Pigskin Comparison: LBJ vs. KD
Aaron Rodgers and Kevin Durant vs. Tom Brady and LeBron James- which duo would you take for one year?
That might be a legitimate question soon enough. Bron Bron issued a challenge to KD over Twitter a few days ago after Durant swapped sneaks for cleats. Considering the NBA is lacking in, ya know, existence, we can't watch the budding James/Durant rivalry grow in pro ball. How would the two fair if they went to the NFL?
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| The stars wouldn't be going head-to-head in football. |
- An apt destination for Durant is Green Bay. OKC needs to load itself with more history to roll with the Pack, but both play in small markets with seemingly fiercely loyal fan bases, and they're both engineered by astute front offices.
- I can't see KD being anything other than a WR. Durant is great working off-ball with Russell Westbrook controlling the rock; imagine KD freeing himself of a defender after Rodgers cleverly escapes multiple defensive ends and linebackers. (Rodgers replaces Eric Maynor at backup PG?)
- James obviously is going to play for New England. I know he loves Dallas, but the second-best player in the league doesn't play there, so New England it is. His sense of acting for ironic purposes is lacking, so the Browns are out.
- James would be a receiver as well. Tight end is too physical; I don't think you want a 6'8 guy blocking 320 lbs. masters of leverage.
So you've got two tall wide receivers for two of the best QBs around. I think it works all right. James would be better since he has experience playing football and would theoretically be the better blocker, leaper, and YAC accumulator, but KD's length and height could prove to be effective in red-zone situations, especially with Rodgers being able to throw from any angle with startling accuracy.
James the possession receiver, Durant the bigger end zone threat- sounds like a common fantasy football dilemma.
[Full disclosure: I have my doubts either would be able to stand up to the riggers of the National Football League over an extended period of time; it's not as simple as "they're pro athletes." But it's the lockout, and imagination starts taking over...]
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