who is the better thunder player all time? kd or russ?

Who was the better of all-time? I think there's no doubt it is KD. But to the Thunder, Russ did so much more for them.

And for those who create this narrative that when KD was a Thunder, it was his team, that's plain bs. Russ was as important to the Thunder. At that point in their careers, KD has yet to pull ahead as the definite better player.

Here's the stats for the last playoffs series they had together:
KD-30 pgg on .539 TS%, 8 rpg, 2.9 apg, 1.7 spg and 1.7 bpg.
Russ-26.7 ppg on .509 TS%, 7 rpg, 11.3 apg, 3.7 spg and 0.0 bpg.

You can argue that KD did better but you can argue that Russ was better as well. The more fair conclusion would be that they were both as good as each other.

It is also interesting to note that when Russ led all players in scoring, the Thunder won two out of two times. When Durant led all players in scoring, the Thunder once out of three times.

Again I repeat-at that point in their careers, when both were at OKC, neither was definitively better than the other. With this in mind, the answer will be easy.

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