Ask Kevin Durant about his “newfound” playmaking ability and he’ll correct and chastise you.
“This is about to be 10 years of this,” he responded after dropping 16 dimes in the season finale. I feel I’ve been an elite passer since then, 2013. I think people have started recognizing now because I’ve gotten more popular and more people know me.”
That said, the numbers suggest that he’s upped his passing game a bit more this season. As Brian Lewis reports, the 16 assists he tossed vs. Indiana were a career high. They were also the most by a Net this season, tying James Harden.