Kevin Durant is among the best gamers within the historical past of the NBA; nevertheless, the antics from followers and a few discord from Durant have usually made him a villain all through the second half of his profession. This largely stemmed from Durant leaving the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder and becoming a member of the Golden State Warriors in the course of the 2016 NBA offseason, nearly making it a foregone conclusion that the Golden State Warriors would steamroll many of the league. They rightfully did, profitable two championships and two finals MVPs in consecutive years.
Since then, Durant has had stops in Brooklyn, and now he’s in Phoenix on the lookout for his third ring. SHe not too long ago surpassed Carmelo Anthony on the NBA’s all-time scoring record, shifting into ninth place with 28,544 factors. Presently sitting at 28,544 factors and 15 straight seasons averaging 25 factors, solely LeBron James has an extended streak(20). Durant’s teammate Devin Booker joined J.J. Reddick on his podcast The Outdated Man and The Three, the place he spoke about Durant’s greatness. JJ believes followers will sit again as soon as Durant retires and surprise why they gave him such a tough time.
“I believe no matter occurs for the remainder of Kevin Durant’s profession, we’re going to look again in like 10 or 15 years and be like, ‘Why the f*ck did we spend all this time with all of the bullsh*t discourse and never simply respect actually one of many best basketball gamers to each play this sport?’”
Sadly, NBA Twitter is stuffed with trolls and individuals who can say no matter they need with out penalties. Because of this, there’s usually extra emotion than thought put into discussions about Durant’s profession.
Durant, 35, is averaging 28.5 factors, 6.7 rebounds and 5.5 assists by 58 video games this season. He’s additionally persistently shot over 50% from the sphere over the course of his profession, checking in at 52.9% this season. If Durant finishes the season above the 50% mark, it’ll be the eleventh consecutive season wherein he’s made greater than half of his shot makes an attempt.
He’s nonetheless producing at a excessive stage after two decrease leg accidents.
Take a look at Reddick’s feedback under in a clip from his interview with Devin Booker.
