Durant wasn't a #1 when the Suns traded for him. Why is it so hard to say it without caveats?
This is arguable. With KD as their 1, the Nets had reeled off like 21 of 24 wins and was either the 1 or 2 seed in the East before he got hurt.
What’s not arguable is that is NOT a #1 anymore.
What’seven sadder moving forward is Book is DEFINITELY not a 1 and to be honest, isn’t even really a good championship level 2 because he’s pretty one dimensional and doesn’t play both sides of the court.
Having those two one-dimensional guys, neither of which do anything to make their teammates better combined with them both being quitters during spots during their career, kill any blueprint to build around them.
I’ve got no issue saying I was totally duped as to who KD was AND who Booker could be when we made the trade.