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    Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook: Unauthorized Biographies
    Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook: Unauthorized Biographies
    Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook: Unauthorized Biographies
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    Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook: Unauthorized Biographies

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    Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook are stars on the rise. This book follows both men's lives from their humble beginnings to becoming two of the best basketball players in the world.

    Kevin Durant is a six-foot, nine-inch small forward who has worked his way into an elite class of NBA all-stars. The 2008 Rookie of the Year led the league in scoring in the 2009-10 season and was the youngest player ever to win the NBA scoring title. This biography explores Durant's upbringing, his high school and college basketball careers, and details his breakthrough into the NBA, all the way through the end of the 2011-2012 season.

    Russell Westbrook is a man who requires no validation from others. He doesn't need you to believe in him. He was 5'8", 140 pounds with over-sized hands and size 14 feet as a 10th grader and sat the bench until his junior year. He is now a perpetual NBA All-Star, an Olympic gold medalist, and one of the finest athletes in the NBA. The story of how he got here is a tale of triumph.

    From family to basketball to the future, all you need to know about Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook is right here, right now, in the most up to date coverage of both men’s lives.

    This book also includes all of both men’s professional statistics.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPrice World Publishing
    Release dateJan 29, 2013
    ISBN9781619842618
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      Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook - Belmont and Belcourt Biographies

      KEVIN DURANT

      AND

      RUSSELL WESTBROOK

      Unauthorized Biographies

      Copyright © 2013 by Belmont & Belcourt Biographies

      All rights reserved. Neither this book nor any parts within it may be sold or reproduced in any form without permission.

      eISBN: 9781619842618

      Table Of Contents

      KEVIN DURANT

      Introduction

      Personal

      The High School Years

      College Career

      Landing in the NBA

      The Rookie Season

      The 2008–09 season

      2009–10 season

      2010–11 season

      2011–12 season

      2012-13 season

      International career

      Charity Work

      Statistics

      Regular Season Stats

      Postseason Stats

      RUSSELL WESTBROOK

      Introduction

      Early years

      College

      Oklahoma City Thunder

      Rookie and Sophomore Games

      International career- Senior national team

      Personal Life

      The tale of Khelcey Barrs

      Endorsements

      Fashion Statements

      Recent Developments

      A Teammate's Criticism

      Westbrook and Durant vs. The Media

      Westbrook vs. Durant

      Russell Westbrook vs. Dwyane Wade

      Westbrook vs. James Harden

      Moving Forward

      Statistics

      Regular Season Stats

      Postseason Stats

      KEVIN DURANT

      Introduction

      Kevin Wayne Durant is an American professional basketball player with the Oklahoma City Thunder of the NBA. A six-foot, nine-inch small forward, Durant was the consensus 2007 National College Player of the Year and the 2006–2007 Big 12 Conference Player of the Year. Durant played one season at the University of Texas before entering the 2007 NBA draft. There, he was selected second overall by the (then) Seattle Supersonics. From there, he went on to win the 2008 NBA Rookie of the Year award following his debut season. In the 2009–10 season, Durant led the NBA in scoring and became the youngest player ever to win the NBA scoring title. He would later be named to the 2010 All NBA First Team. As of this writing, he is, arguably, the most elite player in all of the NBA.

      Personal

      Hard work beats talent when talent fails to work hard.

      – Taras Brown

      Kevin Durant is the son of Wanda and Wayne Pratt. Born September 29, 1988 in Washington D.C., Kevin has one sister, Brianna, and two brothers, Tony and Rayvonne. Durant and fellow NBA player Michael Beasley (Timberwolves) grew up together. They have a close friendship and remain best friends. Durant is a spokesperson for the Washington D.C. branch of P'Tones Records, a nationwide non-profit after school music program. From the time he entered the draft in 2007, Durant was represented by agent Aaron Goodwin. On February 17, 2012, Durant announced he was splitting from Goodwin.

      Durant wears No. 35 to honor his childhood AAU coach, Charles Craig, who died when he was 35. His favorite food is crab legs. He most admired Vince Carter, NBA guard/forward of the Mavericks, as a child. He loves to play video games (NBA Live and March Madness) and shop for clothes. His favorite motto, which his mentor and coach Taras Brown recites when Kevin was working out is, Hard work beats talent when talent fails to work hard.

      Durant learned to play the game of basketball from his godfather, Taras Brown. Brown was the basketball instructor at the Seat Pleasant Activities Center, where Durant spent almost every day of his childhood playing basketball. If he wasn't at school, Kevin was with Brown working on his basketball skills.

      Durant grew up with his older brother Tony in Seat Pleasant, Maryland, just outside the nation’s capital. They were raised by their mother, Wanda Pratt, and her mother, Barbara Davis. Their father, Wayne Pratt, left the family before Kevin’s first birthday. He came back into his son’s life when Kevin was around the age of thirteen. Both parents worked for the government, Wayne for the Library of Congress and Wanda as a postal employee.

      Kevin was always the tallest boy in his class. He was also very self-conscious about his height. His mother asked his teachers to put him at the end of lines, so he wouldn't stand out as much. His grandmother, Barbara, consoled him, saying that his height was a blessing. Over the years, through all the ups and downs, she would prove to be the family’s rock.

      Kevin and his brother loved to play sports. They rooted for the Baltimore area sports teams, including the Washington Wizards, whose stars included Michael Jordan. Kevin would later meet Jordan after being voted MVP at a high school tournament that bore Jordan's name.

      Kevin and his brother participated in a wide range of after-school sports at the local Boys and Girls Club. Despite their close relationship, they never played on the same team. In fact, when Tony finished his freshman year at Suitland High School, he decided to blaze his own path. Kevin's older brother transferred to St. John's Military School in Salina, Kansas.

      Kevin was a phenomenal young basketball player. His first taste of serious

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