It's a Kevin Durant Christmas

by Sailor Ripley on Dec 17, 2010 12:54 PM CST in Texas Longhorns and Other Basketball

KD is by all accounts one of the really great guys out there. Works hard, down to earth, humble.

If you use the Twitter. Follow him at KDthunderup

He has one follower who has gained some notoriety due to his proximity, one Mathias Murphy, who might be a black German Irishman. Or something. He goes by @kd35sneighbor and is worth a follow too as KD has taken the lad under his impressive wingspan.

The latest installment has a seasonal bent to it and it warms the heart.

Happy Holidays, KD and Mathias!

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god bless america. and kevin durant. and vince young.

by GODZILLATRON on Dec 17, 2010 12:59 PM CST reply actions

You’re a bigger sucker than you let on if you don’t think the whole KD’s neighbor thing is orchestrated by Nike.

by cmdr on Dec 17, 2010 1:18 PM CST reply actions

You’re a bigger sucker than you let on if you don’t think the whole KD’s neighbor thing is orchestrated by Nike.

Hell, his bio even says: “Nike cuttin’ my checks like everydayyy.”

by Triston27 on Dec 17, 2010 1:28 PM CST reply actions

Nike can suck my jingle balls.

by Scrooge on Dec 17, 2010 2:39 PM CST reply actions

KD however, is true.

He’s Nobel-Peace-prize-winning, Bill Gates-giving, big-hearted saint ….just so long as he doesn’t take those little kids in rides in his tinted window van…..down by the river.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/ball_dont_lie/post/Video-Kevin-Durant-s-awesome-van?urn=nba-284968

by Scrooge on Dec 17, 2010 2:43 PM CST reply actions

cmdr-

How can you doubt the purity of KD?

He’s a big kid.

Keep doing what you are doing, KD.

by Juan Beniquez on Dec 17, 2010 4:23 PM CST reply actions

I don’t even care if Nike helped figure it out and used their Nike Silence OF The Lambs night goggles to shoot the episode. The dude is so clearly NOT a phony and universally credited with being a good guy that I’ll enjoy the ride.

Merry Christmas, KD.

by Sailor Ripley on Dec 17, 2010 4:25 PM CST reply actions

Nice KD…unfortunately, the house is still in Oklahoma.

by runthebone on Dec 17, 2010 7:38 PM CST reply actions

Yeah but the dude is rolling thru Indian Territory with Longhorn rims.

by Juan Beniquez on Dec 17, 2010 7:54 PM CST reply actions

KD is humble, soft-spoken and a fierce competitor. Plus, he frequently throws up the Horns during Thunder games. It’s hilarious and a constant source of irritation to the ou crowd. That being said, not ALL of KD’s neighbors are pleased with his house decorations and the traffic created thereby…

by ransomstoddard on Dec 18, 2010 9:45 AM CST reply actions

The one thing I worry about KD … he’s just too big (basketball wise) for OKC. Kind of like LeBron in Cleveland … they are both amazing players, but they could both be SO MUCH BETTER!

KD’s ceiling could be Scottie Pippen defense + Dirk offense. If he adds 10 pounds and a low-post game, he’d be the best power forward in the NBA …. we’re talking a potential top 10 all-time player, but he’s not there yet.

Very few NBA guys hit their absolute max ceiling though. Should be interesting to see what happens … if OKC had taken Joakim Noah over Jeff Green three years ago, or had picked up Marcus Camby at the dead-line last season …. they’d be in the mix for a title right now.

by tjarks on Dec 20, 2010 11:03 AM CST reply actions