Overview
- Asked on Jan. 30 about reaching No. 2 all time, Durant reacted to reporter Leigh Ellis’ math that he would need 25 points per game for 268 more games to surpass Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s 38,387.
- Durant said he won’t rule it out but stressed that the top scorers sustained elite play for about 20 years and that he’s focused on staying in the league rather than chasing a number.
- The Rockets star is averaging about 26.5 points this season in his 18th year, and Houston sits fourth in the Western Conference.
- Durant is sixth on the all-time scoring list with over 31,700 points after recently moving past Wilt Chamberlain and Dirk Nowitzki, and he is within range of Michael Jordan for fifth.
- The exchange drew wide attention on social media, with LeBron James sharing the clip and calling the interaction “so fire,” according to reports.