Kevin Durant

Kevin Wayne Durant (born September 29, 1988), also known by his initials KD, is an American professional <a href="/facts/Basketball/M5pl4Pzo">basketball</a> player for the <a href="/facts/Phoenix_Suns/v0IL9RfG">Phoenix Suns</a> of the <a href="/facts/National_Basketball_Association/Vd3EUFfa">National Basketball Association</a> (NBA). Durant has won two <a href="/facts/List_of_NBA_champions/Dg2Xd3WJ">NBA championships</a>, <a href="/facts/List_of_Olympic_medalists_in_basketball/L295oTCj">four Olympic gold medals</a>, an <a href="/facts/NBA_Most_Valuable_Player_Award/yKrySEJk">NBA Most Valuable Player Award</a>, two <a href="/facts/NBA_Finals_Most_Valuable_Player_Award/xSWHh7cb">NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Awards</a>, two <a href="/facts/NBA_All-Star_Game_Most_Valuable_Player_Award/q80huCxX">NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Awards</a>, four <a href="/facts/List_of_National_Basketball_Association_annual_scoring_leaders/YCAjhHeP">NBA scoring titles</a>, and the <a href="/facts/NBA_Rookie_of_the_Year_Award/NQYUhfah">NBA Rookie of the Year Award</a>. He has been named to 11 <a href="/facts/All-NBA/B1MkF0Nw">All-NBA</a> teams (including six First Teams) and selected 15 times as an <a href="/facts/List_of_NBA_All-Stars/BAejRoJP">NBA All-Star</a>. In 2021, Durant was named to the <a href="/facts/NBA_75th_Anniversary_Team/HWtHYH60">NBA 75th Anniversary Team</a>. He ranks eighth among <a href="/facts/List_of_NBA_career_scoring_leaders/fIB3Uygf">NBA career scoring leaders</a>.
Durant was heavily recruited in high school, widely regarded as the second-best player his senior year. He played one season of <a href="/facts/College_basketball/RKfLFya3">college basketball</a> for the <a href="/facts/Texas_Longhorns_men%2527s_basketball/llwpKInC">Texas Longhorns</a>, during which he won numerous year-end awards and became the first freshman to be named <a href="/facts/Naismith_College_Player_of_the_Year/TXw8hoxb">Naismith College Player of the Year</a>. Durant was selected as the second overall pick by the <a href="/facts/Seattle_SuperSonics/321Kb1Bm">Seattle SuperSonics</a> in the <a href="/facts/2007_NBA_draft/dINAubJ5">2007 NBA draft</a>. He played nine seasons with the franchise (which became the <a href="/facts/Oklahoma_City_Thunder/c5bpcUML">Oklahoma City Thunder</a> in 2008), leading them to a Finals appearance in <a href="/facts/2012_NBA_Finals/wNLGpECD">2012</a> and winning the MVP award for the <a href="/facts/2013%25E2%2580%259314_NBA_season/JdSYgqc9">2013–2014 season</a>. He later signed with the <a href="/facts/Golden_State_Warriors/RdR6buBk">Golden State Warriors</a> in 2016, who won a record 73 regular season games the previous year. Durant won consecutive <a href="/facts/NBA_championship/g7eM52sf">NBA championships</a> and Finals MVPs in <a href="/facts/2016%25E2%2580%259317_NBA_season/NpyNgauf">2017</a> and <a href="/facts/2017%25E2%2580%259318_NBA_season/PM3xSzmL">2018</a>. After sustaining an <a href="/facts/Achilles_tendon/bGI1SCC3">Achilles</a> injury in the <a href="/facts/2019_NBA_Finals/NE14Q3jk">2019 NBA Finals</a>, he joined the <a href="/facts/Brooklyn_Nets/5tL057Rj">Brooklyn Nets</a> as a free agent that summer. Following disagreements with the Nets' front office, he requested a trade during the 2022 offseason and was traded to the Suns the following year.
As a member of the <a href="/facts/United_States_men%2527s_national_basketball_team/bb3RhAfX">U.S. national team</a>, Durant has won four gold medals in the <a href="/facts/Basketball_at_the_Summer_Olympics/SHljcasA">Olympics</a> (2012, 2016, 2020 and 2024), and is the leading scorer in Team USA's Olympic basketball history. In 2024, he became the first male athlete to win four Olympics gold medals in a team sport. He also won gold at the <a href="/facts/2010_FIBA_World_Championship/8RGtKID2">2010 FIBA World Championship</a>. Durant is the only player in basketball history with MVPs in the NBA, Olympics and World Cup.
Off the court, Durant is one of the highest-earning basketball players in the world, due in part to endorsement deals with companies such as <a href="/facts/Foot_Locker/rzhxQXUQ">Foot Locker</a> and <a href="/facts/Nike%2c_Inc./uBaRcBM2">Nike</a>. He has developed a reputation for philanthropy and regularly leads the league in All-Star votes and jersey sales. In 2018, Durant was among <a href="/facts/Time_100/12J5tflY">Time's 100 most influential people in the world</a>. In recent years, he has contributed to <a href="/facts/The_Players%2527_Tribune/UsyfgRIc">The Players' Tribune</a> as both a photographer and writer.

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