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Durant Channels His Inner Dirk

December 19, 2011 – Kevin Burke

It’s no secret that Kevin Durant has been working hard all summer. It has been well documented. He played in just about every pro-am/charity game imaginable and even worked out with LeBron James. Even though he’s the two-time defending scoring champ, I still expect major improvements from him this season. I think he’ll up his scoring average and add pieces to his offensive game that we’ve never seen before.

Last night, KD took his Thunder to Dallas to take on the Mavericks in preseason action. Now, last season I gave my personal top 5 deadliest signature go-to moves in the NBA. One of which was Dirk’s one-legged fade-away. It looks awkward but is plenty effective. Durant seems to think so too because he even tried it out last night during the game. He pulls it off well, although I don’t know that he needed it since Delonte West was on him, who’s nearly a foot shorter. Either way, it was nicely done:

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