I had a great time at my appearance at the PG Plaza Footlocker House of Hoops a couple of weeks ago. Because I’m from the area, it is really important to me to have events in the DMV as much as possible. Here are a few pics from the event. Did any of you get a chance to make it out?

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Check out the first episode of Kevin Durant’s new web series entitled “35th Hour”. Episode 1 gives us a day in the life of Kevin, as he and his Goodman League teammates take on L.A.’s Drew League All-Stars in the D.C. showdown known as Capital Punishment.

Shout out to Kam Pashai and The Mars Reel team for their work on this.

Last night, KD made his return to the Goodman League in Washington D.C. Kevin uses the streetball league to help prepare himself for each NBA season. Take a look at some highlights from his first game there below:

What’s good everybody? Earlier in the year I blogged about my experiences playing in the Goodman League at Barry Farms. Nike Basketball’s “The Leap” followed me home to D.C. this summer to get a glimpse of me playing at Barry Farms. Check out the video and let me know what you think. I also debut the Velvet Hoop edition of my Zoom KD II in the video. So make sure to look out for that.

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What’s good everyone? Hope you all saw our win last night over the New Jersey Nets. We beat them 105-89 on the road for our third straight win. It’s our longest winning streak of the season. It’s a long season, but I’m so excited with the way we’ve been playing.

I hope tonight will be just as good for us. We’re in D.C. right now. As most of you know, I grew up just outside of here. So it’s good to be back! I feel like I haven’t been here in years. I haven’t been home since September. We’re just here for a day, but even if it’s for a couple of hours it feels good. It’ll be fun to play in front of my friends and family.

I’m sure a lot of people are going to be hitting me up for tickets, but I’m going to let my mom and my brother handle that for me. I’m just worried about coming in and playing. They all respect that I’ve got to get my rest for game day and they all understand that.

So I’ll be ready to play. Our game against the Wizards starts tonight at 6 p.m. OKC time, so if you’re in the area, buy a ticket and come check us out. If not, watch us on TV. We beat the Wizards at home earlier this season, but we don’t overlook any opponent. Should be a good game!

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What’s going on everybody? We play Andre Iguodala and the Sixers tonight. Should be another tough game, so make sure you tune in and support us.

So have any of you guys heard of the Barry Farms Goodman League in D.C.? That place means a lot to me. It’s one of the best spots for street ball in the summer, but it’s not your typical street ball.

The first time I played at Barry Farms was when I was 16 years old. It was the finals, a three-game series and I played in that. It was the first time I stepped on the court and I was nervous because it’s right in the middle of the projects, a part of town I never really go to. I just used to go there to watch games and hurry up and leave before it got dark, but it was fun. I knew it was going to be a rough game. The refs don’t call fouls. I knew they were going to test me because I was tall and skinny. I never played there before but I stayed strong and held my own and ever since then I’ve been going back.

I went there with Ty Lawson. Me and him have been real close friends since ninth grade and he asked me to come play with his team. My mom was a little scared. She never let me play there before but now she let me go out there and play and it kind of let me show what I can do.

I have a lot of great memories from there. I had 62 points in a game down there and I had 55 this past summer down there in the playoffs. It was one of my memorable games because it was so packed. People were sitting on the gates and they were so close to the playing floor that if you go out of bounds you were stepping on somebody. That’s how close they were, that’s how intense it was. I remember going down, knocking three after three, going to the basket. I took one step across half court, I shot a jumper and I made it. I felt like I was on. The crowd kept hyping me up and telling me to shoot and they were giving me the ball. It made me feel good, gave me that confidence that I needed.

The best thing about it is it’s not regular street ball where you’re crossing them up and throwing it off people’s heads and just playing around. You really want to win. It’s for bragging rights for the whole city. Wherever I go, whether it’s Philly or Baltimore or L.A., people say, ‘are you playing down at the Farms this summer?’ It’s starting to become nationwide. A lot of people know about it. In D.C. we’re all about talking and bragging rights, so everywhere I go in the city people ask me when I’m playing again.

It’s fun because whenever I play it’s always crowded. It’s like the same fans every game. One time it was me, Michael Beasley, local legend Kurt Smith – many people don’t know who he is but he’s a local legend. It was all of us on one court. Then we had people on the sidelines…Shaq has been there, Nate Robinson has been there. We have a lot of music artists come down there and watch us play.

In the game with Mike and Kurt the Washington Mystics in the stands. They watched us play for the first time. It was just real intense. Energy was there from the beginning. It was a packed house. We put a show on for everybody to watch. I think I had 38, 39 that game. Just fun times.

I keep in touch with the people at Barry Farms all the time. I try to do my best to give back to them, since they’ve helped me become the player I am today as far as always supporting me, giving me confidence and letting me come down and play whenever I want. That’s just a blessing because not too many people can call them up and say, ‘I want to play today.’ They put me on any team. They let just let me play. They made a DVD for me, they made shirts. It just feels good to go down there and get that support from them. Any time I get a chance to talk to them or invite them to the games, I try to do that. You can find out more about the Goodman League on their facebook.

Also, here’s some video highlights of me playing at Barry Farms:

Well, that’s it for now. I hope you learned a little something about where I grew up playing ball. Have any of you guys been to the Goodman League? You guys know of any good places for street ball? Let me know in my comments section.

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