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Oct 17, 2014

Joe KaiserESPN Staff Writer

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NBA, MLB analyst for Rumor Central

In his weekly Crossover column, Joe Kaiser scours the league and offers his fantasy insight.
Looking back at Kevin Durant's seven NBA seasons, so many statistics pop out at you. There's his 27.4 career scoring average and the fact that he's connected on 88.2 percent of his free throws while getting to the line 8.4 times per game.

That's merely scratching the surface.

But for all of the reasons we've come to love Durant as one of the top options in fantasy hoops over the years, perhaps no stat is as important as this one:

Since entering the league, the 26-year-old has played in 542 of a possible 558 regular-season games -- that's 97.1 percent -- making him one of the game's most durable stars.

As you know, durability is everything in fantasy hoops, where many of the game's best players also happen to be the most fragile. That's always made Durant one of safest players to take on draft day, but that won't be the case this season thanks to the disappointing news over the weekend that he has suffered a Jones fracture in his right foot.

ESPN Fantasy ranked Durant No. 1 on the fantasy basketball board this year, ahead of Stephen Curry and LeBron James, but the injury changes all that.

So how many games will he miss? What can you expect from him once he returns? And, more to the point, where should you feel OK with taking him in your draft? Let's take a closer look at these very important questions.

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Kaiser: Fantasy impact of Durant's injury

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Oct 17, 2014 Joe KaiserESPN Staff Writer Close Fantasy basketball, NBA analyst for Insider NBA, MLB analyst for Rumor Central In his weekly Crossover column, Joe Kaiser scours the league and offers his fantasy insight. Looking back at Kevin Durant's seven NBA seasons, so many statistics pop out at you.

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PLAYER BIO

Professional History

2016 POSTSEASON HIGHLIGHTS WITH OKLAHOMA CITY:
* Appeared in 18 postseason games (all starts), averaging 28.4 points, 7.1 rebounds, 1.00 steals and 1.00 blocks in 40.3 minutes.
* Recorded multiple 40-point games in the 2016 Playoffs, scoring 40 points in 45 minutes on 5/26 at Golden State in Game 5 of the Western Conference Finals and scoring a postseason career-high-tying 41 points on 5/8 vs. San Antonio in Game 4 of the Western Conference Semifinals.
* Scored 30-plus six times and 40-plus twice... Recorded two double-doubles (both in the Western Conference Finals).

2014-15 HIGHLIGHTS WITH OKLAHOMA CITY:
* Appeared in 27 games (all starts), averaging 25.4 points, 6.6 rebounds and 4.1 assists in 33.8 minutes.
* Scored 20-plus 20 times, 30-plus eight times and 40-plus twice.
* Tallied five double-doubles.
* Named to the Western Conference All-Star team for the sixth consecutive season.
* Earned Western Conference Player of the Week honors once.
* Hit a career-high-tying seven three point field goals on 2/9 at Denver.
* Scored a season-high 44 points to go with 10 rebounds and seven assists on 12/31 in a win over Phoenix.
* Returned to the Thunder lineup on 12/2 vs. New Orleans after missing the first 17 games of the year to a right foot Jones fracture... Scored 27 points with three rebounds and two assists in 30 minutes in his return.
* Scored a career-high 30 first-half points on 10-of-13 shooting (5-of-6 from three) in 19 minutes on 12/18 at Golden State, becoming the first player since the NBA-ABA merger to score 30-plus points in fewer than 20 minutes played.
* Missed 28 games following right foot surgery, 17 games with a right foot Jones fracture, six games with a right ankle sprain, four games with a sprained left toe.

2014 POSTSEASON HIGHLIGHTS WITH OKLAHOMA CITY:
* Appeared in 19 postseason games (all starts), averaging 29.6 points, 8.9 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 1.32 blocks in 42.9 minutes.
* Recorded seven playoff double-doubles and 11 30-plus point performances.

2013 POSTSEASON HIGHLIGHTS WITH OKLAHOMA CITY:
* Appeared in 11 postseason games (all starts), averaging an NBA-best 30.8 points, 6.3 assists and 9.0 rebounds in 44.0 minutes.
* Recorded three double doubles in the postseason.
* Scored 20-plus points in all 11 postseason games, including five 30 point efforts and one 40 point outing.
* Recorded 35 points, 15 rebounds and six assists in Game 1 of the Western Conference Semifinals on 5/5 vs. Memphis, becoming the first player in franchise history to tally those numbers in a postseason game.
* Matched a playoff postseason-high with 41 points in Game 3 of the First Round on 4/27 at Houston.

2012 POSTSEASON HIGHLIGHTS WITH OKLAHOMA CITY:
* Appeared in 20 postseason games (all starts), averaging 28.5 points, 7.4 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 1.20 blocks in 41.9 minutes. * Scored 20-plus in all 20 playoff games, including 30-plus 10 times.
* Recorded seven postseason double-doubles.
* Scored 17 of his game-high 36 points in the fourth quarter during Game 1 of the NBA Finals on 6/12 vs. Miami.
* Scored 18 of his game-high 36 points (including 16-straight Thunder points) in the fourth quarter during a Game 4 win in the Western Conference Finals on 6/2 vs. San Antonio.
* Hit the game-winning three-pointer with 14 seconds left on 5/19 at the L.A. Lakers in Game 4 of the Western Conference Semifinals.
* Connected on the game-winning field goal with 1.5 seconds left in regulation on 4/28 vs. Dallas in Game 1 of the First Round.

2011 POSTSEASON HIGHLIGHTS WITH OKLAHOMA CITY:
* Appeared in 17 postseason games (all starts), averaging 28.6 points, 8.2 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 1.12 blocks in 42.5 minutes.
* Scored 30-plus seven times and 40-plus three times.
* Recorded five double-doubles.
* Became the 20th player in NBA history to score at least 39 points in a Game 7 during Oklahoma City's Western Conference Semifinals victory on 5/15 over Memphis, scoring 39 points on 13-of-25 (.520) shooting from the field.
* Matched his postseason career-best postseason scoring effort with 41 points on 4/27 vs. Denver in Game 5 of the First Round, including 16 points in the final frame.
* Made a playoff career-high five three-point field goals on 4/25 vs. Denver in Game 4 of the First Round.
* Set a playoff career-high with 41 points (13-of-22 FG) on 4/17 vs. Denver in Game 1 of the First Round.

2010 POSTSEASON HIGHLIGHTS WITH OKLAHOMA CITY:
* Appeared in six postseason games (all starts), averaging 25.0 points, 7.7 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.33 blocks in 38.5 minutes.
* Made his NBA playoff debut on 4/18 at the L.A. Lakers in Game 1 of the First Round, scoring 24 points and grabbing six rebounds in 42 minutes. *
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* 2008-09 HIGHLIGHTS WITH OKLAHOMA CITY:
* Appeared in 74 games (all starts), averaging 25. 3 points, 6. 5 rebounds, 2. 8 assists and 1. 30 steals in 39. 0 minutes.
* Ranked sixth in the NBA in scoring and fifth in minutes.
* Scored 20-plus 57 times, 30-plus 21 times and 40-plus three times.
* Recorded 15 double-doubles.
* Scored a then-career-high 47 points on 2/17 vs. New Orleans.
* Set a franchise record with 24 free throws (24-26 FT) and a then-career-high 15 rebounds on 1/23 at the L. A. Clippers.
* Swiped a career-high five steals on 12/13 at Dallas.
* Inactive seven times.

2007-08 HIGHLIGHTS WITH SEATTLE:
* Appeared in 80 games (all starts), averaging 20.3 points (first among rookies, 24th in NBA), 4.4 rebounds and 2.4 assists in 34.6 minutes.
* Named NBA Rookie of the Year.
* Earned NBA All-Rookie First-Team honors.
* Named Western Conference Rookie of the Month five times.
* Became the third teenager to average more than 20 points per game (Carmelo Anthony, LeBron James).
* Shot 87.3 percent from the free throw line, which ranked first among rookies and 11th in the NBA.
* Scored 20-plus points 44 times and 30-plus seven times.
* Led the team with 75 blocks.
* Played in the T-Mobile Rookie Challenge at NBA All-Star Weekend in New Orleans, tallying 23 points, eight rebounds and four assists. * Recorded a then-career-high 42 points on 18-of-25 (.720) shooting from the field on 4/16 at Golden State, adding a then-career-high 13 rebounds... At age 19 years and 200 days, no player in the history of the NBA had scored as many points in a game at a younger age.

USA BASKETBALL HIGHLIGHTS:
* Won his second Olympic gold medal with Team USA at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, averaging a team-high 19.4 points per game during the team's perfect 8-0 run through the tournament... Averaged 5.0 rebounds and 3.5 assists in 28.6 minutes of Olympic play in Rio, shooting 57.8 percent from the field and 58.1 percent from three-point range.
* Scored a game-high 30 points and dished out four assists in Team USA's gold medal winning victory over Serbia in 2016.
* Won his first career Olympic gold medal with Team USA at the 2012 Olympics in London, averaging 19.5 points and 5.8 rebounds in 26.0 minutes per game.
* In the U.S. men's career Olympic record book, ranks first in three-point field goals made (59), second in points (311) behind Carmelo Anthony (336) and third in field goals made (101).
* Owns the two highest point totals in a single Olympic competition in Team USA history, scoring a record 156 points in 2012 and 155 points in 2016.
* During the summer of 2010, helped lead the U.S. Men's National Team to a gold medal during the 2010 FIBA World Championships in Turkey... Named the 2010 FIBA World Championships Most Valuable Player.
* Recorded a game-high 28 points during the United States' gold medal winning victory over host country Turkey in 2010.
* Set the all-time USA single game scoring record by notching 38 points during Team USA's semifinal match-up versus Lithuania in 2010.

College History

COLLEGIATE HIGHLIGHTS WITH TEXAS:
* Appeared in 35 games in his lone season at Texas, averaging 25.8 points (first in the Big 12, fourth in the nation), 11.1 rebounds, 1.91 blocks and 1.89 steals in 35.9 minutes.
* Earned National Player of the Year honors from The Associated Press, NABC, USBWA, CBS/Chevrolet and The Sporting News.
* Named the winner of the Adolph Rupp Trophy, the Naismith Award and the Wooden Award, becoming the first-ever freshman in NCAA history to win any of those awards.
* Earned consensus First Team All-American honors, becoming just the third freshman in NCAA history to earn that honor, joining Wayman Tisdale (1983) and Chris Jackson (1989).
* Named Big 12 Freshman and Player of the Year, earned First Team All-Conference honors and was named to the league's All-Defensive Team.
* Set single-season school and Big 12 record for points in a season with 903, a total that ranked as the second-most by a freshman in NCAA history.
* Set a single-season school record for total rebounds with 390, a mark that ranked second in Big 12 history and third all-time for a freshman in NCAA history.
* Scored 20-plus points 30 times and 30-plus 11 times.
* Tallied 20 double-doubles.
* Named Big 12 Tournament Most Valuable Player after scoring a tournament-record 92 points.

High School History

* HIGH SCHOOL HIGHLIGHTS: * Named First Team All-American by USA Today and Parade Magazine after senior season at Montrose Christian (MD) in 2005-06 after averaging 23.6 points, 10.2 rebounds, 3.0 assists, 3.0 steals and 2.6 blocks.
* Named Co-MVP of the McDonald's All-American Game after posting 25 points for the West squad.
* Led Montrose Christian to a 20-2 record and a No. 9 ranking in the final USA Today poll.
* Named Second Team All-American by Parade Magazine as a junior in 2004-05.
* Averaged 19.6 points and 8.8 rebounds for Oak Hill Academy as a junior... Shot 65 percent from the field, including 43 percent from three-point range.

PERSONAL: Born in Washington, D.C.... Returned to his hometown, Seat Pleasant, Maryland, in August 2017 with the Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy for a parade and a rally at Seat Pleasant Activities Center, the gym where he played as a child and later provided funds to renovate... Traveled to India in the summer of 2017, where he and 3,459 Indian children from the Reliance Foundation Jr. NBA program set a new Guinness World Record for the world's largest basketball lesson (multiple venues) ever held, conducting the record-breaking feat at The NBA Academy India, the league's elite basketball training center in the Delhi National Capital Region for the top male and female prospects... In the summer of 2017, spoke at TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco... Donated $1 million to the Oklahoma Red Cross to help those affected by the tornadoes in May of 2013... Wears No. 35 to honor his childhood AAU coach, Charles Craig, who died when he was 35... Favorite food is crab legs... Is a fan of the Washington Redskins... Most admired Vince Carter as a child... Loves to play video games and shop for clothes... Favorite motto, which his mentor and coach Taras Brown recited when he was working out, is: "Hard work beats talent when talent fails to work hard"... Threw out ceremonial first pitch at a San Francisco Giants game on September 16, 2016. *

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Professional History 2016 POSTSEASON HIGHLIGHTS WITH OKLAHOMA CITY: * Appeared in 18 postseason games (all starts), averaging 28.4 points, 7.1 rebounds, 1.00 steals and 1.00 blocks in 40.3 minutes. * Recorded multiple 40-point games in the 2016 Playoffs, scoring 40 points in 45 minutes on 5/26 at Golden State in Game 5 of the Western Conference Finals and scoring a postseason career-high-tying 41 points on 5/8 vs.

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