The Nets have ended this season early, and no one expected it to end like this, a team with the highest probability of winning the championship before the opening of the game, and finally being swept away in the first round of the playoffs. Durant, as the Nets' star, has an unshirkable responsibility.
Judging from the rankings of major media, Durant ranks around 15th in history, has super talent and skills, and has the reputation of the god of death. However, after leaving the Warriors, Durant was questioned more and more, and Xu Jingyu directly described Durant as just a scythe in the hands of the god of death, and Curry was the real god of death. Because Durant did not play for the Warriors, there was no more explosion performance of death. The US media FW directly listed 5 reasons why KD was overrated: the champion has water + not a leader
Born a scorer, but otherwise flawed
Durant is a 4-time scoring champion, and his scoring ability is also considered historical, with many efficient offensive means, and can easily score high scores with a 50% shooting rate in every game. But apart from scoring, Durant can do too little, like James, Kobe, Jordan, are very defensive players, can make their own team people feel bad. At the same time, Durant's overall view and passing are not good, and he is always very passive when he encounters a bag clip. After a game, if Durant feels hot, then it is easy to win the game, but if he can't shoot, it is difficult to win.
Not a leader who can control his teammates
It has to be said that Durant himself is a good man, and he has many good friends in the league. Including Jeff Green, Cook and others, they are his brothers who have died and have great respect for their teammates. But as the soul of a team, his personality is too weak, the Thunder period is already one of the strongest players in the league, but let the inefficient Westbrook occupy more of the ball, the Warriors period, Green has publicly accused Durant, and did not respond to him. During the Nets period, Irving's various unreliable behaviors, Harden's body size was bloated, and Durant did not intervene. So the final result will happen to the point that Durant can't control.
Durant's overall championship content is watery
Admittedly, Durant was an important contributor to the Warriors' two-game winning streak, but as Green said, they were already the championship team before Durant joined, and they also won 73 wins, a historic strong team. Jordan was overpowered by the Pistons for several years, Kobe Bryant was crushed by the Green Army in the Finals in 2008, and Nowitzki was shouted "soft egg" for many years, but they all stuck to the team and eventually proved themselves. Compared to them, Durant chose a shortcut, and his championship was not recognized by many.
Durant has an MVP, but he's never been the league's strongest player
Early in his career, the league had superstars like Kobe Bryant and Duncan, and then they were suppressed by James. By 2019, the strongest player is Leonard, who plays like The Peak Jordan in the playoffs. Then, the strongest player became the alphabet brother. Did Durant ever rule the League? There seems to be none.
The 2022 playoff performance is unforgivable
Although it is impossible to define a super-huge career with a series, this year Durant is really outrageous. His stats are downhill from the regular season, with a shooting percentage of less than 40 percent, and he was directly beaten by his opponent Tatum. Not only is it inefficient, Durant's offensive desire on the court is also very poor, not at all like the performance of a super giant in the playoffs. The first man in the league who shouted for a whole season, but the result was swept in the first round, the gap is too big to accept.