The uncomfortable truth about Kevin Durant. If he never went to Golden State, his career would look very similar to James Harden. His stints in OKC, Brooklyn, Phx and Houston prove that teaming up with Steph was the best move he ever made. He can’t do what Kawhi did in 2019’ or Giannis did in 2021’.
We already knew that GS had won before he got there in 2015, however the worst thing to happen that really put Durant’s career into perspectice was when Steph carried GS to a championship in 2022.
We talk badly about James Harden, but would their careers really look difftent at all, if Durant never took the easiest road avaliable? If you compare what Harden did in Houston, can you really say that wasn’t more impressive than what Durant has done in Brooklyn, Phx or Houston?