Biography
World Basketball Champion and Owner of the Gold Medals of the Olympic Games Olympic Games, Kevin Durant, has won many awards of the regular championship of the National Basketball Association and admitted twice the most valuable player of the professional league for the year. For the possession of Forward, not one team struggled, despite the fact that it is considered one of the highest paid basketball players in the world.Childhood and youth
Kevin Wayne Durant was born on September 29, 1988 in Washington in the family of US Congress workers. It turned out that soon after the appearance of the baby, Father Vane Pratt left the family, leaving his wife and four children to care for the elderly relatives of Barbara Davis.
The mother of the future basketball player, Wanda, returned Maiden's name Durant and moved from Colombia to Prince Georgez, settled in a small town called Sit Pleasant.
From an early age, Kevin was distinguished from classmates with high growth and large foot sizes. Thanks to this anatomical anomaly, the teenager was immediately accepted into the basketball section, and by age 11, he became the champion of youth games in the local team "Jaguars".
Feeling the taste of victory, Durant began to dream of professional sports and since 2003 he regularly played for the Maryland clubs at the championships held by the Amateur Athletic Union of the United States. Since then, in memory of the first coach, who died in 35 years, the young player began to wear a T-shirt with a number 35.
Having played 2 seasons for the National Christian Academy and spent one year in the team Oak Hill, Kevin entered the private school of Montrose and made his debut in the team of senior classes. A Durant's graduation class was called the best player of the children's championship and included all stars of the youth amateur league in the national team.
When Kevin turned 18 years old and his growth reached 206 cm, competing colleges began to fight for a talented player. As a result, Durant chose the Texas State Public University of Austin and soon found himself in the starting lineup of the team of the first basketball male division "Texas Longhorns".
From the first matches of the Junior Student Championship, demonstrated the ability and hit the list of the best players attack. At the end of the 2006/2007 season, Kevin with 30 points assigned the title "Player of the Year" and presented awards, including the prize to them. John Wood and Annual Neussmit Prize.
Basketball
In 2007, at the next draft of the National Basketball Association, a durant under the 2nd issue went to the team of the Western Conference "Seattle Supersonix".Immediately after that, the world-famous Nike corporation signed a 60 million sponsorship contract with the debutant of a professional league, according to which he was obliged to wear shape and sneakers with a logo of the company. It was one of the most expensive deals with the NBA leadership, the best deal received only Lebron James, 4 years before that the adult career in the Team "Cleveland Cavalers".
At the beginning of the 2006/2007 season, Kevin came to the starting lineup of Soniks and, together with another newcomer Jeff Green, took the position of striker. Having played 80 matches, Debutant achieved convincing averages and became the best young basketball player of the conference at the end of the year.
Next year, a Durant club changed the name at Oklahoma-City Tander and strengthened the composition, acquiring a talented defender of the California Westbrook University of California.
Before the final series of games, where "thunders" did not get due to numerous defeats, Kevin participated in the Newbies of NBA basketball players of the 1st and 2nd year and scored 46 points by setting a record among debutants. In the same weekend, the athlete won the H-O-R-S-E exponential competition and at the end of the season ranked 3rd among the best players of the NBA regular championship.
All this time, Durant continued to be formed and by 2009 reached a rise of 211 cm, scored a weight of 109 kg, the scope of his hands was 225 cm. Becoming the leader of the attack, the athlete created a combination with Westbruck defender, and thanks to this "Oklahoma-City" in 2010 entered In the playoffs of the National Basketball Association.
In the same year, Kevin made his debut in the match of all stars and came to the symbolic national team of professionals. Having achieved an average result of 30.1 points and beat competitors in an indicative sniper contest, a young basketball player became the most effective and most valuable player of the regular NBA championship. This awards added the title of world basketball champion and the US team records to the maximum number of points for the tournament and the game.
Before the start of the 2010/2011, Durant announced a new 5-year contract with Oklahoma City Tander in the amount of $ 86 million. Justifying the expectations of the team's leadership, Forward 2 years in a row withdrawn "Gromov" to the final series, appeared on the match of all NBA stars and Entered the national team of the best basketball players of the Association.
The following year, Kevin's statistics improved, for the first time overcoming the 50-point threshold in the match against the Denver Nuggets team. The athlete became the Olympic champion and received the title of the most valuable player of the match of all NBA stars.
Next, the cager of the basketball player developed in the increasing. In 2013, Durant became the youngest member of the 50-40-90 elite club, implementing 51% of skots from the game, 41.6% of 3-point hits and 90.5% of balls scored from the penalty line. After the contract with Oklahoma-City Tander, Kevin became a free agent and with the help of the Players' Tribune media payers announced that in the 2016/2017 season she intends to play the club "Golden Steight Warriorz".
Debuting in the company of defenders Andre Igudla and Draymond Green, Durant brought the team to the 1st place of the regular championship and, having won the playoff finals, became the most valuable player of the match against last year's winner NBA "Cleveland Cavalers".
Next season, the success of Golden Steight Warriorz repeated, and Kevin reached a turn of 20 thousand points. Having received the second title of the most valuable player of the NBA finals, Durant updated the contract with the club and in 2018-2019 continued to play for the California team.
The new chapter in the athlete career was the signing of a contract with Brooklyn Nets in July 2019. The team of a durant in the first game of the season was defeated by giving way to Minnesota Timbervulvz. By gaining momentum, Brooklyn began to win, but by January, victories and defeat indicators were the same and equal to 16. The basketball player himself did not speak this season because of the injury - the rupture of Achilles tendon.
In the spring of 2020, NBA has suspended regular matches due to a negative epidemiological situation and the country. A number of team athletes, including Kevin, got sick of COVID-19. At a durant and two more colleagues, the disease proceeded easily. In The Athletic video interview, he told that he feels well, and advised the public to comply with security measures.
The episode became the subject for the joke of the singer Rihanna: a vocalist asked if Kevin could participate in video broadcasts and would not need a mask.
Forward returned to the club after recovery and a 2-week quarantine.
Personal life
A durant still supports the warm relationship with the mother, the details of which were shown in the documentary film The Real MVP: The Wanda Pratt Story.
Being one of the most highly paid basketball players of the world, Kevin owns several properties in the United States.
In 2012, the athlete with the 52nd foot sampled in the family comedy "as the thunder struck", and after some time became a certified photographer worked on the Super Bowl 50 football matches.
An important page of the biography of a durant is considered charity. In 2013, the basketball player donated $ 1 million to the Red Cross Foundation and took the post of press secretary of the Washington branch of a nationwide non-commercial out-of-school music program.
Kevin's relationship with girls has always had a lot of rumors. From 2013 to 2014, the athlete was engaged to Monica Wright, with which he was friends with a school bench and had a common passion for basketball. But the wedding did not take place.
In 2019, according to the press statements, the girlfriend of the striker was the American model of Sabrina Brazil. The couple was often seen for journeys, despite the fact that the athlete lived in Auckland, and the model is in Los Angeles.
Now a durant is not in official relations.
With fans Kevin communicates through accounts in "Instagram", "Facebook" and "Twitter", which focuses on sports news and achievements, laying out photos from sites and avoiding details of his personal life.
Kevin Durant now
Professional career Durant continues to develop.As part of Brooklyn, Forward played in the Guest match with Golden State Warriorz, won over his former team with a score of 134: 117. Along with playing rivals, Stephen Curry Durant showed high performance by typing 20 points.
From February 2021, due to injury, Kevin missed several season games.
In the 2010, the basketball player invested in Coinbase, which developed a cryptocurrency exchange platform. Then the organization was evaluated at $ 1.6 billion, now its value increased to $ 100 billion, which significantly increased the incomes of an athlete.
The name of a durant sounded in scandalous history. Comedian Michael Rapport published a correspondence with Kevin, where he uses strong expressions to the actor. Forward publicly apologized to the fans for his lexicon, and Trainer Steve Nash held a letter with him.
Achievements and awards
- 2008 - Newcoming of the year in the NBA
- 2010 - Basketball World Champion
- 2010 - the most valuable world championship player
- 2010-2012, 2014 - the most effective player of the NBA regular championship
- 2010-2019, 2021 - Member of the Match of All Stars NBA
- 2010, 2016 - Athlete of the Year according to the US Basketball Federation
- 2012, 2016 - Champion of the Olympic Games
- 2012, 2019 - the most valuable match player of all NBA stars
- 2014 - the most valuable NBA player
- 2014 - ESPY Award Best Athlete of the Year
- 2017, 2018 - NBA champion