If Durant wins two more championships, can his historical status equal James?

Even if Durant can win two more championships, his historical status will not be equal to James. Why? You can look at the comparison of their honors. So far in his career, James has reached the Finals eight times, won three championships, three FMVPs, four regular season MVPs, a scoring champion, and countless best-of-the-week and best-of-the-month awards. Durant has reached two finals in his career, a championship and a FMVP, a regular season MVP and four scoring titles.

Even if Durant wins two more championships, he will not be able to equal James' historical status. The gap between the two of them is still quite large. James will definitely be among the top five players in history after he retires. . And if Durant can win two championships again and both win FMVP, then Durant should also be able to enter the top ten in history. But how easy is it to win two more championships?

The answer is undoubtedly————No!

Let’s not talk about whether Durant can win two more championships and tie James in historical status.

In the Western Conference, in the 2018 Western Conference Finals, the Warriors and Rockets fought for seven games before struggling to reach the finals. If the Rockets strengthen again next season, the Warriors may not be able to retain the championship lineup due to salary distribution issues, and the strength of the Warriors' lineup will decline. The Warriors may not be able to dominate the Western Conference, and the title of the champion is still unknown.

Speaking of the Eastern Conference, the Cavaliers led by James are still capable of fighting; the young Celtics are ambitious;

These have created great obstacles for the Warriors to win the championship.

So if Durant can win two championships in the next season (James did not win), Durant will have three championships like James. Does this mean that Durant Tied James' historical status?

Of course not, for three reasons

First: ability and courage are no longer on the same level. We all know that no matter which NBA team James joins, the overall level of the team will rise several levels. This is personal ability. James' emotional intelligence is also much higher than Durant's. No matter how many years later, if anyone remembers that it will be James, not Durant, who can defeat a team through personal heroism, this is a historical status.

Second: personal influence is different. In the NBA league for the past 20 years, apart from Jordan, Kobe and James have occupied half of the NBA fans, few people have mentioned Durant. If Durant wins two championships, Curry, Thompson, and Green will have to share nine-tenths of the credit. Therefore, in terms of influence, it will be difficult for Durant to compete with James if he wins three more championships.

Third: The gold content of championships is different. The championship ring currently owned by Durant in 2017 cannot be compared with James' championships in 2012, 2013 and 2016. The future is promising, welcome to add!

To be fair, even if Durant wins two more championships, his historical status will not be equal to that of James. Just like James catching up with Jordan, it is impossible.

Durant and James are both rare basketball geniuses, with overwhelming talent. One scores like a melon, and the other controls like a cloud. But James can be said to have crushed Durant in terms of personal honors. Even if Durant wins two more championships and equals James in terms of championships, there are still many big gaps in terms of regular season MVP, Best of the Week, etc.

Although James went to the Heat to win two championships, he did not surrender to the enemy. This had a great impact on Durant. Moreover, James led the Cavaliers to reverse the Warriors 1-3 in 2016 and win the Cavaliers' first championship in franchise history, adding a lot of points to his historical status and performing the return of the king style!

Let me answer this question. Even if Durant wins two championships, his historical status will not catch up with or tie James.

When Shan Fan reaches the level of historical status, it is definitely not simply defined by the fact that a star's personal ability has reached a certain level. Personal ability and honors are one of the criteria for consideration.

There are many more factors that are comprehensively selected based on personal character, player influence, market value, and contribution to society, etc. Based on the current comprehensive performance of Durant and James, there is no doubt that James is far ahead of Durant. From an analysis of personal ability, there is no doubt that Durant's offensive talent and methods are a high-level star. But that's all. James is not bad either, with various offensive methods and good defense. The two of them can be said to be evenly matched, and neither of them is 100% sure of defeating their opponent. The point is that Durant's physical fitness and attendance rate are far lower than James's, which is a bit glassy. However, the old man's physical strength is much stronger than that of Durant. Since entering the league, there have been basically no major injuries. appeared, with a career attendance rate of 95, and he is already 37 years old. He is still in such excellent physical condition at this age and is indeed worthy of the title of the league's number one active player. In terms of character, both of them went through a period of bad years. They both abandoned their home teams to join other strong teams, which is what is often said nowadays. In the end, both of them won the championship, but the difference was that James completed his self-salvation, and finally completed his commitment to his parent team under his leadership, returned to Cleveland and brought the only victory in history to this small city. An NBA championship! The quality of this championship is quite high. Friends should know the specific details. It can be called the biggest comeback in history. After James left his home team, he did not have any bad feelings with his former teammates, but maintained their friendship very well. The fans went from burning their jerseys in anger to welcoming them home later. Everyone knows the subsequent story. No one from the team owner, fans, or teammates said anything bad about James, but they all accepted James with an understanding attitude. It can be said that Lao James has a very high emotional intelligence in life. And James has never had a scandal since his debut, which is one of his great things. Looking at the entire NBA history, he is almost the only player with as much influence as the old man but without negative news. He has always treated his wife with affection and he loves his family very much. A large part of the reason why he came to the Los Angeles Lakers was because of his family. In Los Angeles, his children can enjoy the best education and the best opportunities, so that he can take care of his family. And those who work hard must be idols and benchmarks in people's hearts. But Xiao Du was terrible in this aspect. Although he got what he wanted, the price was the collapse of his entire personality, the angry curses of the fans of his home team, and the falling out with his best brother until they cursed each other. Tidy news, flirting with girls, drinking the bath water of female celebrities, etc. This is completely immature. As a public figure, the gap between him and the old man is really big! Judging from the influence of the players, James has quite a large number of fans around the world. In addition to the many ordinary fans like us, there are also many big-name fans, many of whom are more famous than James. They are distributed in the political circles, financial circles, entertainment circles, etc. These are things that Xiao Du cannot compare with. From the perspective of contribution to society, the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility. Playing basketball is always just a job for a player, and a player's data is only a part of his work performance. Some NBA players are constantly involved in scandals, smoke DM, and like to gamble. Then he quickly fell into decline, but like James, he has always been very self-disciplined, "I will always be a child of Akron." As a child from a poor family in a small city, after becoming famous, he has given back to society and provided help to Cleveland. He has spent Nearly more than 800 million US dollars have been spent for children, schools and disaster areas. Who still remembers the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake? He donated more than 2 million US dollars! It’s time for those who criticized him to wake up. James is also the true model number one in this league. Xiao Du has no comparison in this regard. He is still a child in this regard. Based on the above points, even if Durant wins two championships, he will never equal or surpass James in terms of historical status.

1. Cannot tie

The number of championships is one of the criteria for measuring historical status, but it is not all.

Comparing the three-time crown James and the three-time crown Durant, it is difficult to distinguish the performance of the two, but James's historical status is definitely higher.

As far as the current situation is concerned, the record between the two in the finals is 1:1 when they were at their peak. However, there are obviously big differences between the 2012 and 2017 finals.

In 2012, James was surrounded by Wade and Bosh, and Durant was also surrounded by Westbrook and Harden. Compared with the two sides in the 2017 finals, the strength of the two sides in 2012 was obviously closer. Durant joins the Warriors, who can reach the finals without him, and the Cosmos team composed of the Big Four. It is relatively easy for Durant to win the championship. For this reason alone, even if Durant wins more championships, it will be difficult to surpass James in historical status.

James is already one of the top ten players in history. His shocking comeback in the 2016 Finals further improved and consolidated his status in history.

2. Durant is not the absolute core of the team

Even though Durant won the championship last year and won the Finals MVP, averaging 35 8 5 per game. It is true that his efficient performance and performance at critical moments are beyond doubt, but who can 100% say that this is a Warriors team with Durant as the absolute core?

In the team where James won the championship, even though he had stars like Wade and Irving around him, he was the absolute core and leader of the team, and the team's tactics revolved around Open to James. Durant's current absolute core status has not been established. In a team like the Warriors, he may win more championships, but his historical status will be difficult to surpass James.

If I can tie it, I even think I can surpass it. Durant has super scoring ability, his offense is unstoppable, his career three-point shooting percentage is close to 40, and he is mismatched against players in any position. , the center is not as fast as him, the defender is not as tall as him, and the forward is not as long as him. There is no template for Durant's draft, but he has shaped the template for future draft players. He can integrate into any team without being too much. Possess the ball.

I think Durant won the championship with the Warriors with the help of Curry and Thompson, but I think Durant was so far ahead in the finals that no one could stop his offense. During his time with the Warriors, he won two championships in three years, which should be greater than the two championships James won in four years with the Heat. The championships James won with the Heat were won with the help of peak Wade, Bosh, and Ray Allen. They are valuable. Not high either.

As long as Durant wins the championship with the Nets and returns to the Thunder to win another championship, Durant's historical status will be very high and should be on par with James, basically the same. It is possible to transcend.

It was hard to say in the past. According to the current market situation, Adu will definitely surpass him if he only wins three consecutive championships. There are two reasons. The first is to defeat the first person to win the championship and defeat James at the critical moment. This is enough to prove that Adu will win the championship. The strength is no less than him. The second is the historical ranking of the Big Three. After all, it is higher than the dual-core and single-core championship ranking. Fortunately, the Cavaliers lost last year, otherwise he would have surpassed Jordan. In fact, Adu went to the Warriors to tell us that he is more He is a tough guy who can't be defeated. He just tells us how easy it is to join a team and win the championship. When you are already very strong at your peak, you may not be able to find an opponent in the Eastern Conference. At this time, you will be given the second shooting guard in the league and a starting price in the Eastern Conference. It's not surprising that the top five power forwards, coupled with shooters and others, have made it to the finals seven times. After all, the Eastern Conference is too weak. You could sweep the Eastern Conference but were almost swept by the Warriors. The strength of the two sides is several levels behind.

It’s not impossible, it’s simply impossible. Although Adu is very powerful, winning two more championships (assuming James still stays at the three championships) will only surpass Lao James in the number of championships. Many other aspects are Much different.

From the perspective of historical status, James has basically surpassed Kobe, and will be ranked among the top five in history. Since James entered the league, he has always been the favored man of heaven, and all kinds of records have been surpassed by him. Breaking through, Lao Zhan has lived up to expectations and has always performed at a high level. Although he experienced Guo Decision 1 and Decision 3 in the middle, his own performance was absolutely core and absolutely high level. Now he is basically among the top five in history, and he may be second only to the God of Basketball after retirement.

On the other hand, Adu, looking at it now, is not necessarily ranked second in the small forward position, there is Bird ahead of him. From the current comments, I see that Adu is a great scorer at a historical level (due to physical injuries) ) has not reached Lao Zhan's scoring in the same period, let alone rebounds, assists and leading the team. Although Adu has already won two championships and two MVPs, he joined a team that was already a championship. It can be said that without him, the Warriors would have no problem reaching the finals. It’s just that with him, the suspense of the championship is smaller. It is said that Adu played the icing on the cake. Although his performance is also very strong, after all, in the 73-win Warriors, these will have an impact on the evaluation of Adu's status.

From the current point of view, after Kobe Bryant retires, there is only one top player in the league, and that is James, and he has always been there. He has been assisting Adu in the first two years of the league, and Adu's performance has also been outstanding. But it is still worse. Now that he has joined the Warriors, it is basically hopeless, because the Warriors of Durant and Curry are the real enemies of James. Only Adu can only be regarded as a little king, and he cannot shake Lao James's status.

Of course, if it is really possible for Adu to surpass, there is only one possibility, that is, Adu leaves the current Warriors and leads the team to greater achievements alone. Now that the alliance is so serious, this possibility is also Very small.

I don’t deny Durant’s strength. In last year's Finals, it was obvious that James did not have any advantage against Durant. Even Durant still has a little suppression.

Moreover, Durant's Warriors won, but there was no voice saying that the number one player in the league had changed hands, and James was still the number one player in the league.

I think it’s because of Durant’s teamwork. Durant joined a team that was already capable of championships, and it was a team that had just eliminated his home team!

If Durant can lead the Thunder to the Finals twice and defeat James in the Finals, I think it is possible to surpass him.

When will James be recognized by the entire league as the number one player in the league? It was after defeating the Thunder in the finals that year.

James' honor is recognized, not only for his strength, but more importantly for his ability to lead the team. If Durant had been with the Warriors, even if he won two or more championships later, Durant's historical status would be difficult to surpass James.

But in my opinion, Durant is now not inferior to James in terms of personal strength. But when it comes to historical status, Durant still has a long way to go.

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