Kevin Durant has plenty of scoring titles. Now, he finally has an MVP trophy to go with them.
Truth is, Kevin’s run of 41 consecutive games this season with at least 25 points was the third-longest streak in NBA history. And an emotional Durant thanked everyone from his teammates to his mother, Wanda Pratt, at a ceremony in Edmond, Okla., on Tuesday.
“You made us believe, you kept us off the streets, put clothes on our backs, put food on the table,” a teary-eyed Durant said to his mother, who was in attendance. “You the real MVP.”
Durant also thanked veteran forward Caron Butler, who shortly after signing with the Thunder on March 1 placed a note in Durant’s locker that read, “KD MVP.”
“I don’t really say much in those moments, but I remember that,” Durant said. “I go home and I think about that stuff, man. When you got people behind you, you can do whatever.”
“Everything in my life, I had to take it,” Durant said. “They’re not going to give it to you out of sympathy. I wouldn’t want it any other way. This was another case, if I wanted to win the MVP, I had to go take it. I felt that this was the year I did that.”
“I put in so much work and so many people helped me,” he said. “I feel like we all won it. Our equipment guy gave me a hug today and said, ‘This is my first MVP,’ and I thought about that. And I said, ‘Yeah, this is our first MVP.’ I couldn’t have done it without the teammates, without the trainer. Everybody. We all just did this together.”
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