Kevin Wayne Durant is an American professional Basketball player for Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA) born on September 29, 1988 (Age 30) in Washington D.C U.S. He won 2013-14 National Basketball Association (NBA). His Mother Wanda Durant and his Father Wayne Pratt got divorced when Kevin was an infant.
Kevin Durant was then raised by his Grandmother Barbara Davis. Durant think of him as a ‘’High school kid’’ and enjoys playing video games in his free time. He is very close with his Mother Wanda Durant, a relationship which was further detailed in the movie The Real MVP: The Wanda Pratt Story. For net worth Kevin Durant net worth is $300 million. Durant has a sister Brianna, and two brothers Tony and Rayvonne.
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Durant average 20.3 points per game that’s the reason he got he got the award of NBA Rookie of the year award. Despite playing on the most talent-laden team of his career, Durant continued to thrive with the Warriors, scoring 25.1 points per game while helping Golden State post the most wins in the league (67). The Warriors then set an NBA record by opening the postseason with 12 straight victories en route to a Western Conference title.
The team’s dominance continued in the NBA finals, as the Warriors lost just one game to the Cleveland Cavaliers en route to capturing the league championship. Durant averaged 35.2 points per game in the finals and was named finals MVP for his performance. Durant is one of the highest earing basketball players in the world, due in part to endorsement deals with companies such as Foot Locker and Nike. In 2012, he tried his hand at acting, appearing in the film Thunderstruck.
Durant is best known for prodigious scoring ability from 2010 to 2014; he also won four scoring titles and become one of the two players to win four scoring titles. Kevin Durant owns several properties in Oklahoma City area. In 2013 he opened his restaurant KD’s Southern Cuisine, In the Brick town
Most don’t understand that Russ probably HAS to put up triple doubles for them to have a chance to win every night. Just imagine where the Thunder would be without Russell Westbrook. I get it, Stephen Curry is still one of the best players in the league.
Wilton Norman Chamberlain was a basketball player who played in the NBA from 1959 to 1973. He went to college at the University of Kansas, and was drafted into the NBA in 1959 by the Philadelphia Warriors. Wilt went to high school at Overbrook in Pennsylvania. Wilt Chamberlain was born on August 21, 1936 in Pennsylvania, and he passed away on October 12, 1999 in Los Angeles at the age of 63. Wilt Chamberlain played for three teams in his NBA career, The Philadelphia Warriors, The Los Angeles Lakers and the Philadelphia 76ers. Wilt Chamberlain was at his best when he was with the Los Angeles Lakers, Where he won the NBA Championship in the 1971 – 72 season. While in his career, Wilt set many records while in his career, such as scoring one hundred points in one game, which has not been broken to this day, He lead the league in scoring for seven seasons in a row, was the only player to score 4,000 points in one NBA season, average 50.4 points per game for an entire season, average 48.5 minutes per game for an entire season, have eighteen consecutive field goals in a single game, have f...
Born on December 7, 1956 in West Baden, Indiana, Larry Bird was raised in French Link, Indiana, he went to Springs Valley High School, and he also attended and played basketball for Indiana, and Indiana State University. Growing up Larry's family always struggled financially so Georgia and Joe Bird would often send their son Larry to live with his grandparents. In 1975 after Larry's parents had divorced his father Joe Bird committed suicide due to alcoholism and personal difficulties. Despite everything he had been through by the time he was a sophomore in high school Larry had become one of the best players in French Link.
“Pistol” Pete Maravich is the highest scorer in College basketball history he had 3,667 points in his four year career at LSU. In the middle portion of the book it started talking about Pete’s middle school and high school basketball memories and his great achievements. The next portion of the book spoke about Pete’s college offers and his tough decision to choose which one to attend. Another part of the book really got into the life of Pete’s brother Ronnie. Finally the last part of the book I read spoke about Pete’s legendary College basketball career. After going over this portion of the book it was easy to connect with Pete’s
He is the only player in the NBA history to average at least 30 points in a season. After he retired from the Lakers he started coaching volleyball and basketball and he was put in the volleyball Hall of Fame. Wilt Chamberlain was considered one of the greatest and most memorable players in the NBA. One of his tragedies was his death at age 63.
...MVP twice, NBA Rookie of the Year, NBA scoring champion, All-NBA First Team six times, All-NBA Second Team twice, NBA All-Defensive First Team 4 times, NBA All-Rookie First Team, 2012 USA Basketball Male Athlete of the Year, 2012 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year, Cleveland Cavaliers all-time leading scorer, Naismith Prep Player of the Year 2013, and USA Mr. Basketball for two consecutive years.
According to Nba.com in his whole career he has played 661 games. Kevin Durant has been in the league for a long time, try 9 years. That means he has been playing professional basketball since 2008, I was 4 when he started playing basketball. Right now Kevin Durant plays for the Golden State Warriors. He's played for 2-3 teams. First he played for the Seattle Supersonics for 1 year. Then he played for the Oklahoma City Thunder for 8 years which was the Seattle Supersonics until it got changed. And he currently is playing for the Golden State Warriors. After this season it’s going to be his 10th season in the
Born on September 29, 1988 in Suitland, Maryland, Kevin Wayne Durant is a high profile basketball player who has a stellar history playing for the Seattle Supersonics, Oklahoma City, and currently, as of 2016, the Golden State Warriors. Durant is an eight time National Basketball Association (NBA) All Star and all time NBA scoring champion (kevindurant.com). Durant has also claimed the NBA rookie of the year award, and two Olympic medals. Amazingly, at just 28 years old, Durant seems to get better and better in every aspect of his game. As a result, Durant has risen to be one of the top players of the NBA in only few years, and is known as “a nightmare” to his opponents. However, Durant is also one of the most liked players of the NBA because of his general humbleness and his seemingly unreal athletic ability on the court (Savage).
In his first season with the Chicago Bulls Michael Jordan averaged 28 points a game and voted to the All-Star game, because of all the attention Jordan received his teammates refused to pass him the ball. Instead of letting the freeze-out during the All-Star game deter him he went on to win Rookie of the Year. The following season he would break his foot causing him to miss the rest of the regular season. He would return for the playoffs where in the second game of the series against the Boston Celtics he set the record for most points in a playoff game with 63; however the Celtics would win the series and would later on lose to the Los Angeles Lakers.
Michael Jordan has played in NBA for 15 seasons and has scored a career total of 32,292 points. This year in 2016, Kobe Bryant played his final game against the Utah Jazz. After 20 years in the league Bryant accumulated 33,643 career points. While both of these scoring
When Kevin Durant won the MVP award in two thousand fourteen he said this as a part of his speech, “Dear Mom, We weren’t supposed to be here. You made us believe. You kept us off the streets, put clothes on our backs, food on the table. When you didn’t eat you made sure we ate. You went to sleep hungry. You sacrificed for us. You’re the real MVP.” I will write about a man who went through a lot to be the great basketball player that he is today. Kevin Durant was born September twenty ninth in nineteen eighty eight in Washington D.C. The reasons why I chose Kevin Durant for this project is becuase he is extremely humble, he went through a lot, he has done great things for society. In the end you will see why I chose Kevin Durant
He led in rebounding with 10.4 rebounding. Larry Bird had 24.3 points per game (21,791 points in total), Had 6.3 assists per game (5,695 assists in total), and got at least 10 rebounds per game (8,974 rebounds in total). Larry Bird won the rookie of the year award his first year in 1980. He won the NBA All Star award twelve out of his thirteen years in the NBA and NBA's Most Valuable Player three out of the thirteen years in the NBA. Lastly, he won the NBA finals Most Valuable Player two out of the thirteen years in his NBA career. (Larry Bird
Early Life (Early Years and Education) Wardell Stephen Curry II was born on March 14, 1988, in Akron, Ohio, but mainly grew up in Charlotte, North Carolina. The oldest son of former NBA player Dell Curry, the junior Curry learned the fundamentals of basketball by watching and practicing with his father. However, it was mom Sonya, a former Division I volleyball star, who instilled the discipline to train in her son while Dell Sr. was with his team on road trips. Curry became a national star in March of his sophomore year, when he carried the Wildcats to a berth in the regional finals of the NCAA tournament with a series of high-scoring performances. After leading the nation with an average of 28.6 points per game as a junior, the All-American was selected with the seventh pick of the 2009 NBA Draft by the Golden State Warriors. The entire Curry family played sports, so Stephen grew into to them at a young age. Curry’s Family (Early Years and Education, Personal Life) However, it was mom Sonya, a former Division I volleyball star, who instilled the discipline to train in her son while Dell Sr. was with his team on road trips. Brother Seth also went on to a career in professional basketball after starring at Duke University, and sister Sydel became a volleyball player at Elon University. Curry married his college sweetheart, Ayesha, in July 2011. One year later they had their first
First, we will celebrate LeBron James’s accomplishments in the NBA. There are over 400 players in the NBA. These players are on the battlefield, fighting day after day because they all know only one can become the Most Valuable Player. LeBron James rose above all, claiming the MVP award, not 1, not 2, not 3, but 4 times. Not only is LeBron James an MVP, but he is also a 13-time All-Star player. LeBron James garnered enough votes from the fans, the players, and the media to become an All-Star like a presidential candidate getting enough votes from the voters to become the President.
Most importantly, teamwork both on offense and defense has led them to be ranked among the league’s best in both. As long as the Golden State Warriors keep shooting the three point shot the way they have been, along with great passing and teamwork, they will pass the record held by the 1995-1996 Michael Jordan led Chicago Bulls team. With superstar snipers in Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson, it is no wonder the Golden State Warriors lead the NBA in 3-point shooting percentage. Not only are they shooting over 40% from behind the 3-point line, which many consider to be the barometer of an elite shooter, as a team they are the number one, three-point shooting team with a 41.2% shooting percentage from behind the arc.