If teams are going to play ten feet of Draymond Green, the Golden State Warriors must counter with a death lineup that wishes Green was on the court. That lineup would feature Kevin Durant at center.
Last season, Durant totaled a career-high 14% of his minutes at center. This season, that’s been cut in half to just 7%. However, these two seasons are the only years Durant has been asked to play the five.
Durant at the five alongside Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, Andre Iguodala, and either Jonas Jerebko or Quinn Cook could pose an interesting and potentially successful five-man lineup.