Beijing time on December 17th! Recently, The Athletic interviewed 118 former NBA players about who is the best player in the league today, including many league superstars who are on the list, and Durant is pushing the superstars to reach the top. In second place is James, and the third and fourth are alphabet brother and Curry.
According to statistics, Durant has averaged 40 points per game in the past two games, with 51 points, 7 boards and 9 assists, and averaging 42.5 points, 10 boards and 10 assists in both games. Durant became the fourth major triple-double to play a 40-point average in two games since the merger of the ABA and the NBA, following Michael Jordan, Russell Westbrook and James Harden, of which Westbrook and Harden have done it many times.
This season, Durant averaged 29.6 points, 7.8 rebounds, 5.8 assists, 0.7 steals and 0.8 blocks in 36.9 minutes per game, shooting 52.3 percent from the field, 37.5 percent from three-point range, and 88.2 percent from the free throw line. He led the Nets to temporarily achieve a record of 20 wins and 8 losses in the East. This season is also an absolute favourite for regular season MVPs.
In addition to Durant, even James, who is almost 37 years old, can still average 26.1 points, 5.9 rebounds and 6.9 assists per game; Alphabet Brother averages 27 points, 11.6 rebounds and 5.8 assists per game; and Curry, who has just reached the top of the all-time three-point throne, also has an average of 26.9 points, 5.5 rebounds and 6.1 assists per game. But Curry's recent performances have been more average, and his scoring championship with Durant at the beginning of the season is now basically behind.