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Kevin Durant is the absolute leader of the Thunder. He was selected by the Supersonics in the first round in 2007. Durant is 206 cm tall and weighs 106 kg. He has a skillful ball control that does not match his height. Skills, and even use Crossover to deceive defenders. His breakthrough has great lethality, height and arm length plus excellent jumping ability. Such a physical man is also difficult to resist. His shooting is very precise, and he jumps high enough that no one can block his shooting. His shooting has no dead ends. Anywhere after half court is his. In the attack area, his passing awareness is also very good, and he has the ability to revitalize the team's offense alone. On the defensive end, he can usually use his 228 cm long arm to interfere with the opponent's shooting. The tall insider picks up the rebounds. Apart from the basketball factor, Durant still has a calm and strong heart. He has hit key shots at the last moment of the game many times. What is even more frightening is that he is only 22 years old. He has huge potential and a lot of future. All in all, he is a player born for basketball. If there is no injury, he will create his own era in the Thunder.

The 2007-2008 season was Durant's rookie season. The Thunder worked hard to cultivate Durant throughout the season. Although the team's performance was at the bottom, Durant averaged 20.3 points and 2.4 assists per game, and his free throw percentage was as high as 87.3 %, three data ranked first among rookies, and 78 steals ranked second.Not only did he score far ahead of other rookies of the same grade, but Durant is also the player who averaged more than 20 points per game in his rookie season since James.In addition, Durant is also the first player to lead the team in scoring in his rookie season since the 2004-05 season. On April 2008, 4, the team scored a career-high 16 points in the game against the Golden State Warriors. Elected as the NBA's official western rookie of the month (November, December, January, March and April), Durant scored at least 42 points in 5 games, and scored more than 11 points in 12 games. In the Rookie Challenge, Durant also scored 1 points. On May 3, 4, the NBA officially announced the best rookie of the season, and Durant was elected with an absolute advantage of 47 points!
These statistics are the honors Durant achieved in his rookie season. In the first year of entering the NBA, Durant showed super scoring ability and court dominance. Therefore, this year, Durant is only In his first year as an NBA player, Nike impatiently gave Durant a seven-year, $7 million endorsement contract, the second-highest rookie sneaker endorsement contract in NBA history.

In the 2008-2009 season, Durant's performance was on a higher level, averaging 25.3 points, 6.5 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 1.3 steals per game, shooting 47.6% from the field and 42.2% from the three-point range. Compared with the season, his scoring increased by 5 points, rebounds increased by nearly 2, assists increased by 0.4 times, steals increased by 0.4 times, and more importantly, his shooting percentage increased by 4.6 percentage points. The ball hit rate has increased by 13.4 percentage points!All of this in just 4.4 minutes of added minutes!
In the 2008-2009 Phoenix All-Star Weekend Rookie Challenge, Durant made 25 of 17 shots and scored 46 points, leading the second-year team to a big victory. Highest scoring record.

Although Russell Westbrook joined this season, the Thunder's record is still very bad and they did not make the playoffs.

In the 2009-2010 season, Durant's performance reached a new level again! Full attendance in 82 games, averaging 30.1 points, 7.6 rebounds, 2.8 assists, 1.3 steals and 1 block per game, and his shooting percentage was 47.6% the same as last season!And his playing time has only increased by 0.5 minutes compared with last season, the data has increased by 4.8 points, rebounds have increased by nearly 1, and his free throw percentage has increased by 3.7%!This season, Durant was selected to the NBA All-NBA First Team, surpassing Rick Barry to become the youngest scoring leader in NBA history. He was only 21 years and 197 days old. In the regular season MVP selection, Durant was second LeBron James ranked second. Since this season, Durant has stepped into the hall of superstars from ordinary stars. Not only Durant himself is full of honors, but the most important thing is that the team has also won 50 games. Victory, Durant scored 29+ in 25 consecutive games, becoming the second person in the history of Mr. 25+. In the playoffs, although the Thunder and the Lakers were eliminated in six games, no one can deny Durant's Bright future for Thunder owner!

During the offseason of last season, Durant successfully signed a five-year $5 million contract extension with the Thunder. It can be expected that in the next five years, Durant will wear the Thunder jersey and fight on the court.

This season, the team Westbrook and Harden have continued to improve, helping Durant more and more on the offensive end. Durant has increased his role on the defensive end, averaging 28.9 points per game Can grab 10.3 rebounds.

Russell Westbrook, the second head of the Thunder, is 22 years old this year, and is in charge of the No. 2004 position. He was selected by the Thunder with the 4th overall pick in the first round in [-]. Westbrook is a point guard with amazing physical fitness , and very much likes to have physical contact with defensive players to win free throws. His strength is amazing and fast. There are few players in the league who can keep up with Westbrook's first step. His breakthrough is not Iverson style. The style that makes the defenders dizzy is a very violent straight-line breakthrough. A simple change of rhythm allows the defender to pause for a while, and Westbrook can drive straight to the basket with his powerful explosive power. Down and then dunk to score, this kind of offensive method seems simple, but it is actually very lethal. Many inside big players have served as the background of Westbrook's top ten goals!

Westbrook's emergency stop jump shot is also a must. With the shadow of Francis back then, his super body control ability allows Westbrook, who is already hovering in the air, to have enough time to shoot with a bow, but Westbrook's shortcomings are also obvious. , don't like passing, the three-point shot is unstable, sometimes, and the defense is not good enough, especially when the opponent is off the ball and cutting. The control of the rhythm of the court is not in place. Often the brain will be hot, and the moonlight will shine. Westbrook’s relatives will not recognize him. At the critical moment of the game, no one can stop Westbrook's transformation, not even the team boss Durant and head coach Brooks.

In the first season, Westbrook averaged 32.5 points, 15.3 assists, 5.3 rebounds and 4.9 steals in 1.3 minutes per game, shooting 39.8% from the field and 27.1% from the three-point range. The best rookie was given to Rose, and his statistics were only 16.8 points, 3.9 rebounds, 6.3 assists and 0.8 steals per game. The most glorious battle of Westbrook this season was undoubtedly on March 2009, 3. On July 3, the Thunder played against the Mavericks at home. Westbrook scored the first triple-double of his career in front of triple-double master Jason Kidd, with 17 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists.

In the second season, Westbrook averaged 16.1 points, 8 assists, 4.9 rebounds and 1.3 steals per game. His shooting percentage rose to 41.8%, but his three-point shooting percentage was only 22.1%. It rose again to 21.9 points, 8.2 assists and 4.6 rebounds, steals rose to 1.9 times, shooting 44.2% from the field, and 33.0% from the three-point range, becoming Durant's most powerful assistant.

James Harden, the third head of the Thunder team, is 21 years old this year. He was selected by the Thunder at the third place in the first round in 2009. Due to the existence of Durant and Westbrook in the starting lineup, considering the distribution of ball rights, Harden can only play in the Thunder. The position of the sixth man is different from Durant and Westbrook's perverted physical fitness. Harden's physical fitness can only be barely average. When he was young, his chronic asthma made Harden seriously lack of physical fitness when he just played professional leagues, which led to his efficiency. dramatically drop.

Harden has a very high basketball IQ. He is the kind of player who really plays with his brain instead of his body. His three-pointers are very accurate, reaching 37.5% in his rookie season. His childhood idol Manu Ginobili's sharp European step, and the step-back shot after continuous shaking are Harden's signature moves. Not only that, Harden is also very good at finding physical contact and using free throws to score points. Harden's Passing is above the league standard, his defense is at the average level of the NBA, basically there is no gambling steal, but stuck in the defensive position, the only thing Harden lacks is that he can't play low post singles, if Harden has perfected this skill, and with his big butt and a weight of nearly 100 kilograms, it will be a very powerful killing move.

In his first season as a rookie, Harden averaged 22.9 points, 9.9 rebounds and 3.2 assists in 1.8 minutes per game. He was selected to the All-Rookie Second Team this season. For the absolute core strength on the bench.

The player who replaced Harden in the starting lineup was Sabo Safolosha, who was born in Switzerland in 1984 and was nicknamed the Swiss Army Knife. In the 2006 NBA draft, Safolosha was selected by the Philadelphia 13ers with the 76th overall pick in the first round. Then he was traded to the Bulls. In 2009, the Thunder traded Wilcox from the Bulls for Safolosha, and signed a four-year, $4 million contract with him.Safolosha basically has no effective means of attack on the offensive end, relying entirely on off-ball cuts and double-teaming of Durant and Westbrook by the opponent, but Safolosha can firmly press Harden What he relies on on the bench is his strong defense. On the court, he is really like a plaster, clinging to the opponent's attacking arrow. Like Battier, his statistics are not very conspicuous, but he is Can subtly affect the accuracy of the opponent's shot, Safolosha has a calm mind, basically does not make mistakes on the defensive end, and is rarely deceived by the opponent's various fake moves. Safolosha was also selected last year Made the second team of the league's best defensive team.

Maurice Peterson, a shooting guard, is 33 years old this year, a veteran who has played in the league for 11 years. He only played five games in the Thunder this year, averaging only 5 minutes per game, but his contract is as high as 664 This is a very big temptation for teams that want to free up salary space, so Peterson's transaction value is far greater than his value on the court.

Daquin Cook, 23 years old this year, was the 2007st best rookie in the first round in 21. He was a teammate of Alden the Great in college. He is physically strong and has outstanding three-point shooting ability. ball champion.Last year, he averaged 2009 points and 5 rebounds per game.