Kevin Durant (official thread)

buckeyeboy · #1 (**permalink**) 03-30-2007, 01:24 PM

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/200....ap/index.html

ATLANTA (AP) -- Kevin Durant of Texas was selected Friday as The Associated Press' college basketball player of the year, the first freshman to receive the honor.

The 6-foot-9 swingman finished fourth in the country in scoring (25.8) and rebounding (11.1) while leading the Longhorns to a 25-10 record, the Big 12 tournament championship game and the second round of the NCAA tournament.

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buckeyemomof3 · #2 (**permalink**) 03-30-2007, 04:46 PM

We'll let the longhorns have the personal awards. We'll take the National Championship. Oden will still be the #1 pick in the draft after he leads the Buckeyes to victory Monday night.

ScriptOhio · #3 (**permalink**) 03-30-2007, 05:17 PM

Re: "the first freshman to receive the honor"

WOW!!!, I would have guessed some other freshman (like Carmelo Anthony, etc.) would have been POY.

TGfan06 · #4 (**permalink**) 04-10-2007, 08:45 AM

Dallas Morning News reports he is going pro:

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcont...t.849fb9e.html

OSUBasketballJunkie · #5 (**permalink**) 06-23-2007, 08:28 AM

ABJ

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Kevin Durant works out for Blazers

ANNE M. PETERSON

Associated Press

PORTLAND, Ore. - Kevin Durant worked out with the Portland Trail Blazers on Friday, two days after Greg Oden, as both players show their talents to the team with the top draft pick.
Durant, a 6-foot-9 forward out of Texas, was The Associated Press Player of the Year this past season as a freshman.
"I feel good here," he said. "Like I belong here."
As with Oden, several dozen fans stood at the Blazers' practice facility south of Portland, hoping for an autograph. Local journalists came out in droves.
"That was as impressive a workout as any I've seen in here," Blazers general manager Kevin Pritchard said.

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OSUBasketballJunkie · #6 (**permalink**) 06-27-2007, 11:40 AM

ABJ

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Endorsements, success await Durant in NBA

Texas star is expected to be one of top picks in this year's draft

By Chip Brown

Dallas Morning News

DALLAS - At 18 years old and still too antenna-thin to bench-press 185 pounds, national player of the year Kevin Durant didn't even have a driver's license until two weeks ago.
In the world of product placement, however, those story lines can be developed.
The possibilities are endless.
Picture a commercial for Schwinn or Sprite featuring Durant riding a bike with a banana seat and handlebar tassels to an NBA game in his Portland Trail Blazers or Seattle SuperSonics uniform. He smiles and waves at his teammates as they look at him, puzzled, from their Mercedes.

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OSUBasketballJunkie · #7 (**permalink**) 07-10-2007, 10:56 AM

Yahoo.com

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Durant has another poor shooting game

LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Kevin Durant showed again he isn't afraid to shoot as he starts his professional career with the Seattle Supersonics. The shots, however, continue to be off target.
The second pick in last month's draft was 4-for-19 from the field and scored 18 points Monday night in the Sonics' 87-74 loss to the New York Knicks in the NBA's Las Vegas summer league.
"I just wasn't in the game tonight," Durant said. "As the game went on, we got a little better, and that is the important thing."
On Friday night, the 6-foot-9 Durant was 5-for-17 from the field in a 77-66 loss to the Dallas Mavericks. The 215-pound forward struggled with New York's physical play Monday, finishing with one rebound and no assists in 34 minutes.

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Brutus1 · #8 (**permalink**) 07-10-2007, 11:44 AM

4-19 ! Larry Hughes must be his shooting coach.