My dear! James: For efficiency, I never shoot randomly, which is a proud thing

Never take action during the countdown? Pursuing gorgeous data, like to read the technical panel? Yes, James personally admitted this view of him, and Durant and Nash were right beside him to listen to why he liked this?

Let's go straight to the point, let's just listen to how James treats this:

I pay special attention to efficiency, so I don't like to take action randomly on the court and never shoot randomly!

If you find yourself 8 of 23 or 9 of 25 after reading the technical statistics, it will be a bad night. Although everyone will have such moments, I don’t allow myself to do this!

Of course, most nights in my career, I pursue high efficiency, I am very cautious about shooting, and maintaining efficiency is also something we feel proud of. The background of this statement is that Durant is a guest on the latest episode of the second season of the James podcast "Mind The Game", when James praised KD.

In James' description, Durant's shooting percentage has never been below 50% in a season since 2012! So that surprised James and thought Durant was really strong.

Let's check the data. Since the 2012-21 season, Durant's shooting percentage has the lowest season of 50.3% (2013-14 season), and the highest is 55.9% (22-23 season)!

As for James, his shooting percentage has reached at least 50% for five consecutive seasons, 2009-14 and 2020-25 respectively! His career hit rate is also 50.6%, which can be said to be very focused on efficiency.

In our opinion, Durant and James have great differences in their playing styles. The differences in teammates during their career will also affect their respective efficiency. Currently, Durant's career shooting percentage is 50.2%, 0.4% lower than James, which is almost negligible.

If you are talking about the style of playing and the defense you face, Durant's efficiency is obviously much higher than James. After all, James has more fast breaks and because of his playing style of holding the ball, the frequency of double-teaming is much lower than Durant.

Of course, James's career has been longer and Durant has not played in the 37-40-year-old range, age will have a huge impact on the player's shooting rate, which cannot be ignored.