Next season Kevin Durant He could climb the NBA scoring charts, cementing his position as one of the best scorers in the history of the game. KD is currently in thirteenth position with 26.892 points, but with a year of 27 points on average and 75 games played he could surpass as many as 5 players.
The Suns star could leapfrog iconic players like Hakeem OlajuwonElvin Hayes, Moses Malone, Carmelo Anthony e Shaquille O’Neal. Durant would then enter the top ten scorers in NBA history.
It would undoubtedly be a deserved achievement for one of the most offensively dominant players of the last fifteen years, capable of putting opposing defenses to shame thanks to the combination of physical and athletic means and one of the deadliest jumpers in the history of the gamealmost unstoppable due to the height of its release.
Durant was the the league’s leading scorer four timestwo of which (2009-10 and 2013-14) even at over thirty average points, with respectively 30.1 and 32 points.
The Suns star managed to reach close to the top of the rankings despite his experience at the Golden State Warriors, where KD managed to win two titles but, thanks to coexistence with Steph Curry and Klay Thompson, he saw his points average drop slightly with seasons between 25 and 26 points on average.
The greatest feat accomplished by the Texas product, however, is undoubtedly his return to the field after the rupture of his Achilles tendon which occurred in the 2019 Finals, which forced him to miss a season and a half and raised doubts about his level of play at the Come Back.
KD managed to return in brilliant conditions and continued to be the nightmare of opposing defenses even in the Brooklyn Nets shirt, despite not reaching the title victory away from the Bay.
Now Durant in the Suns jersey has the opportunity to fight for the victory of the Larry O’Brien Trophy and at the same time continue to rise in the ranking of the best scorers, so much so that with four seasons at a high level he could go on to surpass Michael Jordan e Kobe Bryantin fifth and fourth position respectively.
2023-10-23 06:18:59
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