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Kevin Durant
Durant playing against the Washington Wizards at the Verizon Center in March 2011, during his tenure with the Oklahoma City Thunder.
No. 35 – Oklahoma City Thunder
Small forward
Personal information
Born | (1988-09-29) September 29, 1988 (age 25) Washington, D.C., United States
Nationality | American
Listed height | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight | 235 lb (107 kg)
Career information
High school | Montrose Christian School (Maryland) Oak Hill Academy (Virginia)
College | Texas (2006-2007)
NBA draft | 2007 / Round: 1 / Pick: 2nd overall
Selected by the Seattle SuperSonics[1]
Pro playing career | 2007–present
Career history
2007?present | Seattle SuperSonics / Oklahoma City Thunder
Career highlights and awards
NBA Rookie of the Year (2008) 3? NBA All-Star (2010?2012) 3? NBA scoring champion (2010?2012) 3? All-NBA First Team (2010?2012) NBA All-Rookie First Team (2008) NBA All-Star Game MVP (2012) NBA Rookie Challenge MVP (2009) 2? H-O-R-S-E Competition winner (2009?2010) FIBA World Championship MVP (2010) Big 12 Tournament MVP (2007) Naismith College Player of the Year (2007) Oscar Robertson Trophy (2007) Adolph Rupp Trophy (2007) John R. Wooden Award (2007)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals
Men's basketball
Competitor for the United States
Olympic Games
Gold | 2012 London | Men's basketball
FIBA World Championship
Gold | 2010 Turkey | Men's basketball

Kevin Wayne Durant (born September 29, 1988) is an American professional basketball player. Playing the small forward position, Durant currently is a member of the Oklahoma City Thunder of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Standing at 6'9" (235 lbs) and playing the position of small forward, Durant was the consensus 2007 National College Player of the Year and the 2006?2007 Big 12 Player of the Year, amongst other awards. After a standout freshman season at the University of Texas,[2] Durant opted to enter the NBA Draft,[3] where he was selected second overall by the Seattle SuperSonics. There he went on to win the NBA Rookie of the Year Award after his debut season. In 2007, Durant signed an endorsement contract with Nike.[4] In the 2009?2010 NBA season, Durant led the NBA in scoring and became the youngest player ever to win the NBA scoring title.[5] He is a 3-time NBA scoring champion, a 3-time member of the All NBA First Team, and a member of the U.S. national teams which won gold in the 2010 World Championship and the 2012 London Olympics.

## Early life and high school career[edit]

Durant was born in Washington, D.C. on September 29, 1988, one of four children of Wanda and Wayne Pratt. Durant has one sister, Brianna, and two brothers, Tony, and Rayvonne. Durant was raised by his parents and his grandmother, Barbara Davis. During his childhood, Durant and Michael Beasley grew up together, and had a close friendship. The two remain friends to this day.

A basketball player from his earliest days, Durant played for a successful Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) youth basketball team, the PG Jaguars, based in Prince George's County, Maryland. The Jaguars won multiple national championships with Durant and fellow future blue chip recruits Michael Beasley and Chris Braswell. Durant wore, and continues to wear, the number 35 jersey in honor of his childhood mentor and Amateur Athletic Union coach, Charles Craig, who was murdered at the age of 35.[6]

Durant later moved on to play AAU basketball with fellow McDonald's All-American Ty Lawson of the Denver Nuggets, for the D.C. Blue Devils. After spending two years at National Christian Academy, and one year at Oak Hill Academy, Durant grew five inches and was 6'7" when he started at Montrose Christian School in Rockville, Maryland for his senior year, during which he grew two more inches.[7] At Montrose, Durant led the team in scoring and steals and was named the Washington Post All Met Basketball Player of the Year. During his time at Montrose, he played in The Les Schwab Invitational, a nationally drawing invitational basketball tournament in Oregon State. Durant also played with current New Orleans Hornets point guard Greivis Vasquez while at Montrose. Vetter described Durant as a hard working player, complete with size, and incredible skills in shooting, ball handling, defense, and even some post up moves.[8] Durant also was named a McDonald's All American and named co-MVP of the 2006 McDonald's All American game along with Chase Budinger. Behind Greg Oden, Durant was widely regarded as the second-best high school prospect.[9][10]

## College career[edit]

Durant at the Frank Erwin Center in 2007, during his tenure with the University of Texas Longhorns collegiate basketball team.

A 6'9" swingman with a 7'5" wingspan,[11] Durant was one of four freshman starters for the University of Texas basketball team. Durant started in all 35 games of the season, which culminated with a loss in the second round of the NCAA tournament to the University of Southern California. Texas finished third in the conference with a 12?4 record and was the runner-up in the 2007 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament.[12]

Although he had a slender frame, Durant frequently used it to his advantage by posting up bigger players, while shooting over smaller guards.[13] ESPN analyst Dick Vitale praised Durant as the "most prolific offensive skilled big perimeter" ever and proceeded to compare Durant's game to those of current NBA stars like Kevin Garnett and Dirk Nowitzki.[14] After a 37-point, 23-rebound winning performance against the Texas Tech Red Raiders, head coach Bob Knight described Durant as quick, fast and mobile, and being "really good".[15] Texas coach Rick Barnes admitted to rarely calling set plays for Durant, instead relying on Durant himself and on his teammates to find him within the flow of the offense.[16]

Coming into the season, Durant was widely hailed by the media as the Big 12's top freshman and a top candidate to be named Freshman of the Year.[17] He averaged 25.8 points per game and 11.1 rebounds per game during his freshman season with the Texas Longhorns. In Big 12 games he averaged 28.9 points and 12.5 rebounds per game. His college career high for scoring was 37 points, which he achieved on four occasions. Durant had thirty 20-point games his freshman year, including 37 in a losing effort against Kansas for the regular-season Big 12 title.

In March 2007, Durant was named the NABC Division I Player of the Year,[18] and received the Oscar Robertson Trophy[19] and the Adolph F. Rupp Trophy,[20] becoming the first freshman to win each of these awards. On March 30, 2007, he was selected as the Associated Press college player of the year, becoming the first freshman and the first Texas athlete to receive this award since its inception in 1961.[18][21] On April 1, 2007, he became the first freshman to receive the Naismith Award[22] and on April 7, 2007, won the John R. Wooden Award.[23] Less than a week after being drafted by the Seattle SuperSonics, the University of Texas announced the retirement of Durant's No.35 jersey. The number will now hang in the rafters at the Frank Erwin Center along with the No.11 of former Longhorn great T. J. Ford.[24] Durant's jersey is now one of nine retired by the University of Texas .[25]

### College statistics[edit]

College | Year | GP | GS | MIN | SPG | BPG | RPG | APG | PPG | FG% | FT% | 3P%
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Texas | 2006?07 | 35 | 35 | 35.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 11.1 | 1.3 | 25.8 | .473 | .816 | .404

## Professional career[edit]

### Rookie season[edit]

Durant at the Seattle Super Sonics practice facility in January 2008.

Durant declared himself eligible for the 2007 NBA Draft on April 11, 2007 and signed his first professional contract on May 25 with the Upper Deck Company, who later heralded Durant to be the focus of their 2007?08 NBA trading card line. On June 28, 2007, Durant was taken second overall in the 2007 NBA Draft by the Seattle SuperSonics. It was expected that either he or Greg Oden, the starting center for Ohio State, were to go Number 1 in the draft. However, Oden was drafted first overall by the Portland Trail Blazers.[2] In the proceeding month, Durant went on to sign a seven-year, $60?million endorsement deal with Nike?a rookie deal only surpassed by LeBron James' contract with Nike.[26] In doing so, Durant reportedly turned down a potential $70?million contract with Adidas, opting for Nike since he had worn them all his life.

On October 31, 2007, Durant made his NBA debut with 18 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals[27] in a loss to the Denver Nuggets.[28] On November 16, 2007 Durant made the first game-winning shot of his NBA career with a key 3-pointer to beat the Atlanta Hawks in double overtime.[29] Durant finished with 21 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 steals, and 3 blocks.[30] On November 30, 2007, Durant scored 35 points to beat the Indiana Pacers.[31] In a game against the Denver Nuggets, he flirted with a triple double as he came up with 37 points, 8 rebounds and 9 assists. In the last game of his rookie season, Durant finally recorded his first double-double of his career with a then career-high 42 points and a career-high 13 rebounds, and also added 5 assists. In addition to leading all rookies in scoring for the season, he was named the NBA Western Conference Rookie of the Month for November,[32][33] December[34] (2007), January,[35] March[36] and April[37] (2008).[38] Durant's 20.3 point per game season average broke the SuperSonics' 40-year-old rookie record set by Bob Rule during the 1967?68 season. On April 30, 2008, Associated Press reported that Durant was awarded the NBA Rookie of the Year Award for the 2007?08 season.[39]

### 2008?09 season[edit]

Durant at the House of Hoops in The Bronx, New York.

Following the 2007?08 season, the Seattle SuperSonics relocated from Seattle, Washington to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma as the Oklahoma City Thunder. Although Durant was not selected to play in the 2009 NBA All-Star Game in Phoenix, he did take part in two events. On February 13, 2009, Durant led the Sophomore team to a 122?116 victory over the Rookie side at the T-Mobile Rookie Challenge Youth Jam. He was crowned the MVP for the game after he set the scoring record with 46 points, breaking the old mark set in 2004 when Suns F-C Amar'e Stoudemire had 36 for the sophomores. The next day, Durant came from behind to win the first ever H-O-R-S-E Competition in NBA All-Star weekend history, beating out Joe Johnson from the Atlanta Hawks and O. J. Mayo from the Memphis Grizzlies after getting four quick letters early in the game.

### 2009?10 season[edit]

Durant with his Thunder teammates.

Entering the season, the team was not expected to compete for a playoff berth; however, led by Durant, they finished the regular season with 50 wins and earned the eighth seed in the Western Conference playoffs. The 27-game improvement from the previous year was the sixth biggest turnaround in NBA history. Durant won the 2010 H-O-R-S-E contest to win his second in a row. He also made his first All-Star Game appearance, and coached the rookies at the T-Mobile Rookie Challenge and Youth Jam. He became the youngest in league history to win the scoring title at 21, averaging 30.1 points per game, beating out LeBron James. Durant also set the modern record for most games in a row with at least 25 points, breaking Allen Iverson's old record.

Kevin Durant dunking a basketball in March 2011, during an NBA season game against the Washington Wizards at the Verizon Center.

On April 18, 2010, Durant made his playoff debut with 24 points in a 79?87 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers. He scored 32 in a 95?92 loss in game 2, but responded with 29 points and 19 rebounds in a 101?96 win at Oklahoma City. He then went on to put up 22 points in the game four win against the defending champs. In game 5, Durant chipped in 17 points as his team lost, 111?87. Game 6 ended the season for the Thunder as Pau Gasol tipped the ball in for a buzzer-beating basket. The Los Angeles Lakers went on to round 2 of the playoffs as they won 95?94. Durant scored 26 points in his last game of the season. On May 2, 2010, the NBA announced that Durant finished second in the MVP voting for the 2009?2010 season, behind LeBron James. Durant joined LeBron James as the forwards on the 2010 All-NBA First Team, alongside Dwight Howard, Kobe Bryant and Dwyane Wade, as announced by the NBA on May 6, 2010. It was his first selection to an All-NBA team.

### 2010?11 season[edit]

On July 7, 2010, Durant announced on his Twitter page that he signed a 5-year contract extension with the Thunder.[40] The extension is worth about $86?million.[41] For a second straight year, Durant led the NBA in scoring, averaging 27.7 points a game[42] and finished 5th in MVP voting.[43] Durant made his second All-Star appearance, and scored 34 points, helping the West defeat the East 148?143.[44] Durant led the Thunder to 55 wins, and the number four seed in the Western Conference. The Thunder lost in the Western Conference Finals to the eventual NBA champions, the Dallas Mavericks.[45]

### 2011?12 season[edit]

Durant reached his career high in scoring on February 19, 2012, in a home match against the Denver Nuggets that OKC won 124?118. Durant scored 51 points, while his teammate Russell Westbrook scored 40. Durant was voted to play as a starter for the 2012 NBA All-Star Game for the second consecutive year. He scored 36 points and was awarded his first career All-Star Game MVP.[46] He finished the season averaging 28 points per game, clinching his third scoring title in a row.[47] and was also second in MVP voting.[48] Durant scored the game-winner with 1.5 left on the game clock to beat Dallas Mavericks 99?98 during game 1 of their 2012 first round NBA playoff series.[49] The Thunder reached the NBA Finals, but lost in five games to the Miami Heat. In the finals, Durant was the leading scorer on both sides with 30.6 points per game on 54.8% shooting from the field.

## International career[edit]

Durant after receiving the gold medal at the 2010 FIBA World Championship in Turkey

In late February 2007, Durant received an invitation to the Team USA Basketball training camp, becoming the second freshman after Greg Oden to achieve this.[50] After playing only a handful of games in the 2007 NBA Summer League, Durant was chosen to play for Team USA and participate in the State Farm USA basketball challenge, alongside NBA all-stars like Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Chris Bosh and Dwight Howard.[51] Although Durant held his own in scoring 22 points for the Blue team in one game, he was ultimately dropped when the roster was trimmed to the twelve-player limit.[52] Coach Mike Krzyzewski cited the experience of the remaining players as the deciding factor in making the cut.[52] He was also one of the last cuts to the USA Men's Senior National Team for the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Durant was finally able to represent the USA at 2010 FIBA World Championship and turned out to be the go-to-guy since other stars were unavailable for various reasons. Before the tournament, he downplayed this notion saying "he was another guy on the team."[53] Eventually, he led Team USA to its first FIBA World Championship since 1994 and was named MVP of the Tournament.[54] Along the way, Durant broke several Team USA scoring records including most points in a tournament (205) and most points in a single game (38). He averaged 22.8 points, 6.1 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 1.4 steals in nine games.

At the 2012 Olympics in London, Durant set a record for the most total points scored in an Olympic basketball tournament, previously held by Spencer Haywood.[55] The team finished undefeated, winning the gold medal match over runner-up Spain.

## NBA career statistics[edit]

Legend
GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game
FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage
RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game
BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high

| Led the league

### Regular season[edit]

Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
2007?08 | Seattle | 80 | 80 | 34.6 | .430 | .288 | .873 | 4.4 | 2.4 | 1.0 | .9 | 20.3
2008?09 | Oklahoma City | 74 | 74 | 39.0 | .476 | .422 | .863 | 6.5 | 2.8 | 1.3 | .7 | 25.3
2009?10 | Oklahoma City | 82 | 82 | 39.5 | .476 | .365 | .900 | 7.6 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 30.1[56]
2010?11 | Oklahoma City | 78 | 78 | 38.9 | .462 | .350 | .880 | 6.8 | 2.7 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 27.7[57]
2011?12 | Oklahoma City | 66 | 66 | 38.6 | .496 | .387 | .860 | 8.0 | 3.5 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 28.0[58]
Career |  | 380 | 380 | 38.1 | .468 | .364 | .878 | 6.6 | 2.8 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 26.3
All-Star |  | 3 | 2 | 29.0 | .516 | .364 | .867 | 5.0 | 1.7 | 1.7 | .7 | 28.3

### Playoffs[edit]

Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
2010 | Oklahoma City | 6 | 6 | 38.5 | .350 | .286 | .871 | 7.7 | 2.3 | .5 | 1.3 | 25.0
2011 | Oklahoma City | 17 | 17 | 42.5 | .449 | .339 | .838 | 8.2 | 2.8 | .9 | 1.1 | 28.6
2012 | Oklahoma City | 20 | 20 | 41.9 | .517 | .373 | .864 | 7.4 | 3.7 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 28.5
Career |  | 43 | 43 | 41.6 | .465 | .346 | .854 | 7.7 | 3.2 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 28.1

## Awards and honors[edit]

- NBA All-Star: 2010, 2011, 2012
- NBA Scoring Champion: 2010, 2011, 2012
- All-NBA First Team: 2010, 2011, 2012
- NBA Rookie of the Year: 2008
- All-Rookie First Team: 2008
- NBA All-Star Game MVP: 2012
- NBA Rookie Challenge MVP: 2009
- NBA All-Star Weekend H?O?R?S?E Competition winner: 2009, 2010
- 2010 FIBA World Championship MVP[54]
- 2012 NBA Western Conference Finals Champions

Milestones and records

- Most points in a Rookie Challenge game (46)
- Most points in an NBA All-Star Weekend (46)
- Most points in a FIBA World Championship game by Team USA (38)

Seattle SuperSonics/Oklahoma City Thunder Franchise Records

- Consecutive games scoring 30 or more points [7 (twice), from December 22, 2009 to January 2, 2010 and from April 4, 2010 to April 14]

  - Broke the record of 6 set by Spencer Haywood in January 1972.

- Consecutive games scoring 25 or more points (29, from December 22, 2009 to February 23, 2010)
- Most 30 point games in one season (48, 2009?2010)
- Most points in one season (2,472; 2009?2010)

### Other achievements[edit]

- 2006 Co-MVP McDonald's All-American Game?? Shared award with Chase Budinger
- 2007 ESPN All-American[59]
- 2007 ESPN Player of the Year[59]
- 2007 NABC Division I Player of the Year[18]
- 2007 AP Player of the Year (First freshman to achieve the honor)
- 2007 AP All-America 1st Team (unanimous)[60]
- 2007 Oscar Robertson Trophy[19]
- 2007 Adolph Rupp Trophy[20]
- 2007 Naismith Award Winner (First freshman to do so)[22]
- 2007 John R. Wooden Award All-American Team[61]
- 2007 John R. Wooden Award Winner[23]
- Big 12 Rookie of the Week (six times)[62]
- Big 12 Player of the Week (four times)[62]
- 2007 Phillips 66 Big 12 Men's Basketball Awards:[63]
  - Player of the Year
  - Big 12 Freshman of the Year
  - All-Big 12 First Team (unanimous)
  - Big 12 All-Defensive Team
  - Big 12 All-Rookie Team (unanimous)
- 2007 AP National Player of the Year[64]

## Personal[edit]

Durant is the son of Wanda and Wayne Pratt. He has one sister, Brianna and two brothers, Tony and Rayvonne.[65] His grandmother, Barbara Davis, helped to raise him.[66] Durant and Michael Beasley grew up together having a close friendship and remain best friends.[67] Durant is a spokesperson for the Washington, D.C. branch of P'Tones Records, a nationwide non-profit after-school music program.[68]

From when he entered the draft, in 2007, Durant was represented by agent Aaron Goodwin, but on February 17, 2012, Durant announced he was splitting from Goodwin.[69]

## See also[edit]

| National Basketball Association portal

- 2006 high school boys basketball All-Americans
- Thunderstruck, film

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Name | Kevin Durant
Alternative names | Kevin Wayne Durant
Short description | Collegiate basketball player, winner of multiple awards.
Date of birth | September 29, 1988
Place of birth | Washington, D.C.
Date of death |
Place of death |