Suns star Kevin Durant reveals the most underrated player he’s played with
Kevin Durant has now played with four different NBA teams since entering the league in 2007. He's had more teammates than it's realistically possible to guess. So when Durant is asked to name one player who he'd pick for anything (best teammate, etc.) it complicates the question more than it would for some other NBA stars.
But Durant, who's been active on social media this offseason and has specifically seemed willing to answer questions from fans, was able to pinpoint one player who he considers the most underrated he's played with. While responding to the question on Twitter, the Phoenix Suns star admitted there were a few players he'd consider for the title of "most underrated," but ultimately selected Jeremy Lamb.
It's an interesting choice, but his former teammate had a well-rounded game and he put together some solid seasons statistically throughout his career.
Lamb, who last played in 2021-22 with the Indiana Pacers (39 games) and Sacramento Kings (17 games), spent three seasons as a teammate of Durant from 2012-13 to 2014-15 on the Oklahoma City Thunder. While Lamb (not surprisingly) wasn't asked to be a primary scorer on those teams, he went on to put together a nice stretch of his career on both ends of the floor shortly after.
Lamb's best (offensive) season with the Thunder came in 2013-14, when he averaged 8.5 points while shooting 43.2 percent from the field and 35.6 percent from three-point range. He logged his highest minutes per game with the team that year at 19.7 and parlayed his stretch in Oklahoma City into a deal with the Charlotte Hornets and then the Pacers.
He averaged double digits in points per game for four straight seasons, two with the Hornets and two with Indiana. The best season of his career came in 2018-19 when he averaged 15.3 points on 44 percent shooting, along with 5.5 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1.1 steals per game.
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