Had a chance to be top ten in history! Two major regrets in Durant’s career

Durant is one of the top fifteen players in NBA history.

His career is brilliant enough and he has won almost all the honors he can win in the NBA.

Won 2 championships

Won 2 FMVPs

Won 1 MVP

Won 4 scoring titles

Scored 6 times in the first team of the best team

Scored 5 times in the second team of the best team

Scored 15 times in the All-Stars

All-star MV P got 2

But even so, the editor believes that Durant's career has regrets, because he had a great chance to enter the top ten in history, but now he lacks persuasion. Even if Durant won the championship with the Rockets in the new season, the editor carefully deduced for half an hour when selecting the top ten in history. It's hard to convince yourself that Durant can squeeze out any of the following ten people.

Jordan——6 championships, 5 MVPs, 6 FMVPs, 10 first teams.

James - 4 championships, 4 MVPs, 4 FMVPs, 13th team.

Jabbar - 6 championships, 6 MVPs, 2 FMVPs, 10 first teams.

Russell - 11 championships, 5 MVPs, 3 first teams.

Magician - 5 crowns, 3 MVPs, 3 FMVPs, 9 teams.

Chamberlain——2 championships, 4 MVPs, 1 FMVP, 7 first teams.

Bird - 3 championships, 3 MVPs, 2 FMVPs, 9 first teams.

Duncan-5 championships, 2 MVPs, 3 FMVPs, 10 first teams.

O'Neal - 4 championships, 1 MVP, 3 FMVP, 8 first team.

Kobe Bryant - 5 championships, 1 MVP, 2 FMVP, 11 first team.

There is no chance of squeezing out of the top five.

Duncan, Kobe, and O'Neal all have more than 4 championships. Compared with them, Durant has no advantage in the number of championships.

Compared with Chamberlain and Bird, the number of MVPs is not dominant.

Durant's historical status is in this embarrassing situation - not enough compared to the superiors, but more than adequate compared to the inferiors.

He has an advantage over players who are fifteen to twenty in history, but has no advantage over the top ten players in history.

What regrets does Durant have in his career? The editor thinks there are two main ones.

First, after leaving Curry, he did not win the championship. Instead, Curry led the team to win the championship.

Why did Durant leave the Warriors, the Finals team, in 2019? Obviously after three years of working together, the Dooku team has become more and more in tune with each other.

The editor believes that Durant still wants to prove himself.

Prove to the world that he can win a championship ring without Curry.

So, Durant chose to join the Nets, which lacked stars, and geared up to prove himself in the Nets.

But Durant's Nets career was a mess. He only played in the playoffs twice in four years, was swept once, and once Irving and Durant stepped on the line for three-pointers, Durant's championship dream was shattered.

Then Durant was traded to the Suns. The Suns led by Durant and Booker have never been a real championship team. Last season was even more outrageous. The Suns led by Durant, Booker and Beal couldn't even make the playoffs.

In the six years since he left Curry, Durant has not played in a conference finals, which can be said to be getting further and further away from the championship.

Leaving Curry, not winning the championship, but getting further and further away from the championship is Durant's biggest regret in his career.

Second, there is only one MVP in a career.

If you want to be among the top ten in history, you must have enough championships or enough MVPs.

Among the top ten in history, the average number of championships and MVPs is 8.5. The highest is Russell's 16 (11 championships + 5 MVP), and the lowest is O'Neal's 5 (4 championships + 1 MVP).

And Durant’s value is 3 (2 championships + 1 MVP). This is Durant’s shortcoming in running for the top ten in history. Four words means that he is short of money. Even if Durant wins a championship with the Rockets, Durant’s championship + MVP value is 4, which is still far behind the top ten in history.

Now Durant is at the very end of his peak, and his physical fitness can no longer support him in attacking and defending in the long 82 games, which means that he basically has no chance of winning the MVP.

Looking at Durant's career, he missed the MVP mainly because his peak overlapped with James; in the middle of his career, Curry rose, and at the end of his career, Jokic and Antetokounmpo rose.

During the three years when Durant was second in MVP (2009-10, 2011-12, 2012-13), he lost to James at his peak.

Conclusion

If luck is better and Durant has more championships or more MVPs, he will have greater capital when running for the top ten in NBA history.

It seems that Durant has missed the top ten in history.

Not winning a championship after leaving Curry and having only one MVP in his career are the two major regrets of Durant's career.