Report: Kevin Durant’s Success Could Lead To More NBA Teams Drafting Tall Players

NEW YORK—Several NBA scouts confirmed Monday that Thunder forward Kevin Durant’s recent success in both the regular season and playoffs could prompt more teams to draft very tall players. “We’ve been following Kevin Durant very closely to see how the Thunder’s ’tall-player experiment’ would work out, and we’ve come to the conclusion that players 6-foot-8 and above have the potential to be very effective in the NBA,” said Minnesota Timberwolves scout Brent Haskins, acknowledging that many basketball skeptics believed Durant’s tallness would be a disadvantage on the court and that his closeness to the rim would impede his ability to score. “This is a whole new model for the league and could play into the draft quite a bit. We are definitely thinking about going with someone tall this time around.” Cleveland Cavaliers scout Trent Redden said that based on Glen “Big Baby” Davis’ poor performance in the playoffs, fewer NBA teams would probably draft fat, useless fucks.