How do you know he won’t age like LeBron or Steph? Last year was among the best of his career. The year before that he played 75 games and also put up amazing numbers.
I don't think whether he's lebron or steph really tells you much about his aging curve. The differences between him and those two players sometimes cut in his favor. He doesn't rely on physicality the way Lebron does, and obviously taller + skinnier players usually have flatter aging curves. Maybe that's a little different for him b/c he doesn't play like a traditional big, but my intuition is that it's not.
Because he already hasn't aged like them.... mostly due to a torn Achilles. Last season if you look up metrics like VORP as just one example, LeBron at 40 was 7th and Steph at 36 was 5th. KD at 36 was 30th KD might have some quality basketball left in him, but we're not talking top tier basketball. He's not even "best player on a team" level anymore
He’s a shell of what he used to be, as all players this old are. His efficiency numbers are still great but his impact is nowhere close. His peak BPM for example was in the 10 range (superstar), this season he was at 3. His vorp peaked at close to 10, now it’s at 3. His win shares peaked at 19, now he’s at 5. He was 34th in EPM, at his peak he was i’m sure top 2-3. He’s still a good player, I would not be surprised if he was still in the 30-35 range this season but he’s obviously nothing like he was in his prime.
Over pay for KD Incoming and I whatever youth potential long time we had, we gonna kill being KD hungry, ur supposed to add to Jalen sengun amen jabari Reed not give up on them to get a kd, one injury KD is most likely done too so is the rockets window
He's probably just seen the women in Miami and Houston as opposed to the women in San Antonio and Minnesota.
I'd roll the dice on KD for a year for a cheap package of assets [if that's possible]. Our offense desperately needs a go to scorer in the final few minutes of close games.
The price for Durant is falling, not rising. He's not going to be happy as a rental. I bet he won't even show up to do a physical if Phoenix tries to ship him somewhere else.
