Kevin Durant

Kevin Durant was born in Washington, D.C., on September 29, 1988.⁠[1]

Durant, from Suitland, Maryland, played 35 games for Texas in the 2006–07 season, averaging 25.8 points and 11.1 rebounds, and won the Naismith Award, the Wooden Award and AP Player of the Year while being named a consensus first-team All-American.⁠[2]

Selected second overall by the Seattle SuperSonics in the 2007 NBA Draft, he averaged 20.3 points as a rookie and was named Rookie of the Year; the SuperSonics later moved to Oklahoma City.⁠[3]

Durant won gold with the United States at the 2010 FIBA World Championship, where he was named MVP, won Olympic gold in 2012, 2016 and 2020, and was named USA Basketball Male Athlete of the Year in 2010, 2016 and 2021.⁠[1]

In 2013 Durant founded the Durant Family Foundation. With College Track it runs the Durant Center, a 10-year, $10 million program, and its Build It and They Will Ball initiative had renovated 28 basketball courts as of June 2023.⁠[4]

Durant was named NBA Most Valuable Player for 2013–14 as a member of the Oklahoma City Thunder.⁠[5]

That season, with Russell Westbrook missing nearly 30 games, Durant led the league at 32 points a game. In his acceptance speech he called his mother “the real MVP.”⁠[3]

In 2016 Durant and his business partner Rich Kleiman co-founded Thirty Five Ventures (35V) to bring together their businesses in sports, technology, media, philanthropy and other fields.⁠[4]

In the 2016 Western Conference finals the Thunder lost to the Golden State Warriors after leading the series 3–1. On July 7 that year Durant signed with the Warriors, having written on The Players’ Tribune: “I have decided that I am going to join the Golden State Warriors.”⁠[6]

In the 2017 Finals Durant averaged 35.2 points, 8.0 rebounds and 5.4 assists and was named Finals MVP. In 2018, as the Warriors swept the Cleveland CavaliersCleveland CavaliersThe Cleveland Cavaliers are an NBA basketball team based in Cleveland, Ohio, with Rocket Arena as their home arena.Open the full entry, he averaged 28.8 points, 10.8 rebounds and 7.5 assists and won the award again.⁠[7]

On May 8, 2019, Durant strained his right calf in Game 5 of the Western Conference semifinals against the Houston Rockets; he later ruptured his right Achilles tendon, an injury that could keep him out for the entire next season. When free agency opened on June 30, he announced on The Boardroom’s Instagram page that he would join the Brooklyn Nets; The Boardroom was then an online series he produced with Kleiman.⁠[8]

On July 1 Warriors co-chairman and CEO Joe Lacob said in a statement: “As long as I am Co-Chairman of this team, no player will ever wear #35 for the Warriors again.”⁠[9]

In July the Nets acquired Durant and a protected 2020 first-round pick from the Warriors for D’Angelo Russell, Shabazz Napier and Treveon Graham.⁠[10]

In June 2020 Durant bought a 5% stake in Major League SoccerMLSMajor League Soccer (MLS) is a top-flight professional soccer league comprising clubs in the United States and Canada. Play began in 1996, and the league has 30 clubs divided between Eastern and Western Conferences in 2026.Open the full entry club Philadelphia UnionPhiladelphia UnionPhiladelphia Union is a Major League Soccer club representing the Philadelphia region. It began play in 2010 and plays at Subaru Park in Chester, Pennsylvania. Keystone Sports and Entertainment owns and operates the club.Open the full entry, with an option to buy another 5%.⁠[11]

On October 29, 2021, Swagger, a series inspired by Durant’s years playing youth basketball in the Washington, D.C., area, premiered on Apple TV+ starring O’Shea Jackson Jr., with Durant among its executive producers.⁠[12]

In October 2022 Durant and Kleiman’s 35V bought a Major League Pickleball expansion team. Durant described pickleball as “a small passion that’s just gonna keep building.”⁠[13]

In February 2023 the Nets traded Durant and T.J. Warren to the Phoenix Suns for Mikal Bridges, Cameron Johnson, Juan Pablo Vaulet, Phoenix’s 2023, 2025, 2027 and 2029 first-round picks and a 2028 first-round pick swap. Durant was then recovering from a ligament strain in his right knee.⁠[14]

In August 2024 Durant won men’s basketball gold with the United States at the Paris Olympics.⁠[15]

In 2024–25 the Suns went 36–46 and missed the playoffs, with Durant averaging 26.6 points. On July 6, 2025, a trade involving seven teams was confirmed: the Rockets received Durant and Clint Capela, and the Suns received Jalen Green, Dillon Brooks and No. 10 pick Khaman Maluach, among others.⁠[16]

As of July 2025, Durant had career averages of 27.2 points and seven rebounds, four scoring titles, was the eighth player in NBA history to score 30,000 career points, and was the highest-scoring player in U.S. Olympic basketball history.⁠[17]

On October 16, 2025, the second season of the Netflix documentary series Starting 5 premiered, following Durant among other players; his storyline ends with his offseason trade from Phoenix to Houston.⁠[18]

That month the Rockets announced a two-year extension with Durant that could keep him in Houston through the 2027–28 season.⁠[19]

In March 2026 Durant passed Michael Jordan on the NBA’s all-time scoring list in a game against the Miami HeatMiami HeatThe Miami Heat are an NBA basketball team based in Miami, Florida, with Kaseya Center as their home arena.Open the full entry.⁠[20]

In August 2026 Durant said on Boardroom Talks: “One of my main goals is to be the GM of the Team USA.”⁠[21]

Thirty Five Ventures: Official website: https://www.35v.com/ (opens in a new window)⁠[22]

Boardroom: Official website: https://boardroom.tv/ (opens in a new window)⁠[23]