When Kevin Durant joined the Golden State Warriors he was faced with much backlash to this decision. Since that decision Durant has won 2 NBA Finals and was named 2 time Finals MVP, with presumably a 3rd NBA championship in the making this postseason. With LeBron James missing the postseason the question that has to be asked is if Kevin Durant is the best player in the NBA?
During the regular season Kevin Durant averaged 26 points, 6.4 rebounds, and 5.9 assists per game, the Warriors finished 1st in the Western Conference and had the 2nd best record in the NBA. Kevin Durant finished 8th in the league with point per game and was in some peoples talks for MVP. While James Harden and Giannis Antekounmpo were in the talks for MVP, Durant finished 7th in the NBA's Kia MVP award ladder. Durant was on the tear in the last season to prove that he should be in the talks for best player.
In the last 2 NBA Finals, Kevin Durant has outplayed LeBron James in 2 straight Finals. LeBron fans will argue that LeBron put up better numbers, but the facts are the Kevin Durant beat LeBron in two straight Finals and has won 2 Finals MVP's over LeBron. With LeBron getting older and missing the playoffs the NBA is looking for the new face of the league.
This NBA playoffs Kevin Durant has been on a tear, averaging 34.3 points, 5.3 rebounds, and 4.9 assists. The Warriors have been benefiting greatly from this as they are up on the Rockets currently
2-0 in the playoffs. There is absolutely no one in the league who can guard a 7 footer who can move like a guard and shoot anywhere he wants. Kevin Durant will rise above a defender and make himself virtually unguardable to anybody in the way of him.
Kevin Durant has put himself in the lead for best player in the NBA currently. This playoff season he has been on an absolute tear and reminding the league why everyone was so mad when he first joined the Warriors. Where Kevin Durant goes, that team will automatically be contenders he's that good of a player. Durant is the best all around player in the playoffs and has taken the crown from LeBron as the best player in the league.
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