Bamboo basket for 4 consecutive years, from the first person in the league to a supporting role! Or is Curry the best fit for you

NBA entered the Finals stage, the East No. 8 seed Heat, and the West No. 1 seed Nuggets will meet in the Finals, although there are no first-line superstars such as James, Curry, Durant, Alphabet Brother, Tatum, but whether it is Jokic or Butler, they have proved with actions that the gimmick does not mean going far, only the most united as a whole is the most competitive. When the US media discussed the most unsuccessful teams and players of the season, including Alphabet Brother and his Bucks, Jr. Card and his Clippers, including regular season MVP Embiid and his 76ers, but the Suns and Durant, when mentioned at the same time, are not expressed in terms of Durant's Suns. Obviously, the boss of this Suns is Booker, but what is Durant's identity? I vaguely remember Curry's envious little eyes when Durant held the FMVP trophy in his hand for an interview in the summer of '18.

One thing is for sure, no one can escape the years, including James, including Curry, and Durant. Durant, who will turn 35 this fall, played in 39 games for the Nets this season in the regular season, averaging 29.7 points, 6.7 rebounds and 5.3 assists per game, and eight games for the Suns, averaging 26 points, 6.4 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game, including shooting 57% + 53.7% from the field. In the playoffs, Durant averaged 42.4 minutes per game, the first in the league, averaging 29 points, 8.7 rebounds and 5.5 assists per game, and the two shooting percentages dropped to 47.8% + 33.3%. I remember that after being eliminated by the Nuggets, Durant said that the responsibility was all mine, I just couldn't hit the shot. From the Finals in '21 to last year's second round, and then to the second round after trading Durant, Durant didn't actually help the Suns improve much.

Since leaving the Warriors, although Durant has not said that he wants to prove himself with another championship, he has done so. In the first year of coming to the Nets, the Achilles tendon rupture has been recuperating from injuries, in fact, in the 20-21 season, when Durant came back + Harden came over, the Nets were the most competitive year, but Irving played stop-and-stop, Nash overdrew Harden, plus the series with the Bucks, the league openly sided with the Bucks, Durant was 1 cm away from eliminating the Bucks. After being discouraged that year, the Nets that Durant led last season were swept 4-0 by the Celtics in the first round of the playoffs, after which Durant submitted an application to leave the team, and finally before the trade deadline, when Irving left smoothly, Durant came to the Suns. In this year's playoffs, the Suns only have Durant and Booker left to score, Ayton's offense and defense are useless, Paul is old, and injury recovery is too slow.

First of all, Durant does not have the leadership temperament and ability. This point was vividly demonstrated during the Nets period, publicly supporting Irving and the team, including when the hard-working Harden was treated unfairly, Durant did not say anything, and finally the chicken flew to the egg! And coming to the Suns, Monty uses him like a tool man, which is not the same as the Warriors (the Warriors said later), his role is to attract firepower to Booker, and the opponent would rather choose to keep pinching Durant, so that Booker can get more points, and will not give Durant the opportunity to play easily. Of course, after Paul fell, Durant also played ball handling, and in the last 3 games of the Nuggets series, Durant made 14 turnovers, lost the ball in the bag, lost the ball in the pass, and the stick singles also failed. After the Warriors won two Finals FMVPs, Durant was already the first man in the league to compete against Old Jen, but now?

Another point to ponder, after the Warriors suffered a ruptured Achilles tendon, Durant joined the Nets with Irving, and the Nets were willing to let Durant recuperate for a year, constantly strengthen the lineup, what to give, including the position of the team boss, but after Durant was eliminated by the Celtics last season, many media said that Durant was dissatisfied with the team atmosphere of the Nets, dissatisfied with General Manager Max, dissatisfied with Nash, and thought that the team management was rotten. This attitude is difficult to understand, if the team can't win Durant's trust with all its hearts and lungs, is there any team in this league that can make Durant trust? And because of the presence of Paul and Booker, Durant is a supporting role in tactics, and he even often runs back with the team in the last 5 minutes and becomes a spectator. Paul would get the ball to the most suitable teammate, and Booker would just take the lead.

Looking back at Durant's past 4 years, similar to Xiaoka, it is all bamboo basket empty. There is no doubt that in the Warriors' 3 years, except for some conflicts with Green in the final year, he was very happy most of the time, Curry can give up the ball in the final decisive moment, let Durant play alone, and open up space for Duranttra; Durant can enjoy the highest treatment on the defensive end, including Looney, Green, Iguodala, Zaza and others will share the dirty work for him, and there are splash brothers around him to contain opponents, in fact, what Durant only needs to do is face a single defense and shoot the ball into the basket. And the final Finals MVP for two consecutive years, to some extent, he may have stolen the fruits of Curry and the Warriors' labor. The best example is leaving the Warriors and getting nothing.

In the summer of '19, when the Warriors wrecked, it was often tourists who jumped first, and Durant was in that capacity. And Klay got a maximum salary extension, Green and Curry sank with the Warriors, but after several years of hard work and tinkering, the Warriors were able to drive to the opposite shore. This can only be said that Curry's system support is far more important than Durant's icing on the cake. After Durant left the Warriors, he has not proved himself, and the key is that he has played from the first man in the league to now becoming a supporting role. Going around in circles, in fact, Curry is the most suitable for him, but unfortunately he can't go back.