Can the Rockets do it? Durant surpassed James, with the four teams averaging 25+ in their careers.

This summer, Durant was traded to the Rockets by the Suns, thus ushering in the fifth team of his career. Before this, Durant had played for the Thunder, Warriors, Nets and Suns. In addition, this is also the third time Durant has been traded in his career. Durant joined the Warriors as a free agent, while joining the Nets is signed first and then exchanged, and joining the Suns is also traded.

Durant has been traded by the Suns. Looking back now, Durant's two and a half years of Suns career is undoubtedly a failure. Not only did he fail to win the championship, he didn't even make the Western Conference Finals, but he was undoubtedly in the playoffs and playoffs last season. Before Durant joined, the Suns reached the finals in 2021 and once led 2-0, almost winning their first championship in team history.

Of course, the failure of the Big Three of the Suns is not Durant's own problem, mainly because the Suns should not trade for Bill. Although they lost to the Nuggets in the semi-finals in 2023, if Paul can be left behind, they still have hope of winning the championship. However, after using Paul to trade for Bill and sending Ayton away, the Suns lineup was completely locked by the Big Three and could not perform as much as they should.

Despite this, Durant's Suns averaged 26.8 points per game in his career, and there is still no point in scoring. Durant averaged 27.4 points in the Thunder, with the Warriors averaging 25.8 points in their career, and the Nets averaging 29 points in their career. In this way, Durant also surpassed James (3 teams) and became the first player to average 25+ points per game in four teams.

The reason why Durant can surpass James is mainly because he plays for more teams than James. James has only played for the Cavaliers, Heat, and Lakers in his career, and each team has averaged more than 25 points in his career. However, James played for the Cavaliers twice. If you regard these two experiences as two teams, James actually averaged 25+ per game in four teams, just like Durant.

However, after Durant joined the Rockets, he still has the hope of playing 25+ per game. In this way, we will average 25+ per game among the five teams, and we will still compare James. Of course, although Durant's scoring ability is still very strong, it is hard to say whether he can maintain an average of 25+ per game when he is in the Rockets. In particular, Durant is already very old, and his scoring ability will inevitably decline. If he retires as a Rockets player in the end, he may not be able to average 25+ points per game.