Kevin Durant Makes a Request for a Trade from Brooklyn Nets

Kevin Durant makes a request for a Trade from Brooklyn Nets

Kevin Durant, the NBA legendary player is a specialized NBA forward with high-scoring abilities. He was titled the youngest scoring player in the NBA season 2009-10. He has presented the title of the Most Valuable Player MVP of the NBA in 2014. As a player of the Golden State Warriors, he was fortunate to win back-to-back championship titles in 2017-18. He was again titled the MVP in the NBA Finals. Later, he came into the contract with Brooklyn Nets in 2019.

The progress of the young energetic player takes him to stardom and it is not early to say that the young lad is a serious challenge to the other veteran players and might even catch up with them in the near future or maybe surpass most of them.

Kevin Durant Age

Kevin Wayne Durant came into the world on 29th September 1988, in Washington D.C. in the United States. He is an American national. He believes in Christianity and follows Christian culture. He is 33 years of age as of 2022. He has black ethnicity. His birth sign is Libra.

Kevin Durant Early Life

The American basketball player is currently known for his team-up with the Brooklyn Nets of the NBA. He is most famous by KD. He has been amongst the most active players in the NBA. He is dedicated to his sport and is always on a quest to get over his previous best. He completed his schooling at National Christian Academy in Maryland and got an enrollment in Oak Hill Academy located in Virginia for further studies. He shifted to Montrose Christian School to complete his final year of study and then further got into Texas University.

Kevin Durant Family

He was born to his father Wayne Pratt and mother Wanda Durant. His father made the decision to abandon the family when he was just a baby. His parents got separated and his grandmother Barbara Davis intervened to raise him. His father made a comeback to his life when he was 13 and even accompanied him to basketball tournaments all across the country.

He has 3 siblings, 1 sibling sister Brianna and 2 brothers Rayvonne & Tony. He was brought up along with his siblings in Maryland, lying in the eastern suburb of Washington D.C., in the United States. He has a great bond with her mother as witnessed in the movie The Real MVP: The Wanda Pratt Story.

Kevin Durant Relationship, Girlfriend, Wife

Kevin Durant is famous for her relationship with Monica Wright. The couple started to date in January 2013 and got hitched on 7th July 2013 after their 6 months of togetherness. Monica is a professional American basketball coach and also a former player of the sport. Their engagement didn’t last long as they broke up in a year in July 2014.

He was dating Letoya Luckett back in 2011 and their short-lived romance ended in less than a year in 2012. He was speculated to be in relation to the American hot model Joie Chavis in September 2014. He came into the news for dating Jasmine Shine in September 2014.

Kevin Durant Physical Appearance

The 33-year American basketball star is 6 feet 10 inches tall and weighs around 109 kg. He has mesmerizing black eyes and black hair. He has a good physique being an athlete with his regular workout routine.

Kevin Durant Career

He was into the sport since his childhood days and was amongst the best players in his school. In college, he rose to fame with his game and was given the honors as the Naismith College Player of the year. He has won 2 NBA titles and was the prime selection for nine all NBA & 11 NBA All-Star teams. He was the 2nd pick of the Seattle SuperSonics in the 2007 NBA after Greg Oden was picked up by the Portland Trail Blazers.

In his debut match he came up with a score of 18 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals against his name in the game with Denver Nuggets. He was titled the NBA rookie of the year the very same year in which they defeated the Atlanta Hawks. He then got to terms with Oklahoma City Thunders.

Kevin Durant requests trade from Brookyn Nets

He got selected for the FIBA World Championship in which he drove the USA to victory and brought the World Championship trophy home with his amazing performance in 2010. He shifted to the Golden State Warriors in 2016 and faced defeat in the match with San Antonio Spurs.

He has not been much of an injured player at times but was unfortunate in his last season with the Thunders in 2014-15, where he was identified with a Jones fracture in his right foot. He made a comeback with his excellent defense of the Cleveland Cavaliers and was titled MVP in the NBA Finals. HE finally got into the contract with Brooklyn Nets in 2019.

Kevin Durant Net Worth

He is a profound American basketball player with an amazing net worth. He is one of the best in the sport and is an NBA championship holder. He is supposed to have a net worth of around $175 million. He earns a lot from his paid sponsorships and brand endorsements as well.

Can Miami Heat and Phoenix Suns be successful in rising up their game with the trade of Durant from the Brooklyn Nets?

The American basketball star got into the headlines with his trade offer from his current franchise Brooklyn Nets. The decision made by him could result in the transformation of the NBA in the coming years. He made a request for a trade from the existing franchise Brooklyn Nets on 31st June as stated by his manager Rich Kleiman to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.

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The GM of the Brooklyn Nets is in terms with Durant and Kleiman to find the trade. It is not the only extremely rare situation for a legendary player like Durant to trade a deal, and what makes it more interesting is the extended contract of 4-years, so the team getting in to trade for Durant will have his services till 2026. The Miami Heat and the Phoenix Suns are the teams on their wish list for Durant for his expected trade deal.

The trade wish revealed by Durant is unfortunate news for the Nets after the existing conflict that has risen between Kyrie Irving and the Brooklyn Nets. The sad news for the franchise came almost after 3 years when the pro players of the sports back-to-back announced their readiness for the availability for other teams by trade with the Nets.

He had an average of 29.9 scoring points/game with 7.4 rebounds and 6.4 assists in the season with his appearance in 55 games in the season after his recovery from his MCL injury. If the trade request by Durant is a successful deal, then it would it only the second time in the history when a 2-time NBA champion and 3-time Olympic Gold Medal holder player with the highest average scoring points are traded, following Moses Malone who got traded to Philadelphia from Houston in the 1981-82 season.

 

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