@Tschmack posted:The problem is Durant is a jump shooter. He thrives on drawing ticky tack calls and rarely goes to the hoop. Simply put, he doesn’t like contact. Tucker is the perfect guy to get in face and make him work for his shots. He’s basically a more athletic Anthony Mason - a bowling ball that will use his size and strength and is hard to move. Durant can certainly shoot over him, but PJT will fight through screens and get KD off balance and rhythm.
This makes him a really tough guy to officiate. He might be the most unstoppable jump shooter I've ever seen if you are not allowed to touch him at all. Most guys at his shooting level (Curry, Klay, Lillard, to name a few) are shorter so that a taller player can bother the shot even without getting physical. Durant is 7 foot so can shoot over almost anybody. If he's comfortable and not knocked off balance he's as close to automatic as it gets. The problem is that he's a stick and the same amount of contact that Giannis, LeBron, Kawhi, etc. would just absorb in their torso and legs without even noticing it is enough to move Durant a lot. If guys like Giannis and LeBron got calls for the same amount of physical contact, they'd shoot 30 FTs a game.