There's no such thing as a "30-point" scorer

How do teammates influence each other on the court? Does a player's stats change because of who he is playing with? What about their overall value? This video looks at Kevin Durant as an example of how a player's stats and value are based on his own capacity, and who else is around him. Durant's Warriors give us key insight into these effects, along with the impact of Steph Curry, Klay Thompson, Russell Westbrook and more.

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Ben Taylor is the author of Thinking Basketball, a Nylon Calculus contributor, creator of the Backpicks Top 40 series & host of the Thinking Basketball podcast.

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