Houston Rockets star Kevin Durant feels the 2026-27 Philadelphia 76ers have earned a comparison to the mid-dynasty Golden State Warriors now that they’ve added LeBron James.<\/p>\n
Durant compared the two teams when speaking to ESPN’s Ben Golliver<\/a> at a charity 3×3 tournament<\/a> for USA Basketball in California.<\/p>\n “The last time they put three 20-point scorers on a team, they said it was unfair, which was the [Warriors] team I was on,” Durant said, per Golliver. “[The 76ers] have got four 25-point scorers on this team. So, hell yeah, I think they’re going to be a contender. <\/p>\n “They’re going to be a fun team to watch. It’s going to be League Pass-worthy.”<\/p>\n Durant also told Golliver he “didn’t know at all” that James was planning to sign with the Sixers this offseason.<\/p>\n “LeBron is stealth like that,” Durant said, per Golliver. “I know there’s a lot of noise around him, but you never know what’s on his mind. <\/p>\n “I’m happy for him. It’s a great decision for him to go to a team that has a good chance to win. Philly is a great fan base, a great market, and it’s great for the league. There were so many eyes that were tuned into his decision.”<\/p>\n Durant averaged 28.2 points per game for the Oklahoma City Thunder the season prior to when he signed with the Warriors in 2016.<\/p>\n The Warriors, which already boasted two top scorers in Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson, went on to win back-to-back titles in 2017 and 2018.<\/p>\n The Sixers were led last season by Tyrese Maxey, who averaged 28.3 points per game, and Joel Embiid, who posted 26.9 points per contest.<\/p>\n The team has since added Jaylen Brown, who averaged 28.7 points last season with the Boston Celtics, and James, who put up 20.9 points per game with the Lakers.<\/p>\n Philadelphia will hope those additions are enough to help the Sixers follow in the Warriors’ footsteps by contending for the team’s first title since 1983.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Houston Rockets star Kevin Durant feels the 2026-27 Philadelphia 76ers have earned a comparison to the mid-dynasty Golden…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":841993,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,459,82],"class_list":["post-841992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/841992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=841992"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/841992\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/841993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=841992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=841992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=841992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}