Kevin Durant will be embarking on another tour of China with Nike Basketball July 8th – July 14th. As part of the tour, he’ll be making stops in Guangzhou, Wuhan, Tianjin and Beijing. KD will be participating in clinics, community events and Nike store appearances throughout the tour. Stay tuned to KevinDurant35.com as we’ll be posting updates from the tour each day. For a feel of what to expect, take a look at video from Kevin’s 2010 China Tour:

What’s going on everyone? I just arrived in New York City, my second time here in a month! I’m here for some more announcements and appearances that I’ll fill you in on later. But in the meantime I just wanted to catch you guys up on what’s been going on with me.

If you follow me on Twitter and Facebook then you probably saw that I had a good time on my tour through China with Nike Basketball. This was my second time in China but this year was different because both my dad and James Harden came along for the trip and they helped make it a lot of fun. We ran some camps with Nike, taught skills, met a lot of kids and just let everyone know how much hard work it takes to get to this level. It was all about interacting with the kids and letting them know that if they want to reach the NBA they have to work harder than the next person.

Aside from basketball my favorite part of the trip, hands-down, was our visit to the Great Wall of China. It’s more than just a wall, it’s a significant part of history that’s been there for thousands of years. Walking the Great Wall and knowing that not everyone gets this opportunity was such an experience. And it was a good, hard workout, too!

I also had a chance to hang out with some pretty chill panda bears. I swear, they were like humans. That was another highlight of mine.

After China I was back on the road to New York City to help Nike and USA Basketball announce the World Basketball Festival that will take place in Manhattan in mid August, and I’m proud that I was one of the guys who helped them with the announcement.

It’ll be a great chance to make sure fans know all about the World Championships. That’s a main goal, so the World Basketball Festival should be a blast. I can’t wait to play hoops outside in Times Square and I hope everyone else is, too. I know it’s not the Olympics, but hopefully people will get excited for us when we go over to Turkey. We’re all looking forward to that experience.

Also, I’ve been getting a lot of questions as to why I chose jersey No. 5. Well, I took the KG concept: there’s five guys on the floor so I want that number five to represent every guy on the floor. USA Basketball is a team thing. It’s not just me. It’s not just about the point guard or the small forward, it’s about everybody. It’s not about what I can do, it’s about how our team can operate together, so that’s why I picked it.

Well, that’s it for now. I’ll be back tomorrow to talk about what I’m doing in NYC this time around. And then comeback on Thursday, too, when I’ll give my thoughts on the NBA Finals and the NBA Draft that will be held later that evening.

THUNDER UP!

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What’s good everyone? I’m back in the States now, but I wanted to share video from the last leg of my China Tour with everyone. Check it out and let me know what you think. I’ll blog more about my trip to China when I get some free time.

If you missed video from the first 4 days of the tour, you can check them out here and here. Also, here are some photos from every stop on the tour.

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Video of the fourth day of my China Tour. The highlight: The Pandas.

Also, here are some more photos from the trip so far and video from the first three days of the tour. I’ll have more updates on my trip once I get back to the states.

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What’s good everyone? As promised, here’s some video of my tour in China. Beijing, the Great Wall and Chengdu…now I’m in Shanghai.

I’m leaving tomorrow for New York for another Nike event. Man, I’m so tired that I’m sleep walking now. But this is exciting, so even with no energy you know I have to be turned all the way up! Anyhow, check out the videos.

P.S. I saw the Nike Zoom KD III and you’re not going to be disappointed. They are craaaazzzzyyyy.

Bonus: Here are some more photos from the trip so far.

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KD is currently touring China with Nike Basketball. As part of the tour, Nike has released a special colorway of KD’s immensely popular Zoom KD II sneaker in China. The shoe honors Tsinghua High School for winning its third consecutive Chinese National Championship in basketball. Only 100 pairs were released in China, so this is truly a special edition and a fitting tribute to the Tsinghua High School squad.

What’s good everyone? James Harden, myself and my folks from Nike are on a mini tour of China right now. Like I promised, I’m checking in with you guys from the other side of the globe, which is pretty crazy when you think about it.

I’m over here promoting my shoes and getting acquainted with as many basketball fans as I can, just getting to know who they are and telling them all about the Thunder. I just want to put our name out there a little bit more and also experience something new, and this is the perfect way to do it. I think this will be a good thing for me, the Thunder and my sneakers and hopefully everything goes well. I had a lot of fun over here last year, when I went to Hong Kong.

This year I’m in Shanghai, Beijing and Chengdu. I’ll be signing autographs and maybe shooting a few hoops, but it’s more about getting close and personal with the fans, just spending time with them, you know?

As far as the food goes, I love Chinese food and I want to try some new things over here. As long as it doesn’t make me sick! James has never been here so it’s been cool to take it all in with him. My dad’s here, too, and when we arrived to Beijing the other day we all went out to eat at this really nice restaurant called Domus.

But right now I’m still trying to get acclimated to the time change. It takes almost a day to travel here, and there’s a 12 hour time difference from D.C. By the time this goes up on my site for everyone in the States, I’ll probably be sleeping.

Here are some photos from the trip so far. I’ll try to post some more pictures and some video from my trip soon. If you’re in China and interested in keeping track of my tour, make sure you check out Nike Basketball’s RenRen Page.

Anyhow, I’ll hit y’all later. THUNDER UP!

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Next week Kevin will head to China for a three city tour with Nike Basketball. He will be in Beijing from June 2nd – June 4th, Chengdu on June 5 and Shanghai from June 6th – 7th. We’ll make sure to keep Kevin’s fans outside of China updated on everything throughout the tour.