Pander: “I’ve been influenced a lot by Durant”

Many have compared his basketball style Kevin Pander with his Kevin Durant.

The American guard, although shorter, resembles the NBA star, and the Serbian Mozart Sport asked him directly if he has been influenced in his career by ‘KD’.

He himself was clear, stressing that since the beginning of his career he has studied his game Durant.

In detail what he said:

On whether he has been influenced by Durant: “Too much, especially in the early years of my career. I was impressed by how efficient he is, that he doesn’t need 50 thousand dribbles to find a good shot. For me of course it’s different, I’m not as tall as Durant, so maybe I need a little more dribbles. Since he was in Texas I have studied him, his movements, how he finds the shot from mid-range and the three-pointer. I know his game well.

I had never seen a player until that point in my career who was as skinny, not the same height but just as skinny as me, and with a similar style of play that “killed” everyone. Anywhere. He and I played for the same coach – Rick Barnes. We have something in common. The crazy thing is when I broke my leg I actually talked to him about breaking my leg and how you recover and how you get through it because he and I went to the same doctor. It was a fun little story.”

Regarding TJ Parker’s statements that the Adriatic league is less competitive than other leagues: “He has no idea. Most people have no idea until they come to play in the Adriatic and see what it’s like. This is to be expected. I’m not even sure where they finished (including Villerban). No one talks about them.