Kevin Durant

By Matt Anaya Carmelo Anthony (F), Dwyane Wade (G), Chris Bosh (F), Dwight Howard (C), LeBron James (F), Deron Williams (G), and Chris Paul (G) all have guaranteed spots on the roster. Derrick Rose (G), Kevin Durant (F), Amar’e Stoudemire (C), and Brandon Roy (G) are also near locks to make the squad. 

By Roger Pimentel The drafts in '95, '96, and '97 saw Kevin Garnett, Kobe Bryant, and Tracy McGrady in consecutive years. There was then a drought for several years, with still some highlights like Al Harrington and Rashard Lewis, until '03 gave us LeBron James, '04 gave us Amare Stoudemire and Dwight Howar...

By Brian Mahoney, AP Basketball Writer Kevin Durant, rookie of the year Derrick Rose and college player of the year Blake Griffin are among the 25 players who have accepted invitations to participate in the USA Basketball national team minicamp.

By DanShanoff.com(noreply@blogger.com) Everyone is so focused on the Shaq-Cavs deal -- for good reason: The Cavs have one year left to make a run at the title before LeBron bolts for New York. As a Wizards fan, I would like to see the team take three cracks at competing for a title over the next three years, then clear the cap room for 201...

By Jason Coldiron Harden would give the team another outstanding scorer in the back court. He could be a very solid complement to Kevin Durant. Harden is also seen by many as an “NBA ready” type of player who could step right in and contribute to the rising Thunder.

By Stephen Mew 3. Oklahoma City Thunder—James Harden Adding Harden to the mix of Russell Westbrook, Kevin Durant, and Jeff Green gives them a solid core PG, SG, SF, and PF. 8. New York Knicks—Jrue Holiday 12. Charlotte Bobcats—Terrence Williams 13. Indiana Pacers—DeJuan Blair

Clark came out of Rahway, NJ, in the talented high school class of 2006 that was headlined by Greg Oden and Kevin Durant but also included Thaddeus Young and many of the players who'll hear their names called on draft night this season. ...

How much difference does a year really make? Was Kevin Durant all that much different as a rookie with the then-Seattle SuperSonics than as a freshman at Texas? Would Derrick Rose have been the rookie of the year if he'd come out in the 2007 draft instead of 2008? Is the NBA's one-and-done ru...

ESPN  OH The Oklahoma City Thunder have Kevin Durant and those great-looking road uniforms. The Memphis Grizzlies have breathtaking young star Rudy Gay and perhaps the most well-rounded rookie of the past season in OJ Mayo. The Minnesota Timberwolves have Al ...

With Harden, Kevin Durant gets a scoring partner with tons of potential. Westbrook, Harden and Durant would form a sensational, young trio. If Rubio is indeed on the board here, there won't be any deliberating by the Kings. They need a point guard and ...

Hoopsvibe.com  MA Kevin Durant, Greg Oden, Derrick Rose and Michael Beasley all did it — on June 25, the Clippers will draft Blake Griffin, the next generation of one-and-done star, with the No. 1 overall pick. As long as the NBA continues requiring basketball players ...

Doc's Sports Service With the young nucleus of Kevin Durant, Jeff Green and Russell Westbrook to take care of the scoring, Thabeet could be the defensive presence the team needs ... Dime's NBA Mock Draft, 6.1.09Dime Magazine all 27 news articles »

By Kevin Nesgoda A name that no one talks about is Kevin Durant. Kevin Durant: I think the toughest thing is moving everything from Seattle. With Seattle having a team for so long, I think they are more of an NBA city. But the fans in Oklahoma City are great.

If you watched the nba's tmobile Rookie Challenge and Youth Jam last night, you already know that Kevin Durant, straight DOMINATED the game by setting a record with his 46 points. kevincredible was clearly, and by far in my opinion, the best player on ...

By John Lorge Shooting Guard: B Due to injuries I dropped Kevin Martin to seventh and wish I would have put him at ninth behind Brandon Roy and Kevin Durant - both of who will be in next years top five, although Durant might be ranked as a small forward next year. Small Forward: D-

By John Lorge Fantasy Basketball MVP Lorge: Dwyane Wade Ribak: LeBron James Lorge PG - Chris Paul SG - Dwyane Wade SF - LeBron James PF - Dirk Nowitzki C  - Dwight Howard Lorge PG - Derrick Rose SG - O.J. Mayo SF - Michael Beasley PF - Kevin Love C  - Brook Lopez

By Fred Richani Any fan who loves the game of basketball should hope Greg Oden can recover and at least be an above average contributor this season and beyond. Not just because it's good for Greg Oden, but for the NBA as well. Basketball needs more Greg Odens in terms of character than Stephon Marburys.

The Greg Oden-Kevin Durant debate gave the 2007 draft some buzz at the top, but the rest of the lottery picks from that year are making it fizzle. Consider that in this year's T-Mobile Rookie Challenge game on All-Star Saturday, only four of the top 10 ...

By dberri Although Beasley has clearly struggled, there’s some hope.  Like Beasley, Kevin Durant was the second player taken in the 2007 draft.  And like Beasley, Durant played very badly his rookie season. DJ Introducing PAWSmin — and a Defense of Box Score Statistics

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By Basketbawful The Good: They already have their franchise cornerstone in the form of last season's Rookie of the Year, Kevin Durant, who fills the basket the way a waiter at Ponderosa refills your Pepsi: Effective (20.3 PPG) even if he's a little sloppy (43 percent shooting from the field, 28 percent fro...

By dberri Disappointing Durant a. Kevin Durant played very badly last summer. b. The media covering summer league basketball didn’t seem to notice that Kevin Durant played very badly last summer. The 2008 Las Vegas Summer League Numbers Table One: The 2008 Las Vegas Summer League

New York Daily News Of course, we all know the effects of other one and done players the last few years, such as Kevin Durant, Kevin Love, Jerryd Bayless, OJ Mayo and Carmelo ... The Great Basketball Exodus Slate One athlete has found an interesting way to avoid college Cleburne Times-Review

By Eric Williams KJR’s Mitch Levy talked to ESPN legal analyst Roger Cossack about the City of Seattle’s case against the Sonics. Seattle author Sherman Alexie brought some much-needed emotion to the trial between the City of Seattle and the Sonics over ...

By Eric Williams Not much happening in the city of Seattle’s suit against the Sonics over terms of the KeyArena lease as the two sides ready for a June 16 trial, but Greg Johns of the Seattle P-I has an interesting story today, with Seattle attorney Randy Aliment saying things will get ugly. It’s worth a read.

The second Horford was drafted, he was already behind both Durant and Oden in expectation and popularity. Many people around the NBA had already written in Durant and Oden as the best players in the draft, and no one really gave anyone else a chance.

Yahoo! Eurosport   Canada - May 14, 2008 SEATTLE -- NBA rookie of the year Kevin Durant, a forward for the Seattle SuperSonics, was among the standouts named on Tuesday to the NBA All-Rookie team. ... Sports Watch KFOR Horford, Durant lead All-Rookie team Victoria Advocate

By Eric Williams Probable starters for the Sonics are Earl Watson, Kevin Durant, Jeff Green, Nick Collison and Johan Petro. Probable starters for the Sonics are Earl Watson, Kevin Durant, Jeff Green, Nick Collison and Johan Petro. Probable starters for Golden ...

By Eric Williams Kevin Durant (37 points, nine assists, eight rebounds) and Jeff Green (35 points, 10 rebounds) both had career highs in points, and Durant made clutch 3-pointers at the end of regulation and in overtime to keep the game going. Listen to Durant and Green talk about the win here.

By Eric Williams Heading into the final quarter of the season, it seems the criticism of Kevin Durant has heated up. ESPN’s David Thorpe has Atlanta’s Al Horford ranked higher than Durant. Critics also point out that Durant’s former school Texas is playing fine without him.

A reader (Crow) asked if there's any plans to use Kevin Durant as a small forward in the final 27 games. Well, the short answer is no. The rookie is a shooting guard this season, but coach P.J. Carlesimo believes the positions are interchangeable. Durant does many of the things his critics want. He...

By David Friedman I watched Durant play in the Summer League and evaluated his game objectively without resorting to baseless hype. I wrote several posts here describing exactly what I saw, including Durant Hardly Dominant as Summer League Concludes and Kevin Durant--Shooting Guard? I don't mean to pat myself on the back--well, maybe I do just a little bit--but if you read those posts you will discover that Durant's production as a rookie has been exactly what I predicted. Right now he is a one dimensional player and the only category that he performs well in is free throw percentage. Unfortunately, Durant cannot take advantage of that because he is not good at drawing fouls, which is something else that I correctly predicted despite the fact that he did dr...   [read the full post]

By dberri Put Damion in!" someone yelled with a minute left in the first half and the University of Texas struggling against Colorado. No, the shout hadn't come from Damion James himself, though it might have. Table: The Texas Longhorns in 2007-08

By garywashburn@seattlepi.com (gary washburn) A real solid win for the Sonics, especially given the circumstances with Commissioner David Stern's statements Saturday. A good crowd came out for Kevin Durant Bobblehead Night and they booed when it was announced that Durant would not be playing and was home with flu-like symptoms, but...

Sonics Game In Review  - Chris Wilcox and Kevin Durant have bobblehead nights in the next few weeks. "I've seen Chris' and it's really good. Kevin is the same bobblehead as mine ...

Kevin Durant (Sonics) -  B+; Durant has been shooting poorly of late, but his overall numbers are about where I expected him.  As he gains confidence, strength and teammates who can take the defensive pressure off, his numbers will rise.

Durant watch -- Kevin Durant struggled from the floor, finishing with 19 points on 7-of-21 shooting from the field. He also grabbed six rebounds. There were several people wearing Kevin Durant jerseys in attendance, and Durant’s parents and other family members sat courtside on the base...

39-- Seattle’s shooting percentage for the game, as the Sonics struggled putting the ball in the basket. Durant watch -- Kevin Durant was solid tonight, finishing with 28 points on 11-of-24 shooting from the floor and seven rebounds. But he had some costly turnovers late in the game on the o...

By Eric Williams Durant watch -- Kevin Durant shot it well tonight, scoring a game-high 27 points on 11-of-18 shooting from the floor, including 4-of-5 from the 3-point line. Durant scored 14 of his points during a third-quarter run where Seattle surged ahead.

6 -- Seattle rookie Kevin Durant’s total points, tying a season low.. 46-34-- Utah’s scoring advantage over Seattle inside the paint. Seattle played better after that, but had no answer for the inside-out game of Carlos Boozer (21 points, 16 rebounds) and Deron Williams (18 points, 10 assi...

By David Friedman In Miami, 4-11 is not the number you call for information but the record of the city's pro basketball team. At this rate, the Heat will be dialing 911 before long. While Shaquille O'Neal sails off into the sunset of his career, young Kevin Durant authored the best performance of his rookie season, scoring 35 points as the Sonics beat the Pacers 95-93 to claim their first home win of the season. Everyone is calling for Isiah Thomas' head but, as I've said all along, if Thomas would give "Starbury" the ax then he could prevent the blade from coming down on his own neck. Let's take a closer look at three of Friday night's games: The Score: Boston 95, Miami 85 The Score: Seattle 95, Indiana 93 The Score: New York 91, Milwaukee 88   [read the full post]

By David Friedman The Bottom Line: Durant shot his typically poor percentage but he did not jack up quite as many shots as he normally does and that is part of the reason that Seattle only lost by five instead of the nearly nine points that they have typically lost by this year. ESPN commentator Hubie Brown made some interesting observations about Durant during the game. Brown noted that Durant's 6-10 height should give him an advantage at shooting guard but because Durant has no back to the basket game that advantage is largely nullified; meanwhile, at the other end of the court Durant has to chase around smaller, quicker scorers on a nightly basis. Brown added that Durant must gain upper body strength and lower body bulk so that he can hold his ground on the bloc...   [read the full post]

54 -- The number of rebounds Seattle had as a team, not bad considering they were playing against Shaquille O’Neal. Miami’s beast in the middle was in foul trouble most of the night, however. Seattle outrebounded Miami 54-32. The Sonics will take tomorrow off.

Seattle (0-7) at Orlando (5-2) As far as the game, Van Gundy said the keys for Orlando will be controlling Seattle’s fast-break opportunities, limiting Kevin Durant and Chris Wilcox’s touches and keeping the Sonics off of the boards.

114 – amount of points Seattle is giving up per game, ranked 29th in the league. 20 – The number of turnovers Seattle is giving up per game. 23 – The amount of points Kevin Durant is averaging a game 0 – Number of wins Seattle has this season Listen to Collison talk about the game here.

Rookies Kevin Durant and Jeff Green didn't suffer a setback at this morning's shootaround and both figure prominently in tonight's rotation. Durant will start and Green will backup small forward Damien Wilkins, however, coach P.J. Carlesimo said Green and Wally Szczerbiak could see som...

Kevin Durant spent about two hours after practice Monday shooting a promo for a new NBA online store Web site that launches in November. The crew filmed everything at KeyArena and essentially the spot showcases Kevin's journey to the ...

By TZ As for Kevin Durant... god, he looks young, even from Section 206 Row S. Despite drawing Martin on one end and Ron F'n Artest on the other, he still produced a few jawdroppingly smooth plays. It's going to be a long year for him, though... Durant desperately needs Wally Szczerbiak to stay healthy so D...

By Sal Marinello Kevin Durant, former Texas Longhorn basketball player and one of the top prospects in the upcoming NBA draft, supposedly couldn’t bench press 185 pounds at the recent NBA pre-draft camp. Durant ranked 78th out of 80 players at the pre-draft camp, and as a result some people are questionin...

By Leitch TEXAS LONGHORNS 1. Kevin Durant. The lanky six-foot-nine freshman phenom is averaging 25 points and 11 rebounds a game and has led this team of toddlers— the No. 15 Longhorns started the season with four fish and a sophomore— to its eighth consecutive 20-win season. In their Feb. 28 double-ove...