Durant on Thunder's lack of ball movement: 'We're not the San Antonio Spurs'

If there's an Achilles' heel in the Oklahoma City Thunder's offensive attack, it's the tendency to rely heavily on individual scoring in lieu of a balanced passing attack.

The San Antonio Spurs are a team renowned for their ball movement - annually ranking near the top of the league in assists - yet Kevin Durant doesn't want the Thunder to emulate their style of play.

"Look, we're not the San Antonio Spurs," Kevin Durant said to ESPN's Royce Young. "We're not going to make 30 passes in a possession. We're not that. Of course people want us to be that, that's great basketball, don't get me wrong, but we're not that. We've got guys that can score. We've got two guys on this team that can get a bucket. There's going to be times we gotta iso, there's going to be times we gotta be aggressive to look for our shot or make a play."

Oklahoma City currently ranks second in the NBA in offensive efficiency with a rating of 109.2. However, they rank in the middle of the pack in assist ratio (15th) - a measure of a team's possessions that end in an assist.

"Basketball is simple, when you got a guy that can get into the paint, that's what San Antonio wants to do, but they've got guys, multiple guys that'll pass, pass, dribble, get to the paint," Durant said. "But we've got guys, Russell, myself, Dion, Cameron Payne, we can get into the paint, kick out, or dump down for a layup."

If the season ended today, the Thunder would face the Spurs in a potential second-round matchup, giving both teams the opportunity to prove which style of play rules superior.