Who is stronger with 12th Thunder vs 25th Thunder? Durant refuses to give an answer

On May 30, Suns superstar Kevin Durant started chatting with fans on Twitter. As we chatted, some netizens raised an interesting question: Which side do you think is stronger in the 2012 Thunder or the current 2025 Thunder?

Faced with this kind of comparison of "Guan Gong vs. Qin Qiong", Durant seems very realistic. He replied that he "don't like this hypothetical question very much", so it is difficult to give a definite answer to who is stronger.

However, when it comes to the current Thunder, Durant is not stingy with praise at all. He said with great certainty: "I think this Thunder team in 2025 can definitely be called a super strong team at the historical level!" He then explained his opinion in detail:

shooting is very accurate: the whole team has excellent shooting ability.

There are many good scorers: There are very efficient and stable main attackers in the team.

Tall and flexible: the players are tall enough and have great athletic ability.

The style of play is changeable: the team has a very rich tactics and can deal with different situations.

The inside line is properly configured: they have big men who can shoot (space type) and strong men who can handle it hard in the inside line (traditional type).

The coaching staff is great: Durant specifically mentioned that the Thunder's coaching team is also very outstanding.

Durant finally concluded: "I really appreciate the way they play. I can really learn a lot when watching their game videos."

Durant's praise happened just after the Thunder won a major victory. Just the day before (May 29), the Thunder defeated the Timberwolves with a big score of 124-94 in Game 5 of the Western Conference Finals. In this way, they eliminated their opponents with a total score of 4-1 and advanced to this year's NBA Finals with their heads raised!

This time the advancement to the finals is of great significance to the Thunder and their fans. This is the team's first-class basketball world's highest stage - the Finals after 13 years since the 2011-2012 season. Interestingly, one of the core figures who led the Thunder into the finals (in 2012), was Kevin Durant himself. At that time they beat the powerful Spurs in the Western Conference Finals, achieving their first Finals journey since the team moved to Oklahoma City.

Now, in 13 years of reincarnation, the Thunder once again launched an attack on the championship with a new look and a strong team that was praised by Durant as a "historical level". Durant became a sincere appreciation on the sidelines.