Durant Admires Nowitzki; Stealing His Moves

Dirk (Nowitzki), you see, is (Kevin) Durant’s favorite active player.

“I don’t know him so well,” Durant said of Nowitzki, “but I’ve always liked the way he goes about his business.”

Turns out that, since November, Durant has been working with Adam Harrington as his personal trainer beyond his daily duties with the Oklahoma City Thunder. Which is the same Adam Harrington who briefly played alongside Nowitzki with the Dallas Mavericks more than a decade ago and has been studying the unorthodox coaching techniques hatched by Nowitzki’s longtime mentor and shot doctor from back home, Holger Geschwindner, ever since.

“It’s a lot more than just trying to copy the one-legger,” Durant said, explaining that he’s not merely focused on trying to mimic Nowitzki’s signature shot.

“Dirk’s got a lot of moves I’m trying to steal.”

via Marc Stein of ESPN