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NBA Player Power Rankings: Draymond Green Surging

By Maxwell Ogden

Dec 25, 2015; Oakland, CA, USA; Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green (left) reacts as Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James (right) looks on in the first half of a NBA basketball game on Christmas at Oracle Arena. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 25, 2015; Oakland, CA, USA; Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green (left) reacts as Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James (right) looks on in the first half of a NBA basketball game on Christmas at Oracle Arena. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports /
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Jan 2, 2016; Charlotte, NC, USA; Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kevin Durant (35) places his hand on the shoulder of head coach Billy Donovan before going to the bench late in the fourth quarter against the Charlotte Hornets at Time Warner Cable Arena. The Thunder defeated the Hornets 109-90. Mandatory Credit: Jeremy Brevard-USA TODAY Sports
Jan 2, 2016; Charlotte, NC, USA; Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kevin Durant (35) places his hand on the shoulder of head coach Billy Donovan before going to the bench late in the fourth quarter against the Charlotte Hornets at Time Warner Cable Arena. The Thunder defeated the Hornets 109-90. Mandatory Credit: Jeremy Brevard-USA TODAY Sports /

4. Kevin Durant, Oklahoma City Thunder

Last Rank: No. 4

Position: Small Forward

Age: 27

Slash Line: .517/.416/.894

Season Averages: 35.7 MPG, 26.6 PPG, 7.8 RPG, 4.5 APG, 1.4 BPG, 0.9 SPG, 2.3 3PM

Kevin Durant has been absolutely ridiculous during the 2015-16 NBA regular season. He’s not yet back at the level he reached in 2013-14, but the former league MVP has coupled Top 5 scoring with an unfair measure of efficiency.

What else is new?

Durant is one of the greatest scorers in NBA history, and his four scoring titles are evidence enough to prove it. In 2015-16, he’s committed to a higher level of defense and has embraced the task of facilitating under new head coach Billy Donovan.

Thus far in 2015-16, Durant is shooting a ridiculous 56.0 percent from the field in isolation—the No. 2 mark in the NBA.

Durant is still battling the occasional injury, but it’s nothing serious enough to be overwhelmingly concerned about. If he’s able to maintain a clean bill of health until season’s end, he should get right back into the MVP discussion.

The fact that OKC has won 17 of its past 21 games with Durant in the lineup can only help his case.

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