KD passes MJ + Post All-Star Glow-ups
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Good morning and welcome to the NBA Daily presented by Amazon Prime for March 23rd, 2026. I'm Dave DeFore here with Espera Henney and Zena Keita coming up. KD passes MJ on the all-time scoring list. J-Dub is back and we're going to talk about some of the teams that have been more impressive since the All-Star break.
Good morning, everybody. What's up, guys? You guys watch college basketball all weekend or are you grinding NBA tape like I am? I'm grinding NBA tape, truthfully.
I think I'm a little bit more on the college, women's college side. Let's just be real.
What does Kevin Durant's milestone of passing Michael Jordan mean for his legacy?
That's right. Yeah, it's a little bit of both for me.
Yeah, well, let's do a plug, by the way, for No Off Season. Yes. That is our women's basketball podcast hosted by Zena Kadis. Go and check that out. Anything crazy happen in the tournament over the weekend, Zena?
Like on the women's side? I will just say this. The community. committee knows exactly what it's doing. Once it gets past the first round, you're not really going to get upset on the women's side, but that four or five, those, those combinations have been some incredibly exciting, really tough matchups. So, yeah. So now I would say the madness is really about to start on the women's side.
Zena, just a heads up. And this is not college related. I am going to bug you about tempo stuff in the coming months. I'm just going to keep bugging you.
Yes. I'm very excited.
Another favorite team. What are you talking about? This is my job. I am impartial.
That's fair. There you go. There you go. But yes, CBA agreed to WNBA season is coming. So I think more than anything, March Madness is crazy, but that what's about to happen with the WNBA season, a draft is,
Isn't that like 700 free agents?
Yes, yes. Pretty much 80% of all the vets are wide open. So that is really the March Madness that's about to happen. Let's see. Yeah, that's going to be fun.
Anyway, guys, check out no offseason because Xena works really hard on that. Guys, KD. is now fifth all-time on the NBA's all-time leading scorer list. He does work hard, puts in that work when he's not, you know, doing other things. He passed Michael Jordan for fifth all-time, which, you know, it's sort of surreal, I think, when these guys pass a guy like Michael Jordan. Obviously, with LeBron, it's become old hat. But, you know, Kevin Durant, I mean, this is a new guy who's kind of getting into the upper echelons of NBA history in front of our eyes.
I'm kind of weirded out that I'm already looking ahead here and I'm like, can he do more? You know, can Kevin Durant do more for us as NBA fans and perhaps pass Kareem Abdul-Jabbar?
Yeah, this is interesting, right? Because it's his age that is the problem. This is his year 37 season. He's going to turn 38 starting next year, okay? How much more time does he have producing at this level? He puts up, what, 1,700, 1,800 points a season? Yeah, the last couple seasons. Okay, so he's 1,350 points roughly behind Kobe Bryant for fourth.
That's one season.
That's right. So he should do that next year. I don't think we're going to see much of a drop off between this season and next season. But six thousand and ninety three points to catch Kareem for number two all time. Now, that is an interesting conversation, because by that math, it's what, three and a half more seasons, about three and a half more healthy seasons is the thing I would add.
I would add one more.
I would add productive seasons. Healthy and productive for about three to four more years.
Can he do 25 points a game for three and a half more years?
I mean, he he's now throughout his career, Katie has suffered an Achilles. He suffered a fractured leg. He's been able to come back and still play at the level that he's at. And I would say that this is probably, you know, he's been playing solidly this whole season for Houston in terms of health and things of that sort. So I think if he is able to, To continue on this trajectory, he could technically do it, especially if he continues to be a focal point in which a team is built around him to be able to score at that level.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:40
2
What does Kevin Durant's milestone of passing Michael Jordan mean for his legacy?
0:40–9:09
3
Can Kevin Durant realistically pass Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on the all-time scoring list?
9:09–21:43
4
How are the Oklahoma City Thunder improving as they get healthy?
21:43–28:19