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"Kevin Wayne Durant" is an American professional basketball player with the Oklahoma City Thunder of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Standing at 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) and weighing 240 pounds (109 kg), he has played the small forward and Power forward (basketball)/power forward positions for the Oklahoma City Thunder/Thunder, formerly the Seattle SuperSonics. Durant has won an NBA Most Valuable Player Award, four List of National Basketball Association season scoring leaders/NBA scoring titles, the NBA Rookie of the Year Award, and an Basketball at the Summer Olympics/Olympic gold medal. He has also been selected to five All-NBA teams and five List of NBA All-Stars/All-Star teams.

Durant was a heavily recruited high school prospect. He attended the University of Texas for one season of college basketball, where he won numerous year-end awards and became the first ever freshman to be named Naismith College Player of the Year. In the 2007 NBA draft, he was selected second overall by the Seattle SuperSonics. After his rookie season, the team Seattle SuperSonics relocation to Oklahoma City/moved to Oklahoma City and became the Oklahoma City Thunder/Thunder. Durant helped lead the Oklahoma City Thunder/Thunder to the 2012 NBA Finals, losing to the 2011-12 Miami Heat season/Miami Heat in five games.