Without playing a pre-Olympic warm-up game, can Durant really fit into the United States men's basketball team?
Kerr never worries about this problem, because he knows Durant's "plug and play" attributes, when he first arrived at the Warriors, there was no adaptation at all, and he won the championship in his first season.
Today, the United States men's basketball team fired the first shot of the Paris Olympics, and Durant came off the bench after recovering from injury, playing 16 minutes, 8-of-9, 5-of-5 three-pointers, and 2-of-2 free throws, scoring 23 points to help the team beat Serbia 110-84.
36-year-old Durant, curious about what kind of material his Grim Reaper scythe is made of? No matter how long it was left unattended, there seemed to be no signs of rust.
Today, seeing the crazy output of him and Lao Zhan, I can't help but sigh that these two old naughty boys are too capable to play, and the combination of almost 80 years old is actually the strongest duo of the United States men's basketball team to win.
James scored 21 points, 7 rebounds and 9 assists in this game, with a plus/minus of +18, ranking second on the team, and the first was Durant, who had a plus/minus of +20.
If Durant goes to the Lakers now, the combination of him and James and Davis seems to have a high probability of winning the championship.
It's a pity that Durant is in the Suns, and the team has just introduced Jones to solve the problem of starting point guards, but the Suns still haven't solved the shortcomings of defense.
If Jones, Beal and Booker start together, the defensive pressure will be on Durant and Nurkic, but two fists are hard to beat with four hands, and they really can't plug the defensive holes.
Therefore, the possibility of the Suns winning the championship next season is basically non-existent, and Durant's peak tail is all wasted.