How strong is Durant's scoring ability? Four scoring champions don't tell the whole story, the active first.
Second, the 10th total points in history, and the super long career is comparable to any super breakup in NBA history. The nickname "Grim Reaper" has made countless opponents desperate, but when did he start and how did he get it? Many fans may be curious, so I'm going to talk about it briefly today.
In fact, before having the nickname "Grim Reaper", Durant was called the "second millennium" by many fans, because he was the second pick in the first round in 2007, and the champion of the year was Auden the Great. Secondly, Durant has been suppressed by James before going to the Warriors, such as losing to the Heat team led by James in the 2012 Finals, such as second only to James in many regular season MVP selections, such as being one of the best small forwards in the league at that time, he was not as good as James, and he was once competing with James for the position of the first person in the active roster and was suppressed by James many times, so he has such a title. So Durant decided to leave the Thunder in the summer of 2016 to join the Warriors, he not only wanted a championship ring, but also wanted to beat James, and it was because of his performance during the Warriors' second consecutive championship that he earned the title of "Grim Reaper".
Beginning in the 2014-15 season, the Warriors' "Splash Brothers" began to make their mark in the league and won the championship. In the 2016 playoffs Western Conference Finals, the Warriors won three games in a row to defeat the Thunder to enter the Finals after falling behind 1-3. The ability to score is fast, and the attack must be overcome and the battle must be won. At this time, Durant, who already held 4 scoring titles and 1 regular season MVP trophy, realized that he might not be able to win the championship in the Thunder, so he joined the Warriors.
In the 2015-16 season, the Warriors won the first regular season 73 wins in history, surpassing the Bulls that year, but in these two seasons, countless teams are studying the "Splash Brothers" and have some ways to crack them, such as the Cavaliers and the Spurs have a lot of experience in the face of the Warriors, and the Cavaliers also reversed the Warriors 1-3 in the Finals to win the championship, indicating that the "Splash Brothers" are not invincible. But the addition of Durant has escalated the Warriors' "Death Five" again, and this team has almost no shortcomings so far, and it is possible to win the game by limiting Curry and Klay Thompson in the previous game against the Warriors, but now even if Curry and Klay are limited, there is also Durant, a strong point of 25+ points per game, which makes you have no idea where to start.
Whenever there is a critical moment in the game, Durant will step up and wield the "death scythe" to end the game with his trademark mid-range shot or three-point shot. Durant is tall, has long arms, shoots high, and moves fast, and there are few players who can interfere with his shooting and scoring. Thanks to the early training in the supersonic and the Thunder's infinite persuasion, Durant scored more quickly and unstoppably when the Warriors were contained by the "Splash Brothers". Although he averaged less than his career average in three seasons with the Warriors, he could play with ease and score in crunch time to kill the game, which is enough, and that's why the Warriors recruited Durant aggressively.
In the 2017 Finals, Durant averaged 35 per game2 points 82 rebounds 54 assists and 55 percent shooting6% and 47 three-point shooting4%。This is the second time he and James have faced each other in the Finals, and this time Durant finally has the upper hand after five years. In the 2018 Finals, Durant averaged 28 per game8 points 108 rebounds and 75 assists and 52 percent shooting6%, 40 three-point shooting9%, defeated James's team again to win the championship, and scored many key shots in the finals to kill the game, and finally confirmed the title of "Grim Reaper".
Now although Durant has left the Warriors and left the "Death Five" system, whether in the Nets or the Suns, he is the team's leading scorer, and he can still stand up and carry the whole court at every critical moment. The "Grim Reaper" really lives up to its name.