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Even though the Phoenix Suns’ season hasn’t gone precisely as planned thus far, it is incomprehensible to consider how much worse off they would be without Kevin Durant. He has been in better health than Bradley Beal and Devin Booker, despite being 35 years old.
In addition, he’s continuing to score at an absurd rate—his 27.8 points per game are even more than they were on one of his four previous scoring champion performances. Durant has improved the Suns’ chances of winning the game in more ways than one, even if his 41.9 percent shooting from beyond the arc ranks among the best in the NBA.
Even though the Phoenix Suns’ season hasn’t gone precisely as planned thus far, it is incomprehensible to consider how much worse off they would be without Kevin Durant. He has been in better health than Bradley Beal and Devin Booker, despite being 35 years old.
In addition, he’s continuing to score at an absurd rate—his 27.8 points per game are even more than they were on one of his four previous scoring champion performances. Durant has improved the Suns’ chances of winning the game in more ways than one, even if his 41.9 percent shooting from beyond the arc ranks among the best in the NBA.
This season the Suns have the 13th best defensive rating in the league, at 114.6. Not that we have seen much of this recently, with the Milwaukee Bucks putting 82 points on them in one half in a road loss to them on Sunday. When Durant is on the court though, that number shrinks a small bit to 114.2.
