Durant Going Pro?

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    <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">-According to multiple sources, both from the NBA and close to the player himself, Kevin Durant will be announcing in a press conference mid next week that he will be putting his name in the draft. </div>

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    I would love to see him return to UT for another year, because that would add a lot of excitement to college basketball and the Horns would be favorites to win it all, but I can't wait to see how his game translates to the NBA. I think the biggest think for Kevin will be to add a little muscle.
     
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    I think he should stick around another year. Bulk up a little...
     
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    Durant may need to hit the weights like you guys said, but I think the time is now to make the jump.
     
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    I think he can make the jump easily and still bulk up just as Bosh did and continues to do.
     
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    No doubt Durant needs to add muscle, but I think he'll still be very effective right off the bat in the league despite his weak frame. Look at guys like Tracy McGrady and Joe Johnson. They're not the biggest guys in the league, certainly not when they first came on the scene, and they've been very effective from the perimeter. Even guys like Kevin Garnett and Pau Gasol have shown that you don't have to be the bulkiest guy to be successful in the paint.
     
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    I never noticed Pau Gasol and Joe Johnson as skinny guys
     
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    <div class="quote_poster">AirJordan Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">I never noticed Pau Gasol and Joe Johnson as skinny guys</div>

    Joe Johnson's not exactly a twig anymore, but at Araknsas he was a small guy. Pau Gasol's always been a twig and still is. That's his biggest weakness, his lack of strength.

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    He needs to go pro. How can he personally do any better for himself than he did this year? Got numerous awards and put up stats that will be hard to do better than. Plus its gonna be real hard for an 18-19 year old kid to say no to the possibility of millions and millions of dollars.
     
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    <div class="quote_poster">GarnettKG21 Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">He needs to go pro. How can he personally do any better for himself than he did this year? Got numerous awards and put up stats that will be hard to do better than. Plus its gonna be real hard for an 18-19 year old kid to say no to the possibility of millions and millions of dollars.</div>

    He could win a title, and believe me, Texas would certainly be the favorites if he returned. Also, for an athlete with Durant's fame, or even a regular student, college can be an experience that you can't put a price on. I'm sure the NBA seems more glamorous on the surface and can offer him millions of dollars, but college is probably more fun for these 18/19 year olds. You only get a chance at college for four years, and then you can't go back, whereas the NBA will always be there. Those are some of the reasons guys like the Florida juniors stayed longer than most people expected them to.
     
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