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Kevin Durant Voted Best Player over LeBron James, Giannis by Retired NBA Players

Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant is the best player in the NBA, according to a survey of 118 retired players.

Per The Athletic's Josh Robbins and Sam Amick, Durant received 44.2 percent of the vote to finish well ahead of runner-up LeBron James (31.6 percent).

Reigning NBA Finals MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo (13.6 percent) was the only other player to receive at least 10 percent of support from those surveyed. Stephen Curry (3.5 percent), Joel Embiid (1.8 percent and Nikola Jokic (1.8 percent) round out the top six.

Further down the list, injured stars Kawhi Leonard and Zion Williamson both received 0.