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We’re only six days into the NBA season, but if you’ve consumed enough of the action, there are some truths that require no further evidence to prove. And the greatest of these self-evident truths six days in is that this is the season of Kevin Durant and LeBron James. Both, not either. The league’s two best players have been, well, the league’s two best players. Durant, who started last season slowly, has the Oklahoma City Thunder at 4-0 against a tough slate (three playoff opponents, one day of rest, some rough shooting by co-star Russell Westbrook). LeBron has the Heat at 3-0, sits at an early-season PER of 40.7 while shooting almost 60 percent from the floor to the tune of 32 points a game.

These numbers will all come down. LeBron isn’t going to shoot 60 percent for a season, even a 66-game season. The Thunder are going to lose, and Durant is going to have some bad nights. The particular excellence will fade a bit, but the general excellence looks completely legitimate, and it’s something we’ve been looking forward to for a long, long time.

http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2011/12/30/2670232/kevin-durant-lebron-james-self-evident-truths-hook