As an important hero who once helped the Thunder reach the Finals, the miracle of "Dewey Two Young" joining forces is still evocative, dating back to 10 years ago, when the Thunder had Durant, Westbrook, Harden, but the team can meet with the Miami Heat in the finals, Durant and Westbrook are undoubtedly the strongest core. In the 11-12 season (that is, the year the Thunder broke into the Finals), Durant averaged 28.5 points, 7.4 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game in the entire playoffs, and Wei Shao did not hesitate to take 23.1 points, 5.5 rebounds and 5.9 assists, but it is precisely because of Wei Shao's right-hand man that Durant is questioned by the outside world that he cannot win the championship with such a strong reinforcement.
After 10 years, Dewey and the two young people have not been able to end up with the Thunder, Durant left the Thunder in 16 years, briefly stayed in the Warriors for 3 seasons, won two championships, and joined the Nets in the summer of 19. And Wei Shao was also abandoned by the rebuilt Thunder in 19 years, and went to the Rockets, wizards, and until this season, he was traded to the Lakers. Unlike Durant, who has always maintained an efficient and stable scoring output, Wei Shao's "ball bully" style of play has been criticized by many fans. Joining the Lakers this season was originally the closest time to the championship for Westbrook, but in the case of 1/3 of the schedule, Westbrook still did not call the team.
A little earlier in the Lakers and the Nets Christmas war, due to Durant triggering the health and safety agreement, the former Thunder three less failed to compete again, watching the three brothers of the single-core team cut 36 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists of the triple double, Although Wei Shao also had 13 points, 12 rebounds and 11 assists into the account, but only hit 4 goals in 20 shots, especially the dunk failure in the final stage of the final tiebreaker, which also indirectly led to the Lakers' final defeat, the positive and negative value of the whole game -23 was the worst for the Lakers, after playing a few games, Wei Shao seems to be caught in the "double-edged sword" mode again.
In fact, during the initial team with Durant with the Thunder, Wei Shao's big package of ball hegemony was questioned, and at that time, the outside world even directly joked that the only one who could prevent Durant was Wei Shao. During the time of playing for the Lakers this season, Wei Shao averaged only 19.6 points, 7.9 rebounds and 8.1 assists per game, and the three-point shooting rate was as low as 30.4%, and the overall data had dropped sharply compared to the previous Wizards, coupled with the weakness of the outside line, Wei Shao's performance of this god did make the Lakers very headache, and it is no wonder that there was news that the Lakers may seek to trade them out.
On the other hand, Durant, even in the 19-year Finals suffered a serious injury such as a rupture in the Achilles tendon that was enough to destroy his career, but after his comeback last season, Durant also announced his return with a top statistic of 26.9 points, 7.1 rebounds and 5.6 assists, and this season in the absence of Harden and Irving, Durant once again opened his scoring mode, and has raised his data to a high of 29.7 points in the past 9 years. So being able to reach the Finals with Westbrook 10 years ago, I have to admit that Durant does have a few brushes.
And this time to the star-studded Purple and Gold Legion, even if there are two super giants in the lineup, James and Thick Eyebrow, Ke Wei Shao wants to taste the taste of the Finals again this season, which is really far-fetched, and his "double-edged sword" attribute will still be the biggest stumbling block on the road to the Lakers' championship.