preface:
As the top superpower of the NBA in the past decade, James and Durant have almost influenced the pattern of the NBA in the past decade, and having James or Durant means having half the possibility of winning the championship, so how does James and Durant perform in the 21-22 season?
James and Durant
It can be said that the 21-22 season of James and Durant can be described as brothers and sisters, James is the NBA's undoubted king in the past decade, and Durant is James's green leaf, known as the millennium second. No matter how invincible the warrior can not compete with the wear and tear of the years, the current NBA is no longer the world of 37-year-old James and Durant who returned from serious injuries, although the personal data is excellent, but the dominance of the two has seriously declined, completely reduced to the air slash emperor, and now James and Durant are struggling for playoff qualification.
The former kings of the NBA and the second eldest of the millennium, James and Durant, have seriously declined in their dominance, and they have been reduced to the air slash emperor.
The 21-22 season is the NBA's season of new and old alternates, the veterans represented by James, Paul, durant are still blooming superstar style, and the newcomers led by Doncic, Morant, etc. have completely grown up, and the peak battle led by Jokic, Embiid, and Alphabet Brother is being released, it can be said that the current NBA is thriving.
James
Veterans don't die, but veterans will eventually twilight, and while James and Durant's personal data is still gorgeous, it's an indisputable fact that dominance has plummeted.
So far in the 21-22 season, the 37-year-old James has once again shown everyone his characteristics against the conventions of sports, his average playing time per game is still as high as 36.8 minutes, he can still deliver 29.4 points, 8.1 rebounds, 6.2 assists, 1.5 steals and 1 block, the ultra-luxurious offensive and defensive data per game, shooting 52.2%, 35.4% from three-point range, and averaging 2.8 three-pointers per game, including the second highest average in the league, and has the momentum of winning the scoring king at the age of 37.
Objectively speaking, James did play the best performance of his NBA career in the past decade on the offensive end, and now James is already a technical stream, the breakthrough end no longer relies on the physical quality of rampage, the mid-range and outside projection are also more and more certain, but the power of the defensive end has dropped seriously, so that the Lakers have been repeatedly blown up, and James's defensive efficiency this season is as low as 112, setting a record for the worst of his NBA career.
Durant returned to Nirvana after being seriously injured, but after all, he suffered a major injury to the rupture of his Achilles tendon, and with the years of unforgiving, his dominance of the game has been greatly reduced.
So far in the 21-22 season, the 34-year-old Durant has averaged 36.6 minutes per game, averaged 29.1 points, 7.2 rebounds, 5.8 assists, 0.7 steals, 0.9 blocks, shooting 51.9 percent from the field, 37.2 percent from three-point range, averaging 1.9 three-pointers per game, shooting 89.9 percent from the free throw line, and his personal offensive efficiency was as high as 113.7, ranking 41st in the league.
But Durant is after all a person who has been seriously injured enough to destroy his career, coupled with the years of unforgiving, his game dominance has not been as good as before, the personal attendance rate so far this season is only 59%, the personal defensive efficiency is infinitely approaching two hundred, the Nets' record has been fluctuating, it can be said that with Durant's current physical state, he can't last a few years in the NBA.
Durant
Years have not spared, James and Durant have become empty cutters, and the Lakers and Nets have struggled on the edge of the playoffs.
James and Durant's dominance decline is an indisputable fact, coupled with this season for the Lakers and the Nets are eventful autumn, the Lakers' inner core Davis only played 37 games because of injury, James's injury stopped for a period of time, coupled with Jianway's incompatibility, the team's overall lineup is seriously aging, as of now, the Lakers only have 28 wins in 64 games, ranking ninth in the West, although it can guarantee a playoff, but the hope of the playoffs is slim.
The Nets not to mention, the team has 35 million annual salary does not play the ball of the European immortals, Durant from time to time injury stop, and then encountered Harden forced the palace, it is difficult to send Harden, in exchange for Simmons and refused to come back, the situation of the Nets is worse than the Lakers, although temporarily ranked eighth in the East, but still dare not guarantee a stable entry into the playoffs.
Therefore, this season's Nets and Lakers are a pair of difficult brothers, James and Durant are also difficult brothers, as the former king and second person of the NBA, this season's James and Durant have become empty cutters, both of them are struggling for playoff qualifications.