Kevin Durant is a third year NBA star, currently playing for the Oklahoma City Thunder. Originally from the D.C./Maryland area, Kevin attended college at the University of Texas at Austin. He was selected 2nd overall by the Seattle SuperSonics in the 2007 NBA Draft.

NBA: In his Rookie season, Kevin was named the NBA’s Rookie of the Year and selected as a member of NBA All-Rookie First-Team. That season he also received the NBA Rookie of the Month award five times and averaged 20.3 ppg, 4.3 rpg and 2.4 apg in 34.6 minutes per game. Kevin became just the third teenager to average more than 20 points per game. He scored a career-high 42 points and a career-high 13 rebounds on April 16, 2008 at Golden State at age 19 years 200 days.  No player in the history of the NBA has scored as many points in a game at a younger age.

In his second season, Kevin averaged 25.3 points, 6.5 rebounds, and 2.8 assists per contest for the newly established Oklahoma City Thunder. On February 13, 2009, he captured the MVP award of the Rookie/Sophomore T-Mobile Challenge by scoring a team-high 46 points.

In his third season, Kevin earned his first All-NBA First Team selection after becoming the youngest player (21 years and 197 days) to lead the league in scoring (30.1 ppg). His 756 free throws made was the sixth highest single-season total in NBA history and the highest since Michael Jordan made 833 in the 1986-87 season, while his .900 percentage from the line ranked sixth overall. Kevin also recorded a streak of 25 points or more in 29 straight games, the second longest streak of scoring 25 points or more in league history. He capped his season by leading the Oklahoma City Thunder to the playoffs and earning NBA Western Conference Player of the Month honors for the month of April.

COLLEGE: In his one season at the University of Texas, Kevin completed one of the greatest seasons in the history of College Basketball. In 35 games at UT, Kevin averaged 25.8 ppg (first in Big 12, fourth in the nation), 11 rpg and 1.9 bpg.  He scored 20-plus points 30 times, posted 30-plus points 11 times and recorded 20 double-doubles during his one year as a Longhorn.  Kevin exploded for 37 points and a career-high 23 rebounds at Texas Tech and again posted 37 points along with 10 rebounds, a career-high 6 assists and a career-high six blocks vs. Kansas in the Big 12 Tournament finals.  He was named the Big 12 Tournament Most Valuable Player after scoring a tournament record 92 points.

COLLEGIATE AWARDS: Kevin earned National Player of the Year honors from The Associated Press, NABC, USBWA, CBS/Chevrolet and The Sporting News.  He became the first freshman in NCAA history ever to win the prestigious John R. Wooden Award, the Naismith Award and the Adolph Rupp Trophy.  Kevin earned consensus First Team All-American honors, becoming just the third freshman in NCAA history to earn that honor, joining Wayman Tisdale (1983) and Chris Jackson (1989).  Kevin was named Big 12 Freshman and Player of the Year, earned First Team All-Conference honors and was named to the league’s All-Defensive Team.  On February 25, 2009, the University of Texas retired Kevin’s No. 35 jersey making him just the third player in the 103-year history of the program.