If Kevin Durant can somehow propel the shorthanded Nets to victory against the Bucks, it could change every conversation anyone has about him moving forward. williamfleitch writes on the biggest challenge of Durant's career
Durant during Game Four on Sunday. Photo: Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty Images Here’s something that has been forgotten about the state of the Brooklyn Nets before Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving came to town: They were good. The 2018–19 team, coached by Kenny Atkinson, was one of the happier stories in the NBA that year, a squad that was widely expected to be terrible but ended up clawing its way to a winning record and a sixth seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs.
This is the most isolated Durant has ever been. Even early in his career, before he made his infamous choice to join Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors, Durant was playing alongside Russell Westbrook and, briefly, Harden. He then won his titles with Golden State, titles that, despite the detractors who claimed that he was merely coasting on Curry’s coattails, he absolutely earned in every way.
It is, without question, the biggest challenge of Durant’s career. The Nets were 2-0 with just Durant during the regular season, but now they’re facing Giannis Antetokounmpo and a Bucks team that is a perpetual title contender, and has been waiting years for a break like the one they were just handed. Durant has been at his strongest of late, averaging 31 points and eight rebounds in these playoffs and playing stifling defense in a way he hasn’t in years.
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