Kevin Durant proved right to dump suns after Eurobasket Heroics or Budding Star

The Phoenix Suns may have lost Kevin Durant this season, but they have tried to put a brave face when losing one of the best attacking players of all time. Devin Booker can put his departure under unnecessary pressure to be a maker for this selection again, but in reality the fit between the two was never as seamless as when Chris Paul was in the city.

Booker nevertheless imagined Durant – especially in Crunch – time – while he felt more than comfortable to give him the ball in tight situations and let the 36 -year -old go to work. Bradley Beal was completely a different story, although he jumped out of the frying pan and in the fire by landing with the La Clippers this season.

Eurobasket Heroics or Alps Sengun completely justifies Durant.

Although we looked at what the departure of Durant means for the Suns, it has become clear that Durant was also right to call it a day and to continue to the Houston Rockets. They are much better set up to meet his attacking style, and in Amen Thompson a budding two-way star and one of the best defenders in the competition already have because of his freak athletics.

But it is the center of Rockets Alpen Sengun that might be the jewel in the crown here, and the piece of the 23-year-old in Eurobasket for his native Turkey is incredibly impressive. Sengun was so good in the unlikely victory on his side of European giant Serbia that he kept Nikola Jokic’d Nikola Jokic out of a competitive game. That is an incredibly difficult thing to do.

Sengun was already on the fast road to success – he was first named All -Star last season – but this was at a different level. Such a big one who is an elite passer -by, but also an above -average defender – and only getting better – is a luxury that Durant could only have dreamed of in the valley, and it further emphasizes how much their front office has done the situation.

While Deandre Ayton was hardly the answer – with regard to Charles Barkley of course – linking Durant with Jusuf Nurkic was a disaster that waited. The Bosnian was supposed to be a fraction of what Sengun is already – on his day he is an above -average passer and offensive pivot – but even Nurkic is not.

So Durant has traded a third option in Beal that did not play half the time, and a co-star in Booker who, despite playing a different position, simply never fits completely. Develop the offensive in a “my turn, your turn” experience. Compare that with the rockets, and both Thompson and especially Sengun. This is a better chance for Durant to win a championship than Phoenix ever did.