If the following 5 players played in this era, which one would Durant be better than

[superduper]

Hakeem
Bird
Robinson
Magic
Chuck

[StrongLurk]

Durant would be better than Chuck and Robinson...not sure about Magic.

[Manny98]

All of them

[Bronbron23]

All of them
You think kd is better than magic :facepalm

[superduper]

You think kd is better than magic :facepalm

IMO Bird and Hakeem are also unquestionably better than Durant.

Chuck and Admiral are questionable.

[AlternativeAcc.]

You think kd is better than magic :facepalm
Yes.

His uber elite scoring and ability to fit into any system with effortless ease gives him a pretty massive gap. Magic is overrated. Bird was way better.

[Manny98]

You think kd is better than magic :facepalm
Yes in todays era KD easily

Much better scorer

Defensively KD is better

Magic is GOAT in transition but in halfcourt KD is easily better

[Bronbron23]

IMO Bird and Hakeem are also unquestionably better than Durant.

Chuck and Admiral are questionable.
I agree

[Smoke117]

Durant would be better than Chuck and Robinson...not sure about Magic.

Kevin Durant has at no point in his career ever had the impact of Robinson or Chuck. Big Dave literally has a top 5 impact all time.

[NBAGOAT]

at peaks, maybe just chuck imo.

[Bronbron23]

Yes in todays era KD easily

Much better scorer

Defensively KD is better

Magic is GOAT in transition but in halfcourt KD is easily better
Na man. Yeah kd is a better scorer but offence is more than just scoring. Magic is responsible for more points because of his assists. Hes a much better passer than kd is a scorer. He's a better leader also. It's not close really

[Uncle Drew]

None.

[Hamtaro CP3KDKG]

Better than all except Hakeem and maybe Bird in this era with practicing his shooting

Magic and Chuck didnt play any defense. U can hide Magic on non shooters and bigs with no offensive skill but itd get exposed in the playoffs. Too slow, too poor a defender

Robinson is one of the biggest playoff chokers ever. He feasted on horrible teams in the playoffs and always got jumped and strangled by the real teams

ppl mention the Hakeem series...........but that was actually one of DRobs BEST series offensively:oldlol: :oldlol:

these are DRobs series against top teams/defenses in the playoffs

93 vs Portland: 1-3, 19.3 ppg, 4.8 apg, 2.0 topg, 48.7 TS%, 107 ORTG

94 vs Utah: 1-3, 20.0 ppg, 3.5 apg, 2.3 topg, 47.1 TS%, 104 ORTG

95 vs Denver: 3-0, 19.0 ppg, 3.3 apg, 2.0 topg, 49.3 TS%, 105 ORTG

95 vs Houston: 2-4, 23.8 ppg, 2.7 apg, 4.5 topg, 55.3 TS%, 106 ORTG

96 vs Utah: 2-4, 19.3 ppg, 2.0 apg, 2.3 topg, 52.6 TS%, 107 ORTG

98 vs Utah: 1-4, 18.8 ppg, 1.6 apg, 2.6 topg, 47.7 TS%, 101 ORTG

pathetic:oldlol: hes the modern eras Wilt in how he wilted :oldlol:

[Micku]

Except for Bird and Hakeem, I think you can argue all of them depending on the team for me.

Well, probably not Magic either. But it's tough for Magic imo. Magic is better offensively when it comes to improving the team offense, but similar to KD now, he had a stacked team in the 80s.

In today's era, I dunno how things will be like. Like they will likely play differently and in different positions. Magic will be the most interesting one. KD probably won't be as important in terms of impact I wanna say in a similar way that Curry has more impact on the offense end than KD. But KD is the better two way player. But not so much where it's that much better than Magic. Anyway, it depends on how the team is set up. Some cases, Magic will be better. Other cases KD I would say.

Peak David Robinson in the regular season, I think we all think he's better or on par. In the playoffs, I think KD will pull ahead. But he might be better in this era than in the 90s. I dunno.

Prime Barkley is around KD's level. Equal, slightly worse I guess.

[FreezingTsmoove]

IMO Bird and Hakeem are also unquestionably better than Durant.

Chuck and Admiral are questionable.

Montrez Harrel and Patrick Beverly just destroyed the Warriors on the inside today... if Chuck and Robinson played today they would be battling for the MVP every season

[Mr.GOAT2408]

I think KD is better than Bird although I don't know if he'll ever be considered "greater" but idgaf what the consensus is because by my own two eyes and what we know of their production they're on the same tier

Magic is a little tougher for me to decide on, maybe I'm biased because he was my favorite player growing up but that's' debatable as well. Magic was shooting like 37-39% from 3s in the late 80s so I'm sure he would have been a huge threat in today's game although early 80s Magic would obviously be ill-suited to dominate an NBA game even with the spacing and lower physicality, jumpshot is too important in today's game.

Hakeem is the better defender but KD is better offensively, it's really what you prefer with those 2 so I'll take KD, I'm partial towards individual offense and Durant is a better defender than he gets credit for

[AussieSteve]

None of them. I think KD gets a little over rated historically.

KD has one string to his bow. Elite scoring. He is not elite at anything else. Never made an All-D team or received a single place vote for DPOY. Not a great passer or playmaker. Not great on the boards. But he is a great, great scorer.

All the other guys could be the dominant player on the floor even when their shots aren't falling.