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KEVIN DURANT

Kevin Durant played for several high school teams including the national powerhouse Oak Hill Academy, Mouth of Wilson, Virginia.  Durant also played for a successful Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) youth basketball team, the PG Jaguars. The Jaguars won multiple national championships with Durant and fellow future blue chip recruits Michael Beasley and Chris Braswell.  Durant wore, and continues to wear, the #35 jersey in honor of his childhood mentor and AAU coach, Charles Craig, who was murdered at age 35.  Durant later moved on to play AAU basketball with fellow McDonald's All American Tywon Lawson. During this time Durant also starred for the Montrose Christian School in Rockville, Maryland.  At Montrose, Durant led the team in scoring and was named the Washington Post All Met Basketball Player of the Year.  Durant also was named a McDonald's All American and named co-MVP of the 2006 McDonald's All American game along with Chase Budinger. Behind Greg Oden, Durant was widely regarded as the second-best high school prospect.

Durant declared himself eligible for the 2007 NBA Draft and signed his first professional contract with the Upper Deck, Co., who later heralded Durant to be the focus of their 2007-08 NBA trading card line.  Durant was taken second overall in the 2007 NBA Draft by the Seattle SuperSonics.  In the proceeding month, Durant went on to sign a seven year, $60 million endorsement deal with Nike - a rookie deal only surpassed by LeBron James' contract with Nike.

Durant led all rookies in scoring for the season with 20.3 point per game season average.  On April 30, 2008, Associated Press reported that Durant was awarded the NBA Rookie of the Year Award for the 2007-08 season.