NBYAY!
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With no announcement about it, Kevin Durant quietly donates $1 million to the Red Cross to support the Oklahoma tornado relief effort.
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“ After the Grizzlies were eliminated last season, I had a long talk with Tony Allen about how he’d defend the play on which the Thunder leaned in crunch time […] How would Allen handle that play if he were guarding Durant? Would he shoot the gap? Ask for help? Switch?
Allen responded that he’d simply fight through the screen and stay as close to Durant as he could. He’d just “lock and trail,” he said. I asked him how he would do that, and it was almost as if the question made no sense to someone with his skill set. His response was, basically, “I’d just do it.” But how? “You just have to do it.” Yeah, but is there some sort of technique or timing or secret to it? “Man, you just do it.” We went on like that until I gave up.
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Kevin Durant of the Oklahoma City Thunder leads his teammates in a huddle before playing the Memphis Grizzlies in Game Four of the Western Conference Semifinals during the 2013 NBA Playoffs on May 13, 2013 at FedExForum in Memphis, Tennessee.
(Photo by Layne Murdoch/NBAE via Getty Images)
Goodbye, OKC.
(via teensniper)
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Kevin Durant of the Oklahoma City Thunder and James Harden of the Houston Rockets wait to resume play in Game Six of the Western Conference Quarterfinals during the 2013 NBA Playoffs on May 3, 2013 at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas.
(Photo by Layne Murdoch/NBAE via Getty Images)
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“They miss him everywhere. How would you not? He’s one of the top players in the league. They probably miss him in the locker room, miss him in shootaround, miss him on the bus, miss him on the plane, miss him on offense, miss him on defense. Did I miss anything?” — Kevin McHale, asked about whether OKC misses Westbrook -
Kevin Durant: “I love you, Russ” (Game 3, 2013 NBA playoffs, Thunder at Rockets)
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“I didn’t feel the same,” Durant said. “And I knew I just had to give my all from here on out … every game is for him.”
Durant checked his phone moments after leaving the court and smiled recalling the text messages he received from Westbrook.
“He texted me at halftime and right after the game,” Durant said. “Just said congrats and that he loved me.”
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Injuries are the worst. Get well soon, Russell. :( P.S. I’ll miss your podium game.
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What a fantastic SI cover for Lee Jenkins’ Durant piece this week. Almost makes me wish I hadn’t cancelled my subscription in ‘99.
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Photographed by Ben Watts for ESPN The Magazine
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Fixation
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Russell Westbrook & Walt “Clyde” Frazier: Style Points
Just two stylish dudes being stylish. There’s also a couple more videos and some photos at the ESPN/Levis 501 website.
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Photographed by Ben Watts for ESPN The Magazine
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Russell Westbrook - Out of Bounds (Complex) - part 3
“Some people may be scared to wear something,” he says. “I obviously don’t care.”
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Beyond how the clothes look on him, Westbrook takes an interest in construction and materials. This summer he will attend fashion weeks in Milan and Paris, where the taste level is light years ahead. But if Westbrook is intimidated, he’s hiding it well. “I gotta make sure I’m fresh for that,” he says, smirking. “That ain’t gonna be that hard.”
Story by Jian Deleon, photos by Kareem Black
