Sentences with phrase «durant making»

A head coach doesn't get credit for Kevin Durant making 30 - foot three - pointers or Russell Westbrook dunking on people with no regard for human life.

Over the summer, Durant made the decision to leave Oklahoma City for a Golden State team that eliminated his Thunder during last season's Western Conference Finals.

Now as a venture capitalist, John Durant makes it his primary mission to find and fund the best health - focused companies through his company, Wild Ventures.

In 1909, William Crapo Durant made an offer for General Motors to buy Ford Motor Company from its founder.

Graeme Durant makes sculptures, paintings, collages, drawings and installations.

Not exact matches

(In case you're interested, LeBron James was the highest paid player, in terms of salary, at nearly $ 31 million — and Curry's teammate, Kevin Durant, made over $ 26 million.)

Joel Embiid dead - eyed the court, and Kevin Durant gave one of those little eyebrow raises you give when you see people fighting at an airport terminal and want to make a little comment but don't want to add to the scene.

July 3: Durant talked to Warriors Executive Board member Jerry West, who made a pitch for Golden State

Durant is happy with his decision, healthy after surviving a midseason injury, and looking to show the world why he made the right decision.

You can make arguments for Steph Curry or Kevin Durant, but they tend to cancel each other out.

It's also interested to note that many players (including Derrick Rose, Kevin Durant and others) make their biggest leap in their third season.

Calle Jankrok had a slick shootout goal for Nashville on Tuesday, making Red Wings fans cringe: Dirk Nowitzki and Kevin Durant...

Kevin Durant led the way for the Thunder with a game - high 36 points, but was scoreless in the fourth quarter as the Rockets keyed in on him to make things difficult for him.

It's reasonable to think that Under Armour could've blown up Durant and generated enough sales to more than make up for the reported $ 30 million / year cost of signing him.

Kevin Durant said James Harden should replace me in the top 10... Note to self: Make him respect your place in history... again...

Durant was lurking, but a quick pass should have made it through.

Playing in Golden State has essentially made Durant unstoppable.

It isn't just shooting range that makes Durant so deadly as a scorer.

Kevin Durant is here to make sure that never happens again.

Durant would immediately come the other way and drill a three to cut the Mavs» lead to one before Felton and Adams decided (or neglected to decide) the game, so that Matthews play — to contest a shot, wrest a possession away, then go coast - to - coast — made the difference.

We have never stopped debating the James Harden trade, even though it's clear at this point that you should never trade a talent like James Harden, even if you have talents like Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook and even if you still nearly make the NBA Finals a few years later.

After two made Grizzlies free throws, Durant hit a step - back over Tayshaun Prince to tie it at 86 with 2:27 to play.

The Warriors were already one of the biggest headaches in the NBA, but Durant has made them just about impossible to beat.

The half ended with Durant grabbing his own rebound after a missed three and hitting a subsequent jump shot that made Kyrie Irving's spectacular layup with 1.2 seconds left almost an afterthought.

It felt wrong making Kevin Durant a No. 2 seed, but we got ta give the future 2018 MVP some love.

Once free - agent pursuits of Durant and Al Horford failed, Grunfeld made a decision.

The Thunder never made it back to the NBA Finals, despite Kevin Durant becoming one of the two best basketball players in the world and Russell Westbrook realizing every atom of his potential.

The Thunder made a charge with Reggie Jackson, Russell Westbrook, and Durant going blow - for - blow with the Knicks down the stretch, but New York held out.

Durant scored 27 points on 17 field goal attempts, but spent much of his time at the free throw line making 13 - of - 15 attempts from the charity stripe.

After the 2016 - 2017 season, Durant will have played 10 seasons, which under the current NBA collective bargaining agreement, makes him eligible to earn a max contract worth 35 % of the cap.

We don't yet know if KD will age like LeBron — in other words, we don't have evidence that Durant will continue to add and refine skills and make his body a masterpiece.

It doesn't matter whether this makes you like Durant more or less.

No one gave up more to make room for Kevin Durant.

I've been hesitant to jump on the Anthony Davis bandwagon because of his wiry frame but his continuous improvement as a freshman plus Kevin Durant's success (some believed he was too skinny) leads me to believe Davis's unique skill set will translate very well into the NBA, making him the top prospect in a loaded draft.

If anyone had to sacrifice to make room for Kevin Durant, it was Curry.

The Rockets made 14 three - pointers and held Kevin Durant scoreless in the fourth quarter to keep their season alive and shift the series back to the Lone Star State.

I also made Kevin Durant angry.

They helped make up for Durant's 2 - for - 13 shooting in the second half.

Kevin Durant wanted to make sure you didn't forget.

Durant spoke to reporters for 25 minutes, and his answers made it clear he understands how much his decision hurt the Thunder and the team's fans.

Kevin Durant says the Thunder will make Dion Waiters feel wanted, likes his toughness and believes he can be James Harden - like scoring-wise.

The sellout crowd went crazy when Durant was called for a foul with 1:35 remaining in the third and replays show that Westbrook had clearly slipped and no contact was made.

Durant announced his decision to join the Warriors and leave OKC on July 4, 2016, making him an instant villain in his former city.

Similarly, it's interesting to note that Kevin Durant was worth 4 - 5 points to the spread last season, which made him one of the league's most valuable players.

Incompetent coaching once more (riding Serge Ibaka, Kendrick Perkins, and Kevin Martin even if they were all useless in their designated roles; giving the ball to Durant for him to brick shots or turn it over once crowded on offense; riding Derek Fisher [okay, now that was actually a good idea]-RRB- reared its head, and Scott Brooks made Lionel Hollins look intelligent.

I asked Durant if he was concerned that backing Astorino would make him an enemy of the Cuomo administration.

If Durant stays in OKC he could raise his teammate offensive awareness by making them take smart shots.

Felix has been dispatched by the Liverpudlian drug king Leopold Durant (Ricky Tomlinson), whose hemorrhoids require that a flunky follow him around with an inner tube that makes whoopee - type whistles whenever the screenplay requires.

His girlfriend, Julie Hastings (Frances McDormand), is a crusading journalist whose nose for news gets Peyton caught in the crosshairs of Louis Strack Jr. (Colin Friels), a malicious corporate real estate tycoon who makes use of a small army of sneering mercenaries led by the sadistic Robert Durant (Larry Drake).

Since 2004, Durant's direct compensation has averaged nearly $ 450,000 a year — about 2 1/2 times the $ 174,000 a U.S. senator makes.