be fun it would be fun for him and I think it would be fun for us sorry to interrupt this great video but please remember to like and subscribe thank you now back to the video it falls in line with the same ideology that led him to Golden State you know like to your point KD could win a title in Houston but it would be a chore and offense would come very difficult he’d be facing crazy looks now the flip side of that is he wouldn’t have to be the same statistical monster in Houston that he would be in other situations because Houston’s defense is so good that he would just need to basically lift them over the top on the offensive end of the floor but there is something to be said about basketball’s more fun when the ball is moving around and you’re playing with more offensive skill and when you like like KD if there’s one weakness at this point in his career he doesn’t pressure the rim a ton well D’Aren Fox sure as hell does so like he’s going to get to play off of those advantages and play off the ball like there is a I KD has told us to our face is exactly who he is for years he loves basketball and he wants to play a fun brand of basketball that’s right and so even if we look on it at it on paper and go “Oh Houston big strong physical team they could anchor him with defense.” Ema Udoka is not the best offensive coach in the world that team doesn’t have a lot of offensive talent it would be it would be a lot like Oklahoma City in 2016 and I’m thinking he looks at that and goes I’d rather play fun free flowing basketball with some more talented offensive players and so with that being the case I mean San Antonio is going to be a really interesting team if they pulled something like this off all of a sudden a guy like Jeremy Sohan becomes super important because he’d have to be such a defensive anchor for them in terms of size and strength stefon Castle obviously defensively as a guard would have to do a lot of that work again I I’m not sure that I would view that Spurs team as exceptionally dangerous but what a fun way for WBY to start his career and what a fun way for KD to end his career well I think also KD looks at LeBron and thinks LeBron’s always figured it out is LeBron doesn’t want to do a lot of the dirty work like if he went to Houston KD’d have to do some of the dirty work he’d be like he’d be like Steph in Golden State where it’s like “Oh Steph plays poorly.” That’s the narrative when they lose it’s not Jimmy Butler and Steph in Houston very quickly he would be because because Jaylen Green’s a hot and cold shooter and very quickly if Houston loses it’s like well Katie you know he had an offshooting night we traded for him he was supposed to save us from this that’s right and it and it’s just not the case in in San Antonio he’ll be part and I do think as players get older they’re looking for fit and you know it’s it’s and I’m okay with that i I think as I’ve aged I’ve always liked fit it’s It’s just fun to be part of a a group a mix of young and old but you don’t want to be a mentor like I just don’t think Katie at this point i think fun is a really interesting word because Kyrie is fun to play with that’s why he went there and Golden State no longer because of relationships wasn’t he wasn’t having a good time he was winning and so yeah I I I’m I’m okay with it i he’s had an he’s had an all-time career he’s a different cat but I’ve you know I’ve come to terms with not everybody’s the same i I really do think though what you’re seeing right now in the NBA I really like and I know we don’t have a super team but it’s becoming like the NFL it’s a very GM driven league like the smart GMs are going to win a lot of them are in the West uh and they have been for 30 years that’s why the West is overwhelmingly top to bottom always deeper than the East you just have more good owners and more good GMs and the other thing is um I think we’ve really seen this I there’s a lot of maturity in the league right now like Indiana and Oklahoma City i mean these are grinding outfits i mean I think Indiana plays pretty good defense i mean again again juxtaposition with uh OKC juxtaposed to that well it doesn’t look the same but there was there was a in the second quarter in this game I was like god India is giving them problems so I I just I I think the league right now it went through a cycle where it felt kind of you had old stars and two young guys like you know and you had these Jaws and these Zions it’s like they’re just not ready i just feel like we’ve got this group of Hallebertton and SGA and Jaylen Williams and and it’s just like really good Tatum really good young players totally dedicated to the league and uh fewer and fewer old guys are relevant and I think it’s I don’t it may not get ratings but I I’m I really like OKC and Indiana like I really respect top tobottom both organizations the point about maturity is is a good one because these two teams are relatively young and young teams young young NBA teams famously don’t play defense because young guys in general it takes time for them to learn how to prioritize how they spend their energy but yeah I you know I’m I’m I’m generally pretty happy with the trajectory of the NBA every era in the NBA has some stars that are a little bit more boring you know like for instance to me Shay Shay’s like the guard version of Tim Duncan he’s not the most exciting player in the world for me to watch but he’s incredibly dominant at his position but we do have musty television like I think WBY is musty television i think Anthony Edwards is musty television there are certain guys in this league that bring the pop and so we just need to take some time over the next couple of years for the public to kind of ingratiate themselves with these guys and I’m still a big believer in the NBA there’s stuff they need to clean up there’s certain things that can get better it’s not perfect i wish they’d shorten the season a little bit but like this has been a fun playoff run Colin i’ I’ve really really enjoyed it and the Pacers have like reinvigorated my love of basketball in a real way just because of the uh just the super super fun brand of basketball that they’ve play i I I’ve really really enjoyed it but Colin we really appreciate you giving us your time tonight man you bet um uh for all of you guys that are hanging out on the YouTube stream we are headed over to Playback when we’re done so playback.tv/hoops tonight we’ll take some callers and watch some film colin it was good to see you buddy and we’ll see you next time bye guys [Music]

Colin Cowherd and Jason Timpf react to Game 5 of the NBA Finals. They also share their takes on the Kevin Durant trade rumors circulating the Phoenix Suns star. The San Antonio Spurs are reported to be Durant’s preference but how will KD fit in San Antonio with Victor Wembanyama?

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