So next year, Durant has a chance to...

[russwest0]

Win a b2b MVP
Win a championship with the team that drafted him (in one of the most STACKED conferences ever and one of the WORST coaches in the NBA)
Lead the league in scoring (total points) for a 6th straight season
Beat his rival (LeBron) in wins vs 50+ win playoff teams (He currently has 4)

Durant is on the outside of the top 10 alltime list and he's looking in.

[Fudge]

If he does accomplish ALL of that, dude is Top 15 easily. Arguably Top 10, knocking out Hakeem.

[fpliii]

If he does accomplish ALL of that, dude is Top 15 easily. Arguably Top 10, knocking out Hakeem.
How are there 9 players better than Hakeem? :biggums:

[SouBeachTalents]

If he does accomplish ALL of that, dude is Top 15 easily. Arguably Top 10, knocking out Hakeem.

No

[russwest0]

If he does accomplish ALL of that, dude is Top 15 easily. Arguably Top 10, knocking out Hakeem.

Cashing out with a 300M endorsement deal while in his pre-prime form just shows how much potential the man has....

We're talking MJ/Kareem level of potential.

[Le Shaqtus]

OKC ain't winnin' shit with Brooks at the helm, he's going to coach them into oblivion.

Also their team sucks outside of Durant, Westbrook and Reggie.

[SouBeachTalents]

OKC ain't winnin' shit with Brooks at the helm, he's going to coach them into oblivion.

Also their team sucks outside of Durant, Westbrook and Reggie.

Ibaka?

[JT123]

Win a b2b MVP
Win a championship with the team that drafted him (in one of the most STACKED conferences ever and one of the WORST coaches in the NBA)
Lead the league in scoring (total points) for a 6th straight season
Beat his rival (LeBron) in wins vs 50+ win playoff teams (He currently has 4)

Durant is on the outside of the top 10 alltime list and he's looking in.
Melo won the scoring title 2 seasons ago. :no: If you are going to troll, at least use facts. Alto Scott Brooks is a top 5 coach in the league. You can't win 60 games every year with a shit coach.

[T_L_P]

OKC ain't winnin' shit with Brooks at the helm, he's going to coach them into oblivion.

Also their team sucks outside of Durant, Westbrook and Reggie.

Ibaka is ludicrously overrated but he doesn't suck tbh.

No way Durant is top 15 if he wins though. If he died the day after winning a ring next year there'd be about 30 players with better careers.

Winning a ring+Finals MVP would do a lot for him though.

[JT123]

OKC ain't winnin' shit with Brooks at the helm, he's going to coach them into oblivion.

Also their team sucks outside of Durant, Westbrook and Reggie.
:facepalm :facepalm :facepalm Ibaka would be an All Star if he were in the East. Sooooooooo disrespectful! (Stephen A Smith voice)

[Le Shaqtus]

Ibaka?

Forgot about Ibaka, but he's mad overrated on this forum. Solid mid range jumper but average defense.

Of course your defense is going to look good when you play next to Perkins.

[russwest0]

:facepalm :facepalm :facepalm Ibaka would be an All Star if he were in the East.

Yeah and so would like half of the Western Conference.

That doesn't prove shit.

[moe94]

Ibaka is ludicrously overrated but he doesn't suck tbh.

No way Durant is top 15 if he wins though. If he died the day after winning a ring next year there'd be about 30 players with better careers.

Winning a ring+Finals MVP would do a lot for him though.

2 MVPS
all those first team selections
Finals MVP

are there really 30 careers topping that?

[robert_shaww]

Win a b2b MVP
Win a championship with the team that drafted him (in one of the most STACKED conferences ever and one of the WORST coaches in the NBA)
Lead the league in scoring (total points) for a 6th straight season
Beat his rival (LeBron) in wins vs 50+ win playoff teams (He currently has 4)

Durant is on the outside of the top 10 alltime list and he's looking in.

:facepalm

[Encre92]

Sad.:facepalm

[dubeta]

Next year Durant also has a chance to lose again and go 0-6 with having the most stacked team in the league. He also has a chance for severely underperforming in the playoffs for the 3rd straight year :applause:

[SouBeachTalents]

2 MVPS
all those first team selections
Finals MVP

are there really 30 careers topping that?

30 might be a stretch, but imo he wouldn't crack the top 20 all time with an MVP & Finals MVP next year

[Jailblazers7]

Durant has done nothing that Lebron didn't do in his first 7-8 years...but Durant is already going to be a top 10 player of all time? We are supposed to give him a spot in the top 10 with Bird and Magic who's first 7-8 year murder KD's?

Wouldn't be surprised to see KD up there eventually but people are way too quick on the trigger with this shit. He isn't even borderline top 10 even if he wins a ring next season.

[JT123]

Durant has done nothing that Lebron didn't do in his first 7-8 years...but Durant is already going to be a top 10 player of all time? We are supposed to give him a spot in the top 10 with Bird and Magic who's first 7-8 year murder KD's?

Wouldn't be surprised to see KD up there eventually but people are way too quick on the trigger with this shit. He isn't even borderline top 10 even if he wins a ring next season.
Durant needs at least 2 rings to even be on Dirk's level, as Dirk never had a team as stacked as Durant's Thunder have been since 2011! As of now Durant is 0/4 with stacked teams, so he's gonna have a very hard time cracking anyone's top 20. I know that if he doesn't win a ring this year he will never crack my top 25.

[Cocaine80s]

Even if OKC does win we all know FMVP would be Westbrook :lol

[NumberSix]

Durant has a great chance of being terrible in the playoffs for the 3rd straight year with nobody giving a shit.

[ralph_i_el]

Melo won the scoring title 2 seasons ago. :no: If you are going to troll, at least use facts. Alto Scott Brooks is a top 5 coach in the league. You can't win 60 games every year with a shit coach.

melo didn't play as many games that year. He said TOTAL points

[Milbuck]

:facepalm :facepalm :facepalm Ibaka would be an All Star if he were in the East. Sooooooooo disrespectful! (Stephen A Smith voice)
Roy ****ing Hibbert is a 2x all-star in the East :oldlol:

[AussieBaller99]

He'd easily be top 20, maybe even top 15 if he did all that with Brooks coaching :bowdown:

[dubeta]

Roy ****ing Hibbert is a 2x all-star in the East :oldlol:

Exactly, and people use the terms all-stars to discredit LeBron because of "all star' Wade and Bosh

Paul Millsap is a freaking all star

[oarabbus]

If he does accomplish ALL of that, dude is Top 15 easily. Arguably Top 10, knocking out Hakeem.


:biggums:

Maybe if Durant wins the next two

[oarabbus]

Exactly, and people use the terms all-stars to discredit LeBron because of "all star' Wade and Bosh

Paul Millsap is a freaking all star


Out West we have real all stars though. You know it's crazy when Ibaka, Duncan, Cousins, Dragic, etc didn't make it.

[Le Shaqtus]

Out West we have real all stars though. You know it's crazy when Ibaka, Duncan, Cousins, Dragic, etc didn't make it.

It's not crazy that Ibaka didn't make it, there a lot of good PF's in the West and Ibaka's averages weren't stellar for someone his position besides his blocks.

I was shocked Dragic didn't make it though, dude was ballin' out.

[Beastmode88]

Durant needs at least 2 rings to even be on Dirk's level, as Dirk never had a team as stacked as Durant's Thunder have been since 2011! As of now Durant is 0/4 with stacked teams, so he's gonna have a very hard time cracking anyone's top 20. I know that if he doesn't win a ring this year he will never crack my top 25.

with this logic you're saying dirk is ranked higher than lebron? dirk beat lebron's stacked team in 2011 with nothing but role players. those role players also forced lebron to have the worst shooting performance of his life if you say he didn't choke.

[Marchesk]

2 MVPS
all those first team selections
Finals MVP

are there really 30 careers topping that?

Hondo would still be ahead of him all-time. So would Barkley, K. Malone, Drexler, Dirk, Garnett. So yeah, probably.

[red1]

Win a b2b MVP
Win a championship with the team that drafted him (in one of the most STACKED conferences ever and one of the WORST coaches in the NBA)
Lead the league in scoring (total points) for a 6th straight season
Beat his rival (LeBron) in wins vs 50+ win playoff teams (He currently has 4)

Durant is on the outside of the top 10 alltime list and he's looking in.
:roll: a constant one-sided beatdown is not a rivalry

[dannywpt]

Melo won the scoring title 2 seasons ago. :no: If you are going to troll, at least use facts. Alto Scott Brooks is a top 5 coach in the league. You can't win 60 games every year with a shit coach.

You aren't very bright are you

[WindmiLL]

OP imagine Lebron in his first 7 years having Westbrook, Ibaka and Harden at some point as teammates and still be ringless and reaching Finals only one time. And winning only 1 game there. Lebron with Cavs reached the finals and he gets criticized for getting swept and being 2/5.

Just imagine the criticism Lebron would receive in this scenario considering how much he was bashed for not winning a ring in his first 7 years with Cleveland when his 2nd and 3rd option were not even close to the 2nd and 3rd option Durant has had till now. Hell not even 4th option. It's pretty ridiculous actually how Durant escapes any criticism. But his imaginary achievements(ring, FMVP) will sky rocket him into top 10 immediately without taking into consideration his shortcomings till now with heavy loaded teams every year, especially for the few last years.

[JohnFreeman]

OP imagine Lebron in his first 7 years having Westbrook, Ibaka and Harden at some point as teammates and still be ringless and reaching Finals only one time. And winning only 1 game there. Lebron with Cavs reached the finals and he gets criticized for getting swept and being 2/5.

Just imagine the criticism Lebron would receive in this scenario considering how much he was bashed for not winning a ring in his first 7 years with Cleveland when his 2nd and 3rd option were not even close to the 2nd and 3rd option Durant has had till now. Hell not even 4th option. It's pretty ridiculous actually how Durant escapes any criticism. But his imaginary achievements(ring, FMVP) will sky rocket him into top 10 immediately without taking into consideration his shortcomings till now with heavy loaded teams every year, especially for the few past years.
Durant isn't an all time great, so he can get away with these things

[r0drig0lac]

Thunder is not winning the West