If not for a scary mid-season MCL sprain, Kevin Durant would have been in the league MVP conversation and the Nets likely would have had an easier playoff road than a first-round matchup with the Boston Celtics.
Durant was sensational for the Nets in the early part of the 2021-22 regular season, and had Brooklyn near the top of the Eastern Conference prior to his absence.
His missed time meant that he wasn’t eligible for awards like the scoring title, but Durant just missed becoming the first Nets player in franchise history to average 30 points per game for a season.
Here’s how Durant’s 2021-22 regular-season stats compared to his career-bests in each category.