Kevin Durant is an American basketball player that plays for the Brooklyn Nets in the NBA. In high school, Durant was very successful and played for three different schools including National Christian Academy and Montrose Christian School in Maryland along with Oak Hill Academy in Virginia. After being heavily recruited by top Division I schools, he played basketball at the University of Texas for one year before entering the NBA to play for the Seattle Supersonics (now known as the Oklahoma City Thunder). While playing for the Thunder, Durant led the league in scoring four different seasons and also earned NBA MVP in 2014. After his time with the Thunder, Durant left to play for the Golden State Warriors in 2016 where he won two NBA championships. Following the 2018-2019 season, he signed with the Brooklyn Nets but due to an achilles injury, he missed the entirety of the 2019-2020 season.
Kevin Durant started off playing basketball at the youth level for the PG Jaguars, an Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) team from Prince George's County, Maryland. In high school, Durant played for the National Christian Academy and Montrose Christian High school before transitioning to Oak Hill Academy, a well-known basketball school. Following high school, he committed to play for the University of Texas. After only one year at UT, Durant entered the 2007 NBA Draft and was selected second overall by the Seattle SuperSonics. The SuperSonics became known as the Oklahoma City Thunder after Durant's first season with the team and he continued to play for the Thunder for another eight seasons. On July 4, 2016, Durant announced that he would be leaving to play for the Golden State Warriors. After two very successful seasons with the Warriors, he signed with the Brooklyn Nets in the summer of 2018.
Kevin Durant has proved to be one of the most successful basketball players of all time. Starting off at the youth level, Durant won two AAU national championships with the PG Jaguars. In high school, he made the "First Team" list for Parade magazine and "First Team All-American" list for USA Today. Throughout his one season of college basketball, Durant started every game of the season, was named the Big 12 Tournament MVP, and received the Oscar Robertson and Adolph F. Rupp awards.
During his time in the NBA, Durant has received numerous awards including NBA Rookie of the Year in the 2007-2008 season, NBA Most Valuable Player in 2013-2014, and All-Star Game Most Valuable Player in 2012 and 2019. In addition, he won the NBA Championship in 2017 and 2018 where he was awarded NBA Finals MVP for both years. Aside from awards, Durant also led the NBA in total scoring in five different seasons and points per game in four seasons.
Kevin Durant was born in Suitland, Maryland on September 29, 1988. He was raised by his parents Wayne and Wanda Pratt with one sister, Brianna, and two brothers, Anthony and Rayvonne. As seen in his Lifetime movie, The Real MVP: The Wanda Pratt Story, Durant has a close relationship with his mother Wanda.
Currently, Durant owns multiple properties in the Oklahoma City area. He also opened a restaurant called KD Southern Cuisine in the Bricktown neighborhood of Oklahoma City. Around the same time, Durant became engaged to Monica Wright, a WNBA player, but the relationship did not last.
Aside from basketball, Durant enjoys giving back to the community. He donated $1 million to the American Red Cross after the 2013 Moore tornado in Oklahoma. Additionally, he is a spokesperson for the Washington D.C. division of P'tones Records, a national charitable after-school music program.
Yes, Kevin Durant has played in 10 consecutive NBA All-Star games between the years of 2010 and 2019. He has won 8 of the 10 all-star games he played in. In the 2012 all-star game, Durant scored 36 points and recorded seven rebounds and three assists, earning the most valuable player award. He also won the All-Star MVP award in the 2019 game where he scored 31 points with two blocks, two assists, and seven rebounds.
Kevin Durant has been to the playoffs nine times in his NBA career. He made the playoffs in six different seasons with the Oklahoma City Thunder and three seasons with the Golden State Warriors. In his playoff run with the Thunder in the 2013-2014 season, Durant scored his playoff high total of 563 points by making 194 field goals. He also recorded his playoff high minutes played that season at 815 minutes.
In Summer of 2016, Kevin Durant announced that he was leaving the Oklahoma City Thunder to play for the Golden State Warriors. Durant explained his decision to join the Warriors because he wanted to experience his true potential and growth as an NBA player. He also expressed his decision reasoning because of the desire to step out of his comfort zone by moving to a new city to play for a new team.
Kevin Durant missed the 2019-2020 NBA season due to injury. In the 5th game of the 2019 NBA finals, Durant ruptured his achilles and was sidelined for the remainder of the series. Only two days after the injury, he had surgery on the tendon and began his recovery journey. After that season with the Warriors, Durant joined the Brooklyn Nets in the summer of 2019 but made the definitive decision to sit out of the entire upcoming season to fully recover.
