{"id":42162,"date":"2020-08-07T03:50:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-07T00:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/what-kevin-durants-caris-levert-evaluation-could-mean-for-nets\/"},"modified":"2020-08-07T03:50:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-07T00:50:00","slug":"what-kevin-durants-caris-levert-evaluation-could-mean-for-nets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-kevin-durants-caris-levert-evaluation-could-mean-for-nets\/","title":{"rendered":"#What Kevin Durant\u2019s Caris LeVert evaluation could mean for Nets"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#What Kevin Durant\u2019s Caris LeVert evaluation could mean for Nets<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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August 6, 2020 |<\/span> 8:50pm <\/p>\n

\n Even Nets GM Sean Marks admits Kevin Durant is a \u201cloud voice\u201d in shaping the franchise\u2019s future. And that voice may be speaking volumes on who\u2019s going to be around next season.<\/p>\n

Durant hopped on the \u201cPlay for Keeps\u201d podcast, and offered up a wide-ranging interview that included him speaking about his Achilles rehab, Kyrie Irving, and why he came to Brooklyn \u2014 as well as who helped bring him here.<\/p>\n

\u201cI felt that having young players, I wanted to be around younger players. I wanted to be around Caris LeVert, guys who I got to know over the last couple of years. Spencer Dinwiddie, somebody I enjoyed playing against. So everything aligned when I was thinking about it. Obviously, Kyrie is somebody who I admire his game<\/a>, I wanted to hoop with. It was just who I wanted to hoop with at this point.\u201d<\/p>\n

Presumably that will come next season, when the Nets should be a contender. Fans will dissect every sentence and try to decipher who\u2019ll still be around for that.<\/p>\n

Many have pointed to LeVert as the Nets\u2019 prime asset to acquire a third star. But Durant \u2014 who has worked out with LeVert for several summers \u2014 admits even he was surprised at the young wing\u2019s basketball acumen.<\/p>\n

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\u201c[LeVert] is definitely better than I thought. He\u2019s different,\u201d Durant said. \u201cHe can score that thing. He can pass it, strong, he\u2019s quick. His thing is about being efficient, and I think that\u2019s what you\u2019re seeing. The shots he\u2019s taking now, it\u2019s like all of his lane. It\u2019s not a lot of 3s, a lot in the mid-range, getting to the cup. I think his IQ is what surprised me the most for the game.\u201d<\/p>\n

The lack of a third point guard \u2014 along with injuries to Irving and LeVert \u2014 crippled the Nets midseason. But Chris Chiozza has been a late revelation, handing out a career-high 10 assists in the win over the Bucks. The Nets can make him a restricted free agent with a modest qualifying offer of $1.5 million.<\/p>\n

\u201cChris Chiozza\u2019s one of the guys that came in late, but he surprised me. He\u2019s surprised me a lot,\u201d Durant said. \u201cWe started playing three-on-three once I started getting back into shape a little before the pandemic hit. Then he started getting more minutes in the games, knocking down 3s, just playing with pace. He\u2019s just looked good.He looked like he belonged out there.He was a guy who was a two-way player, up-and-down from the G-League. \u2026 He really showed me he can play in this league.\u201d<\/p>\n

On the opposite end of the spectrum from the young Chiozza is venerable Jamal Crawford, like Irving, a longtime friend of Durant\u2019s.<\/p>\n

The oldest Net ever at 40, Crawford perfectly fits the profile of the cap-friendly vet that super teams surround their stars withto fill out the roster.<\/p>\n

\u201cMal is just a hooper, through-and-through,\u201d Durant said. \u201cHe\u2019s one of those guys that just loves to play and app<\/a>reciates being in the NBA. Even if he\u2019s not playing big minutes, I think it\u2019s somebody you need to have on your rosterespecially if he can still practice and still be a player. I understand if he can\u2019t move and he can\u2019t guard anybody and he can\u2019t play: But he can still move.\u201cEven if you\u2019re not going to play him big minutes, he\u2019s not going to complain. He\u2019s just going to do his job, but also he\u2019s going to be good for the younger players. He\u2019s been great for Caris and Joe Harris, he\u2019s been great for them. Just getting reports back from Sean and some of the guys down there. They just love having him around. \u2026 You need people like that on your roster, even if they\u2019re the 15th, 14th man.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI think Jamal can provide a lot for you in that role, you know what I\u2019m saying? If you can throw somebody like him out there, end of a playoff game or end of a game, he can definitely win you a game, hit some shots. And you minimize his role? Give him a few minutes with the third unit or the second unit? He\u2019ll get buckets. He can swing a game, be an X factor still.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s worth noting that Marks is reporting back to Durant. Chances are his reports back to the GM will carry weight \u2014 and bode well for LeVert, Chiozza and Crawford.\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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