Video from my last two days in China

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What’s good everyone? I’m back in the States after a six day, four city tour of China…but here’s some footage of the last two day of my tour. Stops in Tianjin and Beijing. Shout out to China and all of the basketball fans there for all of the love they showed me on my tour.

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Nike Kevin Durant China Tour 2011: Day 6 in Beijing

On July 13 at Dongdan Basketball Park in Beijing, Kevin Durant and Yi Jianlian wrapped up KD’s 2011 tour of China by spening time watching outdoor youth basketball games, playing a spontaneous game of 2-on-2 and competing in basketball video games with fans.

Durant and Jianlian kicked off the events interacting with young players on court, while the players got to show off their skills in front of these basketball superstars. It was a special moment for the young athletes as they absorbed instruction from the pros.

Video from my two days in Wuhan, China

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What’s good everyone? My time in China is winding down…I start traveling back to the U.S. in a bit. But I have more photos and video to share from my tour. Here’s some footage from my two day stop in Wuhan. I got to see the famous Yellow Crane Tower and play tennis with French Open winner Li Na….I think I’m gonna stick to basketball! lol

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Nike Kevin Durant China Tour 2011: Day 5 in Tianjin

On the afternoon of July 12, Kevin Durant visited Tianjin People’s Stadium to meet, share stories, and play basketball with local hoops players and fans. In his very first visit to the city, Durant also met with volunteers from the GameChangers program and encouraged them to keep up their efforts to help the disadvantaged by using sports to give back to the community.

At this third stop of his 2011 tour, more than 1,600 basketball fans packed the stadium to meet Durant. He watched an Under 19 regional final of Baller’s Network Summer Basketball Tournament and presented awards to the champions who will also have the chance to participate in All-Star training camps and the Greater China Tournament of Champions in Shanghai in August.

As part his visit to Tianjin, Durant saluted the efforts of a GameChangers program volunteer team from Fudan University for their innovative community project for poor rural children. The team received a grant from Nike and China Youth Development Foundation to use sport to challenge rural schools students in Gansu Province to pursue their dreams. They spent three days at the county’s only primary school, teaching and hosting sports and arts activities for the children.

Previously in the day, Durant attended Nankai High School for a basketball skills clinic and also visited Sheng’ao Nike Store in Tianjin where he judged NIKEiD shoe designs submitted by local youth.

Nike Kevin Durant China Tour 2011: Day 4 in Wuhan

On the afternoon of July 11th, Kevin Durant, in his second day in Wuhan, visited the packed Guanggu Stadium University to meet and share his basketball stories with passionate local hoop fans. Durant also met with volunteers from the GameChangers program and encouraged them to keep up their efforts to help the disadvantaged by using sports to give back to the community.

KD watched the Under-19 regional finals of the Baller’s Network Summer Basketball Tournament and presented awards to the champion team. They will have the opportunity to participate in the All-Star training camps as well as the Greater China Tournament of Champions in Shanghai this August. As part of his visit to Wuhan, Kevin Durant met and saluted the efforts of a volunteer group from Hunan Normal University who is behind the innovative community project to help poor rural children.

Durant praised the innovation of the volunteers and presented his China Tour T-shirts to them as encouragement for using sports to change the world and to give back to the community.

Prior to visiting Guanggu Stadium University, Durant visited the historic Yellow Crane Tower, a notable landmark of Wuhan and prized building of China. The tour will continue on to Tianjin and Beijing to meet hoop fans and basketball players in that region.

Video from my time in Guangzhou

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Still on tour in China with my Nike Basketball family. Check out this video from my first two days there in an area called Guangzhou.

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Nike Kevin Durant China Tour 2011: Day 3 in Wuhan

On the evening of July 10th at Wuhan’s iconic Jiang Tan Park, “Nike Sports Night” brought together Li Na, Asia’s first Grand Slam winner, and basketball superstar Kevin Durant together. They shared their JUST DO IT stories to the 2,000 fans and young players in attendance.

At this celebration of the power of sports, Kevin Durant shared his story on how he turned years of hard work into a lifetime glory while Li Na spoke about her road to success by using sports to succeed. Both athletes encouraged young people to take up sport to achieve their dreams.

Previously in the evening, Li Na greeted 600 female runners and flagged off the Nike Lunar Run 2011. Immediately after Li Na joined Jiang Shan to appear at the Tennis Training arena where she showcased her Grand Slam trophy and conducted a tennis clinic for 30 children between 8 to 12 years old. Besides sharing tips with young tennis players, the hometown hero also shared how she chose sports to overcome challenges in order to achieve great success.

Nike Kevin Durant China Tour 2011: Day 2 in Guangzhou

On the morning of July 9th, Durant visited South China Agricultural University in Guangzhou and trained 64 young players that qualified for the Baller’s Network Summer Basketball Tournament Guangzhou Clinic, helping them improve their skills and training this summer. During the one-hour clinic, Durant taught players his signature moves and emphasized the importance of training. Durant coached and corrected players with one-on-one instruction. At the end of the clinic, he spoke on the key points of the clinic and encouraged the players to use sports to turn years of practice into glory.

Durant concluded his second day in Guangzhou with a visit Tianhe Sports Centre and join the Hoops Summer Nights. KD spent time during the event with more than 1,000 fans by watching outdoor basketball games, participating in drills and competing with fans in basketball video games. That concludes Durant’s trip to Guangzhou. Now off to Wuhan, China.

Nike Kevin Durant China Tour 2011: Day 1 in Guangzhou

On July 8, Kevin Durant, in his first visit to Guangzhou, China visited Jinan University to meet and share his basketball stories with passionate local basketball fans. Durant also met with volunteers from the GameChangers program and encouraged them to keep up their efforts to help the disadvantaged by using sports to give back to the community.

During this first stop of his 2011 tour, more than 2,000 fans packed Jinan University stadium to meet Durant. He watched an Under 19 regional final of Baller’s Network Summer Basketball Tournament and presented awards to the champions who will also have the chance to participate in All-Star training camps and the Greater China Tournament of Champions in Shanghai in August.

As part his visit to Guangzhou, Kevin Durant saluted the efforts of a volunteer team from Wenzhou Vocational and Technical College for their community project under the GameChangers program. The team received a grant from Nike and the China Youth Development Foundation to use sport to raise awareness about pollution in the Wen Rui Tang. They hosted a basketball tournament and other sports activities at seven area universities using these events as a platform to raise awareness among 1,500 students about the seriousness of the pollution and how to help clean it up. Durant gave the volunteers encouragement for using sports to change the world and to give back to the community.

I’m in China!

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What’s good folks? I’m out here in China for a 4 city tour with Nike Basketball. Before we got to mainland China for the tour we stopped in Hong Kong for a little bit. No joke, I went out to a night club our one night there and guys there had a ping pong table set up in the middle of the club. They were going at it tough too! lol

We then took a train to Guangzhou to start my Nike tour. On the train ride, we met some very nice people. One fan on the train had a KD shirt on and gave me a gift. Still amazed at how global our game is!

The train ride wasn’t too bad at all. I had my phone, computer and my headphones, so I was able to listen to music and talk on twitter with my fans. I also have my good friends Randy and Charlie with me, so that’s been good too. Only bad thing is that all of us are scared to go to sleep. We have this rule that the first person that falls asleep gets water thrown on them. No one wants to be the victim of that lol.

When we got to Guangzhou I did some media and store appearances. We also officially released the KD III scoring champ there. I’m not sure when/if the shoe is being released in other countries, but I’ll keep y’all posted!

If you’re out in China you can keep up with my tour on my Sina Weibo and Nike Basketball’s RenRen, Hoop China and Baller’s Network pages. If you’re in the states and can’t read Mandarin, I’ll have some videos and pictures of my trip up on the site for y’all later.

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