Durant looks good in green even if it isn’t Celtic green
First there was Len Bias. Then Reggie Lewis. Then the Spurs got Tim Duncan via the draft lottery. Finally, Red Auerbach died. With all of this bad luck i was certain that this was the year that the Celtic leprechaun and mystique would be back.
After all, everything else is right in New England.
Before this year’s draft lottery in fact I said, God, I don’t ask you for much, but please just put Kevin Durant in a Celtic uniform.
Well that didn’t happen and the Celtics got a different Kevin and Ray Allen. I’m not complaining, I just wanted to see what my second favorite player all time in the college ranks would do in his first official game as a Sonic.
Although he did not shoot the ball very well Durant still finished with eighteen points on seven of twenty two shooting. In fact, a few of his moves were so spectacular Steven A. Smith was gushing at halftime like a schoolgirl who just was asked to prom about Durant. Smith went to to say that Durant’s on court fluidity was reminiscent of the “Iceman,” George Gervin.
To me Durant is in many respects a small forward version of Tim Duncan in that the game comes so easily to him. For example, I can gurantee that there will be multiple times this season when it appears as though Durant has been quiet yet he will finish with thirty points seven boards and five dimes. He’s that good.
Another interesting side note is the production of the players the Celtics gave up in order to get Ray Allen.
Delonte West looked exceptional shooting eight for thirteen from the field although he did commit five turnovers. Wally Szczerbiak was zero for five from the field and Celtic fans can be nothing but grateful he is no longer a part of the organization. Finally, jeff Green, the power forward from Georgetown, who was also a part of the Allen deal had an inauspicious debut with five points.
