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Oklahoma City is 7-5 this season without Westbrook and just 5-4 since he was shut down following a third surgery on Dec. 27.
“I'm not doing enough to help them,” Durant said of his teammates. “I'm shooting too much. I'm shooting too many 3s. I'm not helping them out at all. So it's not on them.”
Durant averaged 18 shots with Westbrook in the lineup. He's averaging 20.2 shots in 12 games without Westbrook and 22.1 in the past nine.
Most would assume that to be a natural and necessary spike in shot attempts.
But not Durant.
“The first few games without Russell, we did a great job moving the ball,” Durant said. “I think now I'm just flat out shooting too much. I have to find a way to get my teammates easier shots. I've been thinking these last few games in order for us to get it going I have to do it all offensively. But, nah, we have to do it together. It's a great learning experience for me. It's the first time I've really been in that type of position. But I just have to get everybody involved. I may have to pass up a few to find a better shot.”
In the last nine games, Reggie Jackson, Jeremy Lamb, Thabo Sefolosha, Derek Fisher and Kendrick Perkins — five players that make up more than a third of the Thunder's offense — are all shooting below 42 percent.
Durant, meanwhile, has been blazing, with averages of 31.8 points, 11 rebounds and 4.4 assists while shooting 45.6 percent over that same span.
Over the past nine games, Durant has hoisted 6.9 3-pointers on average. He tied his career high with 13 3-point attempts last Tuesday at Utah, a game in which he also tied his career high with 34 shot attempts.
“I just can't keep thinking about myself,” Durant said. “It's messing up the rhythm. So I got to figure out how I can help them out. It's not about them helping me. It's about me helping them.”
OKC Thunder: Kevin Durant wants to shoot less, play smarter | News OK
“I'm not doing enough to help them,” Durant said of his teammates. “I'm shooting too much. I'm shooting too many 3s. I'm not helping them out at all. So it's not on them.”
Durant averaged 18 shots with Westbrook in the lineup. He's averaging 20.2 shots in 12 games without Westbrook and 22.1 in the past nine.
Most would assume that to be a natural and necessary spike in shot attempts.
But not Durant.
“The first few games without Russell, we did a great job moving the ball,” Durant said. “I think now I'm just flat out shooting too much. I have to find a way to get my teammates easier shots. I've been thinking these last few games in order for us to get it going I have to do it all offensively. But, nah, we have to do it together. It's a great learning experience for me. It's the first time I've really been in that type of position. But I just have to get everybody involved. I may have to pass up a few to find a better shot.”
In the last nine games, Reggie Jackson, Jeremy Lamb, Thabo Sefolosha, Derek Fisher and Kendrick Perkins — five players that make up more than a third of the Thunder's offense — are all shooting below 42 percent.
Durant, meanwhile, has been blazing, with averages of 31.8 points, 11 rebounds and 4.4 assists while shooting 45.6 percent over that same span.
Over the past nine games, Durant has hoisted 6.9 3-pointers on average. He tied his career high with 13 3-point attempts last Tuesday at Utah, a game in which he also tied his career high with 34 shot attempts.
“I just can't keep thinking about myself,” Durant said. “It's messing up the rhythm. So I got to figure out how I can help them out. It's not about them helping me. It's about me helping them.”
OKC Thunder: Kevin Durant wants to shoot less, play smarter | News OK
