Baylors: LeBron James and Kevin Durant are not even in the same stratosphere

At the age of 36, LeBron James is still somehow among the best players in basketball. As a 17-time All-Star, 17-time All-NBA player and 4-time scoring champion, James has made it clear that he's not ready to add his resume.

While James may no longer be in his physical golden age, he has tweaked his game in other ways, which has been reflected in his play on the Lakers' court.

Still, not everyone is convinced that LeBron is still King.

For some, like Fox Sports' Skip-Belles, Kevin Durant has taken the world's best throne.

"That's what I've been saying for days. Kevin Durant is simply the best player on the planet! "。 That's what I've been saying for three years. It's not LeBron, it's obvious again! "。 Durant led the calculation of MVP forecasts. 45 to 7 among voters? This means that LeBron and Durant are not in the same stratosphere at all.

That's what I've been saying for three years. Kevin Durant is the best player in the world. He dominated the MVP's prophecy. And if Kaway Leonard is in good health, he'll be ahead of LeBron."

Durant is certainly closer to the title than ever before. In the season after a brutal Achilles tendon injury, he returned with an average of 26.9 points and 7.1 rebounds per game, shooting 53.7 percent from the field.

He's just inches away from leading Brooklyn to the Eastern Conference Finals.

Given all this, it is not surprising that he has won the favor of some people.

"Kevin Durant is the best player in the world," Kendrick Perkins said. "It's time to die for someone to take the James Kings off the spot as the best player in the world. Are we talking about someone who is about to turn 19? I don't really know if LeBron James really cares about being the best player in the world, he's 37 years old. So it was time for someone to step up and drive him away because he had been carrying the torch for so long. "

The upcoming battle is huge for both LeBron and Durant as they have to prove they belong to the top ranks. Anyway, it will be interesting to see what they can do.