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Kevin Durant

Basketball player

Born 1988

Kevin Wayne Durant is an American basketball player whose professional record runs from Seattle and Oklahoma City through Golden State, Brooklyn, Phoenix and Houston. He grew up around Seat Pleasant, Maryland, where his mother Wanda and coach Taras Brown encouraged him through doubts about basketball. His school route included National Christian Academy, Oak Hill Academy and Montrose Christian before Texas. A 2012 interview recalls the recreation centre as a place where he trained, studied and sometimes slept. His route to that career included a single season at the University of Texas in 2006–07. The Longhorns’ record describes a freshman who became consensus national player of the year, won the Wooden and Naismith honours and entered the 2007 draft as Seattle’s second overall selection. His rookie campaign brought the NBA Rookie of the Year award. The franchise then moved to Oklahoma City, where he developed into a league MVP and reached the NBA Finals. His later Golden State period produced championships and Finals MVP honours in 2017 and 2018. The university eventually recognised that professional career alongside its college record through a 2022 Hall of Honor induction. That institutional distinction is separate from the professional basketball Hall of Fame. International basketball forms another sustained career thread. His FIBA player record includes the 2010 World Championship and Olympic tournaments in London, Rio, Tokyo and Paris. Tokyo 2020 was held in 2021, when he also received the tournament MVP award. Paris brought a fourth Olympic gold, a men’s basketball record reviewed by USA Basketball in its anniversary series. His screen work spans acting and production. Thunderstruck casts him as Kevin Durant, while The Offseason lists an executive-producer role. SHOWTIME’s Basketball County: In the Water looks at the Prince George’s County basketball environment with Durant and Rich Kleiman as executive producers. Apple describes Swagger as a drama inspired by his youth-basketball experience, rather than a literal account of his life. Two Distant Strangers adds a separate executive-production credit; that credit is not presented as a personal Academy Award. SHOWTIME’s NYC Point Gods announcement also documents a collaboration with Boardroom. His broader screen record includes Q Ball and The Trainer as an executive producer, and appearances in Jump Shot, The Boardroom, Court of Gold and Starting 5’s second season. Netflix announced a separate career documentary in October 2025; that announcement does not establish a release. The current interview record includes an August 2026 conversation with Speedy Morman on that co-owned media platform, where Durant discusses possible work beyond playing. These ambitions are kept distinct from appointments or completed outcomes. His personal-life record is similarly dated: the January 2015 cover interview acknowledges a former engagement, while his later public single statement belongs to 2024. The lifestyle shelf preserves his own accounts of reading, music, food and preparation with their dates. It does not convert an old training interview or a brand conversation into a permanent routine.

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Connected people

ConnectionWanda DurantMother who encouraged his youth basketball development.

ConnectionTodd WrightTexas strength coach discussed in the historical training interview.

ConnectionRick BarnesTexas coach in the Naismith announcement.

Durant speaks to reporters in Denver, November 4, 2017 — Profile image · Cyrus Saatsaz / CC BY-SA 4.0

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Houston media day

Durant discusses the coming season.

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Life beyond playing
He discusses a future USA Basketball ambition; no appointment announced.
27 Aug 2026Source checked
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A career documentary announced
Netflix announced a Durant documentary series in October 2025. No release date is established here.
24 Oct 2025Official source
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A fourth Olympic gold
USA Basketball reviews his historic Paris achievement.
29 Sept 2024Official source
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Swagger returns
Apple’s second season released June 23, 2023.
23 Jun 2023Official source
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A New York basketball documentary
SHOWTIME announces NYC Point Gods, a Boardroom collaboration.
6 Jul 2022Official source
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Basketball County
SHOWTIME previews the documentary he executive produced.
5 May 2020Official source
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College breakthrough
Texas announces his Naismith Trophy.
1 Apr 2007Official source
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Selected Credits

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Year	Title	Role
2024	Paris Olympic GamesSport	United States player
2024	The TrainerScreenIMDb	Executive producer
2025	Court of GoldScreenIMDb	Self
2025	Starting 5ScreenIMDb	Self; season two
2025	Houston Rockets · 2025–26Sport	Player

Timeline

1988—2026

1988Born September 29.
YouthTrains at Seat Pleasant Recreation Center before National Christian, Oak Hill and Montrose Christian.
2006Plays the 2006–07 season at Texas.
2007Wins the Naismith Trophy.
2007Seattle selects him second overall.
2007NBA debut October 31.
2008NBA Rookie of the Year.
2009Texas retires number 35.
2009Historical training interview; republished in 2020.
2010Competes at the World Championship.
2012London Olympic gold.
2012Acts in Thunderstruck.
2014League MVP.
2014Church interview discusses Bible reading.
2014The Offseason executive-producer credit.
2016Rio Olympic gold.
2017Finals MVP with Golden State.
2018Again named Finals MVP.
2020Basketball County premieres May 15.
2020Two Distant Strangers executive-producer credit.
2021Tokyo gold and tournament MVP.
2021Swagger begins its screen run.
2022Texas Hall of Honor induction.
2022NYC Point Gods studio announcement.
2023Swagger season two releases June 23.
2024Paris brings his fourth Olympic gold.
2024The Trainer lists him as executive producer; its Tribeca screening followed in 2025.
2025October 16: Starting 5 season two features Durant.
2026August interview discusses life after playing.
2026Houston media day.

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Life beyond playing

A career documentary announced

A fourth Olympic gold

Swagger returns

A New York basketball documentary

Basketball County

College breakthrough