{"id":163046,"date":"2026-03-23T18:28:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T23:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/?p=163046"},"modified":"2026-03-23T18:28:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T23:28:18","slug":"kevin-durant-praises-michael-jordan-after-passing-him-on-nba-scoring-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/kevin-durant-praises-michael-jordan-after-passing-him-on-nba-scoring-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Durant praises Michael Jordan after passing him on NBA scoring list"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Houston Rockets forward Kevin Durant achieved another milestone this past week as he climbed up the NBA&#8217;s scoring list. Durant passed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/scottie-pippen-appears-to-take-a-shot-at-michael-jordan-in-new-commercial\/\">Michael Jordan<\/a> for fifth all-time on the NBA scoring list with 32,294 points to Jordan&#8217;s 32,292.<\/p>\n<p>The 37-year-old Durant has been efficient throughout his long NBA career which spans across 18 years. He&#8217;s been one of the best pure scorers in the league ever since he entered out of Texas. As Durant splashed a three-pointer from the corner to pass Jordan, it showcased his skill set once again. And now, he&#8217;s praising Jordan for being an inspiration to his career.<\/p>\n<h2>Kevin Durant praises Michael Jordan<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_163150\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-163150\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-163150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/USATSI_28458904-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"Kevin Durant Michael Jordan\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/USATSI_28458904-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/USATSI_28458904-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/USATSI_28458904-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/USATSI_28458904-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/USATSI_28458904-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/USATSI_28458904-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/USATSI_28458904-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-163150\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mar 10, 2026; Houston, Texas, USA; Houston Rockets forward Kevin Durant (7) shoots the ball as Toronto Raptors forward Scottie Barnes (4) defends during the third quarter at Toyota Center. Mandatory Credit: Troy Taormina-Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While Durant grew up in the DC area and was a lifelong Bullets\/Wizards fan, he appreciated the 90&#8217;s era of basketball. He went back to a playoff series in the first round of the 1997 Eastern Conference Playoffs where he saw Jordan live for the first time:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I want to say late &#8217;90s, but I can remember watching a playoff game versus the Bullets, so it had to be like &#8217;96-&#8217;97, cause we were still the Bullets. That was like my first live game watching MJ. Of course, I&#8217;ve seen highlights on TV and stuff, but just sitting there watching him play. I mean, that&#8217;s all you watched. It was like a solo cam was on him. His presence is, and then the stories around him, from everybody else, the\u00a0basketball world in general just made everything he did bigger than life,&#8221;\u00a0Durant\u00a0<a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NdD8zWE8Ri8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-ylk=\"slk:reflected;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;reflected&quot;}\" data-rapid_p=\"35\" data-v9y=\"1\">reflected<\/a>\u00a0in an exclusive interview with the Boardroom.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Durant has previously praised Jordan before, telling The Athletic that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7121975\/2026\/03\/20\/kevin-durant-views-michael-jordan-as-inspiration-it-has-him-positioned-for-history\/\">MJ has always been his inspiration<\/a>. So to pass one of his idols on the scoring list, it had to be a special moment for him.<\/p>\n<p>Since Durant went No. 2 overall to the Seattle Supersonics in the 2007 NBA Draft, he&#8217;s averaged least 25 points per game in 17 of his 18 NBA seasons. His longevity is impressive as is but at in the scoring and he&#8217;s en-route to a no-doubt Hall of Fame selection one day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Houston Rockets forward Kevin Durant achieved another milestone this past week as he climbed up the NBA&#8217;s scoring list. Durant passed Michael Jordan for fifth all-time on the NBA scoring list with 32,294 points to Jordan&#8217;s 32,292. The 37-year-old Durant has been efficient throughout his long NBA career which spans across 18 years. 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