Welcome back to first take. This is our ESPN NBA Wednesday doubleheader. Victor Weniam on the Spurs.

Rep up their six-game road trip against Jason Tatum and the Celtics. Seven Eastern, that is. And then Steph and Jimmy Butler, Warriors in Dallas taking on Kyrie and the Mavs.

NBA countdown tips off our coverage at 630 Eastern. Let's go back to Kevin Durant. He became just the eighth player in NBA history to notch over 30,000 career points.

Katie dropped 34 for the Suns last night and a loss to the Grizzlies. Bad news for the Suns. They've lost six out of their last eight.

Good news for Durant, though. He joined really some elite company last night and includes LeBron James, Kareem, Carl Malone, Kobe, MJ, Dirk,

Wilk, Chamberlain.

Durant reached the milestone in the exact same number of games as Kareem, 101.

So here's Durant yesterday after the game on joining this exclusive club.

It's true honor to be in the same category as those players who've helped shape the game

and push the game forward.

That's always been my goal is to get the most out myself every day and most out of my career.

I'm just curious, you got 40K?

How many years you think that it takes?

You got to get, what, 2,000 points a year?

Yeah, but then you account for minor injuries and stuff.

I don't know if I can get there, man.

That's what makes LeBron's rise to the top pretty special.

He stay healthy. He stay consistent. So I try to stay. I'm just trying to stay consistent and see

what happens, man. I appreciate the reporter asking the question, but nonetheless, we're going to

enjoy the 30K right now. Durant, 15-time All-Star, four-time gold medalist.

I mean, it goes on and on.

His resume does.

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