Kevin Durant: His 3 most efficient Texas basketball teammates

2. D.J. Augustin, Point Guard

There was no teammate that Durant had on the Forty Acres that was better at creating his own shot and finding him open than the to-be NBA free agent Augustin. In the year where KD was Augustin’s teammate, he averaged 14.4 points per game, 2.8 rebounds, 6.7 assists, and 1.5 steals. He shot 44.9 percent from the field, 44.1 percent from beyond the arc, and 83.8 percent from the free-throw line.

Augustin earned All-Big 12 Second-Team honors in 2006-07, and was one the All-Big 12 Freshman Team. He registered .152 win shares per 40 minutes, 4.7 total win shares, a 34.3 assist percentage, 58.8 true shooting percentage, 391.6 floor impact counter (per RealGM), 18.7 player efficiency rating, and 117.8 offensive rating/104.9 defensive rating.

What is surprising is that Augustin actually led the Longhorns in true shooting percentage in 2006-07. He was fourth on the team in win shares per 40 minutes, second in total win shares, second in floor impact counter, fourth in player efficiency rating, and led the team by a large margin in assist percentage.

During the 2006-07 season, Augustin was starting to already bloom into a college star with loads of NBA potential. Augustin spent two seasons with the Texas men’s hoops program, with the former of those coming during that one KD year. He would go onto become the ninth overall pick of the Charlotte Bobcats in the 2008 NBA Draft.