Kevin Durant's Backpack: Coming to a Nike Store Near You

by srr50 on May 20, 2011 12:26 PM CDT in Texas Longhorns and Other Basketball

Never one to miss a marketing opportunity, Nike says it will add a backpack to the Kevin Durant collection.

Durant began wearing a backpack to post-game press conferences after a game in Denver when the team was trying to make a quick exit to the airport. Now he shows up after every contest looking like he is late for his Kinesiology class at UT. After a while the burning question among media members was just what exactly is in KD's backpack?

His coach, Scotty Brooks, is pretty sure he knows what isn't in it.

"I know he doesn't have any money in there," Brooks said. "He's never bought a meal in his life. You can guarantee (money's) something he doesn't have."

As for the Nike line, they haven't said what it will look like or how much they will cost, but Kobe Bryant already has a line of backpacks that range in price from $25-$90.

Now for his next trick, Durant will perform something like this wearing a backpack.

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by lowdenswain on May 20, 2011 12:34 PM CDT reply actions

It also doesn’t contain Scotty’s huevos. They are too large, as evidenced by his courageously letting Russell Westbrook know that he isn’t going to put up with anymore of his selfish, careless play by benching his ass for the entire fourth quarter last night. Even if they’d lost, this had to happen to get Russell’s attention for the good of this team going forward.

Kudos to KD and the guys on the win and for Brooks for making a gutty coaching decision. The question is whether RW will respond to it in the correct way or let his youthful ego get the better of him? If he pulls his head out of his ass, OKC may win this damned thing!

by Frank the Plank on May 20, 2011 12:35 PM CDT reply actions

There in the moonlight

Under the stars

Darantula!

by TheStos on May 20, 2011 12:38 PM CDT reply actions

I’m just going to drop this here:

by Really? on May 20, 2011 12:48 PM CDT reply actions

That dunk was amazing.

Brooks benching his star point guard for the entire 4th was incredible.

And James Harden’s beard has powers.

by Scipio Tex on May 20, 2011 2:11 PM CDT reply actions

Peja and Dirk look equally impressed.

by burntorangeandblue on May 20, 2011 2:19 PM CDT reply actions

The great thing about the dunk was it wasn’t really a dunk. I don’t think his hand ever touched the rim. He threw it down through the hoop. Crazy.

by Drew Dunlevie on May 20, 2011 2:30 PM CDT reply actions

KD’s dunk last night is very, very similar to Dwight Howard’s “throw” in the NBA dunk contest except for a few differences such as it wasn’t in an exhibition where he could try it again if he missed, he had to blow past a smaller perimeter defender and elevate over and through a taller and more physical defender (I guess wearing Hayward to the rim is similar to a Superman cape), and KD’s dunk merely turned the goal and saved OKC’s ass in the series while Howard won a car for his effort.

Other than that it was pretty much the same dunk.

by Davey O'Brien on May 20, 2011 3:12 PM CDT reply actions

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7k1b8s1VfMQ

in all seriousness, KD’s dunk was prettier, and with a degree of difficulty an order of magnitude greater considering he was being throttled backwards as he released

by Texastough on May 20, 2011 4:03 PM CDT reply actions

Rough finish for KD last night. I NEVER saw that coming and I still can’t totally believe that it happened. I’m sad to say that’s it for the Thunder this year.

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