KD's the best offensive player in the world.

This dude is efficient.

He's a sniper.

He's 6-11 with a handle.

He's got a mid-range game that can rival anyone's on the planet.

I told you years ago, Yonnas didn't even belong in the same sentence as him.

All right, look, I know it's not exactly news that Kevin Durant is good at basketball,

but what the 33-year-old is doing this season might be his most impressive feat yet.

Because not only as KD led the Nets, the favorites for the NBA title, practically

by himself, he's gone old school. So today, we explain how the game's best player is breaking

the cardinal rule of modern basketball and what it means for analytics nerds and everyone else.

I'm Pablo Torre. It's Tuesday, December 7th.

This is ESPN Daily.

Kirk Goldsbury, I mean, I struggle with how to describe you efficiently before we talk about efficiency.

You have too many titles, man.

Thank you. Yeah, I don't know. I guess I do. I guess I have too many titles. But for today,

let's be an NBA analyst at ESPN, Kirk Goldsbury. How about that, Pablo?

Kirk Goldsbury, PhD, is in fact an ESPN basketball analyst,

but he also has a multitude of other titles,

including but not limited to,

former vice president for strategic research with the San Antonio Spurs,

current professor of sports analytics at the University of Texas,

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