Kevin Durant is an American professional basketball player for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association. He is a ten-time All-Star and won the NBA Most Valuable Player Award in 2014.
Kevin Durant is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is a ten-time NBA All-Star and a four-time NBA scoring champion. He has also won two NBA championships, an NBA Most Valuable Player Award, two Olympic gold medals, and an NBA Finals MVP Award.
Durant was born on September 29, 1988 in Washington, D.C. He attended Montrose Christian School in Rockville, Maryland, where he was a standout basketball player. He was named the Washington Post All-Met Basketball Player of the Year in 2006. He then attended the University of Texas at Austin, where he was named the National Player of the Year in 2007.
Durant was selected second overall in the 2007 NBA Draft by the Seattle SuperSonics. He was named the NBA Rookie of the Year in 2008 and was selected to the All-Rookie First Team. He was also selected to the All-Star team in 2010 and 2011. In 2011, he was traded to the Oklahoma City Thunder, where he became the face of the franchise. He was named the NBA Most Valuable Player in 2014 and led the Thunder to the NBA Finals in 2012.
Durant left the Thunder in 2016 to join the Golden State Warriors, where he won two NBA championships and was named the NBA Finals MVP in 2017 and 2018. He left the Warriors in 2019 to join the Brooklyn Nets.
Durant is one of the most decorated players in NBA history. He is a ten-time All-Star, four-time scoring champion, two-time NBA champion, one-time NBA MVP, two-time Olympic gold medalist, and one-time NBA Finals MVP. He is also one of the most popular players in the league, with millions of fans around the world.