If you don’t check, you won only 2 rounds of the playoffs! KD left the Warriors and won only 2 rounds: Rockets don’t be happy too early!

If you don’t check, you won only 2 rounds of the playoffs if KD leaves the Warriors!

Durant has won numerous honors since entering the NBA league in 2027. In the first 17 seasons of his career, he has won 2 championships, 2 FMVPs, 4 scoring champions, 1 MVP, 15 All-Stars, 16 selected for the Best Team, and 4 Best Defensive Team (never selected for the First Defense)! As a super scorer in history in NBA, he has set the only "180 Club" scoring champion in history (2012-13 season) and the first in real shooting percentage in the playoffs in history (61.3%)! This series of achievements is enough to make him a NBA historical star, but Durant is a player with a distinct personality. Due to his lack of leadership temperament and lack of control in the locker room, he is destined to be just a super thug and cannot become a real leader! This can be verified from Durant's career playoff record. After entering the league in 2007, his career can be divided into four periods:

Thunder period: spent in the Thunder from 2007 to 2016. In this process, Durant is the team's well-deserved first core. He led the team to the playoffs for the first time in 2010 and was eliminated by the Lakers 4-2 in the first round; in 2011, he eliminated the Nuggets 4-1 in the second round, eliminated the Grizzlies 4-3 in the second round, and was eliminated by the Mavericks 4-1 in the third round; in 2012, he passed the hurricanes 4-0, eliminated the Lakers 4-1 in the Lakers 4-2, and finally swept the Heat gentlemen of the Big Three 4-1 in the finals. In 2013, he eliminated the Rockets 4-2 in the first round, but was eliminated 4-1 by the Grizzlies in the second round; in 2014, he defeated the Grizzlies 4-3 in the first round, eliminated the Clippers 4-2 in the second round, and lost to the Spurs 2-4 in the Western Conference Finals; he did not enter the playoffs in 2015, and eliminated the Mavericks, the Spurs and the 73-win Warriors respectively, and was reversed under the 3-1 lead, and chose to join the Warriors in the offseason!

Warriors period: The Warriors career from 2016 to 2019 was Durant's biggest seasons, but the real core of this Warriors can only be Curry. Durant is on par with Curry at most, and Curry is always the first core in the Warriors' system! In the first season of the Tsunami Brothers in 2017, the Warriors did not lose a single game in the first three rounds of the Western Conference playoffs, and in the finals, the Cavaliers swept 4-1. Durant won his first championship in his career and entered the ranks of historical superstars; in 2018, the Warriors' regular season journey in the Western Conference was not that smooth, and the Rockets were forced into a tiebreak and narrowly passed the level. However, in the finals, the Warriors swept the Cavaliers without any effort, and Durant defended the championship + FMVP to reach the peak of his career. In 2019, with Durant being injured, the Warriors Dynasty disintegrated. Although Durant has reached the finals for three consecutive years after joining the Warriors, this time they fell in front of injuries!

Nets period: Joining the Nets from 2019 to 2022, Durant once again played the team's first core role. This time he messed up again. With Irving and Harden around him, he made it into the playoffs twice in three seasons. He eliminated the Celtics 4-1 in the first round of 2021, but was eliminated by the Bucks 4-3 in the second round. That three-pointer on the line was a slump in many people. In 2022, Harden left, Durant and Irving's dual-core combination, was swept out 4-0 by the Celtics in the first round of the playoffs!

Suns: After the failure of the Nets period, Durant chose to join the Suns in the offseason in 2022, forming the three giants with Booker, Paul and Bill. Which is the problem? He lacks enough leadership temperament and has never been able to exert all the strength of the lineup. He eliminated the Clippers 4-1 in the first round of 2023 and was defeated 4-2 by the Nuggets in the second round; in the first round of 2024, facing the young Timberwolves who were swept by themselves in the regular season, no one was optimistic about the Suns before the game, but Durant led the Suns to be swept directly by the Timberwolves; this year, he couldn't even enter the playoffs!

Don't be too happy too early for the Rockets!

In summary, Durant's career has been so many years, except for Curry, the absolute core of the Warriors, he is the team's first choice, but his results are not ideal, especially after leaving the Warriors, he has formed a Big Three lineup for a long time. However, after 2019 and six seasons have passed, Durant has only won two rounds of the playoffs (the Nets 4-0 Celtics in the first round of 2021, and the Suns 4-1 Clippers in the first round of 2023)!

To be fair, Durant's teammates were not bad after leaving the Warriors. When forming the lineup, they were optimistic that they could compete for the championship, but the final result was heartbreaking! Durant joined the Rockets, the second in the Western Conference last season, last season. The team introduced DFS and Capela in the offseason, and a series of signing operations were full marks. Now most people equate the Rockets with the championship team. This is very similar to the situation when Durant joined the Nets and the Suns. Coincidentally, this Rockets once again need Durant to play the role of leader. The Rockets should not be too happy too early. It is still unknown whether Durant can transform into a real team leader by the Rockets' young players.