Kevin Durant has had many obstacles to overcome, before becoming an influential pro basketball player for the Golden State Warriors. Kevin’s roadblocks in his career consist of family issues, bully’s, and big changes. Kevin Durant has turned all of those negative impacts in his life into the reasons, why, he should keep striving. Durant is now a well-known role-model for all upcoming basketball players.
Kevin Durant was born in Suitland, Maryland, on September 29,1988. Kevin was the second oldest out of three siblings birthed by Wanda and Wayne Pratt. When Durant was only a baby his father had left. Growing up Kevin only lived with his older brother, Tony, and his mother. Unfortunately, the absence of Kevin’s father caused an economic
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crisis for Kevin’s mother consequently they had to move around a lot. When Kevin was in Grade school he was often bullied because of his height, but took advantage of it in sports. Most of Kevin’s comrades had said he wasn’t very skilled in basketball. Unexpectedly he was known locally for being proficient in football. Kevin began being very fond of basketball and dreamed of playing for the Toronto, Raptors a pro basketball team in Canada. Kevin began working on his skills and played for the PG Jaguars an Amateur Athletic Union youth basketball team in Maryland. “To this day, Durant wears a No. 35 jersey in honor of Charles Craig, his AAU coach and childhood mentor, who died at the age of 35”. Kevin loved Craig and thought of him as his father-figure. Craig would set up special practices for Kevin, ordered Kevin to promise not to play any unregulated games, and made him run up a 150-yard hill everytime he showed signs of an attitude. Kevin’s mother was very supportive “Kevin’s mother would make him double the route of running if she heard he was slacking in practice”. Kevin went to the Montrose Christian Academy in Maryland, where he averaged 23.6 points.
He then transferred to Oak Hill Academy in Virginia he averaged 19.6 points there. He was announced a McDonald's All-American in 2006. Not to mention, Kevin was the second best player in both of his classes by stats. In 2007, Durant got to meet his role-model Michael Jordan after being announced MVP at a big high school tournament. Adding onto those Immaculate achievements, showing how accomplished Durant is, he was introduced in a magazine and began to get even more recognition by colleges. Kevin Durant was a stunning player in college “As a freshman, Durant received the Oscar Robertson and the Adolph F. Rupp awards, and was the first freshman to win both honors”. Kevin played one year at the University of Texas, where he won a lot of rewards and was the first freshman to be named Naismith College of the Year. Kevin was off the bench as a freshman, “His college coach had said ‘Kevin would likely end the year in a National spotlight’”. Durant was among the top scorers and rebounders in only a couple of months of his freshman year. Ending his year off with over 16 awards Kevin Durant was a second-round pick by the Seattle
Supersonics. Kevin has spent his whole NBA career on the Supersonics who are now known as Oklahoma, Thunder. He has spent 11 years in the NBA but hasn’t won a championship. In spite of this factor Kevin Durant was fortunately united with a dominant player by the name of Russell Westbrook, who is an even portentous playing. Durant and Westbrook were a dynamic duo. Unfortunately in 2017, Durant got traded to the Golden State Warriors a stupefying team known for their winnings, Kevin had led the team to the championship against the Cleveland, Cavaliers. That game according to Kevin made a impact in his career. “‘That was the best moment I ever had,’ Durant told me. ‘I made the game-winning shot in the finals against my idol. Somebody that I really, really, really followed since I was a ninth-grade high schooler. I felt like he was passing the torch to me’.”, Kevin Durant had said after the teams big winning and his first Championship ring. Kevin Durant is known as one of our generation's greatest scorers. Throughout Kevin's career, he has been tested with a series of setbacks attempting to stop his dream. He is a known character in basketball, who, will hold a legacy. Despite Kevin growing up in a corrupted neighborhood without a dad and being bullied, Kevin has come a long way. Kevin has over 41 awards throughout his whole career. Kevin Durant will always be considered one of the NBA's greatest scores, not just because of his talent, but because of his hard-working and ambitious attitude.
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