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    Kevin Durant: An Unauthorized Biography
    Kevin Durant: An Unauthorized Biography
    Kevin Durant: An Unauthorized Biography
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    Kevin Durant: An Unauthorized Biography

    By Belmont and Belcourt Biographies

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    Kevin Durant is a star on the rise. A six-foot, nine-inch small forward, Durant has worked his way into an elite class of NBA all-stars. The 2008 Rookie of the Year led the league in scoring in the 2009-10 season and was the youngest player ever to win the NBA scoring title. This biography explores Durant's upbringing, his high school and college basketball careers, and details his breakthrough into the NBA, all the way through the end of the 2011-2012 season.

    From family to basketball to the future, all you need to know about Kevin Durant is right here, right now, in the most up to date coverage of Kevin Durant's life.

    This book also includes all of Kevin Durant's college and professional statistics.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPrice World Publishing
    Release dateMay 2, 2012
    ISBN9781619841482
    Kevin Durant: An Unauthorized Biography

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      Kevin Durant - Belmont and Belcourt Biographies

      KEVIN DURANT

      An Unauthorized Biography

      Copyright © 2013 by Belmont & Belcourt Biographies

      All rights reserved. Neither this book nor any parts within it may be sold or reproduced in any form without permission.

      eISBN: 9781619841482

      Table Of Contents

      Introduction

      Personal

      The High School Years

      College Career

      Landing in the NBA

      The Rookie Season

      The 2008–09 season

      2009–10 season

      2010–11 season

      2011–12 season

      2012-13 season

      International career

      Charity Work

      Statistics

      Regular Season Stats

      Postseason Stats

      Introduction

      Kevin Wayne Durant is an American professional basketball player with the Oklahoma City Thunder of the NBA. A six-foot, nine-inch small forward, Durant was the consensus 2007 National College Player of the Year and the 2006–2007 Big 12 Conference Player of the Year. Durant played one season at the University of Texas before entering the 2007 NBA draft. There, he was selected second overall by the (then) Seattle Supersonics. From there, he went on to win the 2008 NBA Rookie of the Year award following his debut season. In the 2009–10 season, Durant led the NBA in scoring and became the youngest player ever to win the NBA scoring title. He would later be named to the 2010 All NBA First Team. As of this writing, he is, arguably, the most elite player in all of the NBA.

      Personal

      Hard work beats talent when talent fails to work hard.

      – Taras Brown

      Kevin Durant is the son of Wanda and Wayne Pratt. Born September 29, 1988 in Washington D.C., Kevin has one sister, Brianna, and two brothers, Tony and Rayvonne. Durant and fellow NBA player Michael Beasley (Timberwolves) grew up together. They have a close friendship and remain best friends. Durant is a spokesperson for the Washington D.C. branch of P'Tones Records, a nationwide non-profit after school music program. From the time he entered the draft in 2007, Durant was represented by agent Aaron Goodwin. On February 17, 2012, Durant announced he was splitting from Goodwin.

      Durant wears No. 35 to honor his

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