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Udonis Haslem Calls Duncan Robinson A Better Shooter Than Kevin Durant

Miami Heat legend Udonis Haslem says former teammate Duncan Robinson could beat Kevin Durant in a shooting skills competition
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Udonis Haslem Calls Duncan Robinson A Better Shooter Than Kevin Durant
Udonis Haslem Calls Duncan Robinson A Better Shooter Than Kevin Durant

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Phoenix Suns forward Kevin Durant is one of the best scorers in NBA history. 

Still, Miami Heat legend Udonis Haslem thinks there is at least one player who is a better shooter. On a recent appearance on his podcast with Mike Miller, Haslem said Heat forward Duncan Robinson could compete with Durant in a shooting competition. 

"We ain't saying scorers, we ain't saying basketball players," Haslem said. "The word upstairs says shooters, shooters. In a shooting competition, Duncan Robinson, yes, I think he'd beat KD." 

Robinson holds the Heat's single-season record for 3-pointer made. He went from undrafted free agent to a $90-million contract in recent years. After falling out of the rotation, he has since made his way back into the lineup. 

While Robinson has been a great story, he is nowhere near the caliber player of Durant. A former No. 2 pick, Durant is arguably one of the top players in league history. Most consider him the second-best small forward of this era behind LeBron James. 

Durant is most famously known as leaving the Oklahoma City Thunder in 2016 to join the Golden State Warriors after losing to them in Western Conference finals the previous year in the playoffs. 

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Shandel Richardson covers the Miami Heat for Inside The Heat, a Fan Nation channel for Sports Illustrated. He has covered the NBA since 2010.

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SHANDEL RICHARDSON

Shandel has covered the NBA since 2010, with previous stops at The Athletic and South Florida Sun-Sentinel. He has covered six NBA Finals, one Super Bowl, the NCAA basketball tournament. He has also been a beat writer for the Miami Hurricanes and contributed on every major beat in South Florida since 2003, including the Miami Dolphins and Miami Marlins. He can also be read in the Sportsbook Review for gambling coverage from around the NBA. A native of Bloomington, Illinois, Shandel attended Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. He's also worked for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and Kansas City Star. TWITTER: @ShandelRich EMAIL: shandelrich@gmail.com You can subscribe to our YouTube channel here Follow all of our Miami Heat coverage on Facebook here

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