Kevin Durant never had the latest and most expensive shoes when he was growing up. And he’s hasn’t forgotten that about what that was like.

Durant remembers having three pairs of shoes when he was a teenager and having one pair that he wore all around Seat Pleasant, Md.

“We couldn’t afford the Pennys, the Pippens, the Jordans,” Durant told The Oklahoman on Thursday. “I had one pair of Team Jordan’s, and I wore them everywhere. I hooped in them, played football in them. I had some Shaqs from K-Mart and a pair of Tim Duncans. But I couldn’t get a bunch of different ones like I wanted.”

Durant’s memory of not being able to have the shoes he wanted had a big impact when it came time to price his own line of shoes.

While NBA stars like Kobe Bryant and LeBron James have shoe lines that cost around $150, Durant offers his Nike KD line at $88. His shoe has become one of the most popular on the market.

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Check out this version of Kevin’s Nike Zoom KD III signature shoe that Colorado Rockies center fielder Dexter Fowler created for batting practice. You can customize your own Zoom KD III colorways on NIKEiD.

To commemorate KD securing his second straight NBA scoring title, Nike has produced the Zoom KD III Scoring Title shoe. The upper of the shoe salutes the people and places that helped KD become the best scorer in the NBA today. Kevin debuted this home colorway of the shoe in games 3 and 4 of the Western Conference Finals against the Mavericks. Take a look at the shoes and see if you can decode some of the details.

Kevin’s Flight Collection store is having a special discount of an additional 20% on already marked down items through May 24th. You can receive the additional discount by entering the code ALLEYOOP at checkout. By using this special code you can purchase three different colorways of Kevin’s Zoom KD III signature shoe for just $56 ($32 discount). Click on the shoes below to purchase:

To commemorate KD securing his second straight NBA scoring title, Nike has produced the Zoom KD III Scoring Title shoe. The upper of the shoe salutes the people and places that helped KD become the best scorer in the NBA today. Kevin debuted the shoe last night against the Mavericks. Take a look at the shoes and see if you can decode some of the details.

Check out the Nike Zoom KD III Kevin wore in game 5 against the Grizzlies on Wednesday night. The custom NIKE iD colorway of the shoe was designed by one of his twitter followers and personally hand picked by KD to wear during one of his home playoff games. You can customize your own pair of Nike Zoom KD III shoes on NIKE iD HERE or by clicking on the photos below:

Check out the home and away colorways of the Nike Zoom KD III that Kevin has been wearing for the first round of the playoffs. You can pick up the colorways on Nikestore.com or by clicking the photos below. Stay tuned, as KD will also be wearing fan designed colorways of the KD III at some point in the playoffs.

White/Photo Blue-Team Orange

Black/White-Cool Grey-Team Orange

Check out the latest colorway release of Kevin’s signature Nike Zoom KD III. The shoe is colored in Team Red with Del Sol and White trim. The shoe pays tribute to Kevin’s hometown of Washington D.C. (DMV area). Click on the photos to purchase the shoe at Kevin’s store on Nikestore.com.

Three colorways of Kevin’s Nike Zoom KD III signature shoe have been marked down to $70 at Nikestore.com. Click on the photos below to purchase:

What’s good everyone? It’s my goal to keep you all involved with everything I do, so I am going to start wearing some fan designed versions of my KD III signature shoes. I had a contest for fans to submit KD III NIKE iD designs to me on twitter and I picked a couple of those to wear during the playoffs. But on Sunday I’m going to be wearing a pair of shoes designed by a 12 year old fan at my Nike Basketball event at All-Star weekend. Let me know what you think.

P.S. And don’t say those are Lakers colors, because that is blue, not purple. Design your own pair of KD III’s HERE.

UPDATE: here’s a better shot without the flash…told you they were not Lakers colors!

Fans: Be sure to check out Kevin on Twitter and Facebook.