T he number seems unfathomable even to other upper all-star level players like Amen Thompson, almost like a beacon from another planet. Thirty one thousand points. Actually 31,024 points now and counting The company Kevin Durant is in is beyond historic. Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Michael Jordan, Wilt Chamberlain, LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Karl Malone, Dirk Nowitzki. Guys who all have statues outside of arenas (with LeBron’s in Cleveland already in the works.) Now Kevin Durant makes it an exclusive club of eight.

“It’s kind of hard to wrap my mind. . . ” Thompson says when I ask him about that 31,000 number. “I know it’s a lot because he’s been in the league so long. I know it got to be a lot. But I’m like ‘Could I do that?’ You know. But he’s different.

“He’s one of the best scorers of all

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