Luka Doncic: 5 Great players he's outperforming as a rookie

#4 Kevin Durant

Durant scores against the Cavs as a Sonic

Averages: 20.3 points, 4.4 rebounds, 2.9 assists, 43% fg%, 28.8% 3-pt%

Kevin Durant was the toast of college basketball in his only season as a Texas Longhorn, winning all 6 College Player of the Year awards and generally getting recognition as the best swingman in the 2007 NBA draft class. The Sonics drafted him with the #2 pick in the draft, and KD repaid the faith of the organization in the best way possible during his 9 years with the franchise.

The main issue with KD's play as a rookie was his lack of physicality - the lanky 6'11" small forward with a 7'4" wingspan should have been a much more dominant perimeter defender and rebounder given his other physical tools, but not having an NBA body cost him dear on both ends of the court.

He was also nowhere near as polished a scorer as he is today, relying on volume and in general, opting for heavily contested shots as a rookie, unlike Doncic.