Kevin Durant is all about overcoming stereotypes.
In leading the Oklahoma City Thunder to one of the league's best overall records this season, the three-time league scoring is already well on his way to erasing the myth that goes scorers don't win.
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Now the NBA's leading MVP candidate tells OK.com that he's also ready and willing to tackle the one that claims superstar players don't make for good and effective coaches by someday manning the sidelines himself.
"I hope so," Durant told the website earlier this week. "We'll see. I always hear the guys that can play a little bit aren't smart enough to be coaches, but I'm learning. I'm learning from a lot of different guys. Trying to put myself in different shoes. We'll see. I like to see guys get better, I enjoy watching the progress of the team."
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Durant also recently put his coaching expertise on display, taking coach Scott Brooks' clipboard during a late fourth quarter timeout Friday night and designing a play against New Orleans that ended with Jeremy Lamb swishing a wide-open three-point shot.
"That was a great play," Brooks later marveled to OK.com. "But he forgot to add one other player on the board," he joked. "He only had four on the board. He's getting better. Last year he had only three."
Durant later laughed on Brooks' assessment, telling anyone who would listen "that was all me right there. I'm trying to work on my future."
Everything Durant has done this year seemingly has worked for the Thunder, with OKC ranking as the Western Conference's No. 2 overall seed behind San Antonio and Durant averaging a league-leading 31.9 points to go along with 7.5 rebounds.
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