They gave Kevin Durant the game ball after he broke Lisa Leslie’s all-time U.S. Olympic basketball scoring record in the quarterfinals of the Paris Games. And, of course, he got plenty of congratulations afterward from his biggest fan. That fan — Wanda Durant, his mother — wasn’t surprised with how her son reacted to her words.
American basketball player Kevin Durant arrives to celebrate the legacy of the U.S. basketball teams at the Team USA House at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Monday, Aug. 5, 2024, in Paris, France. United States’ Kevin Durant gestures after scoring during a men’s basketball game against Puerto Rico at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024, in Villeneuve-d’Ascq, France.
“But he’s so modest, even we as his family and friends and fans want to celebrate him. That’s who he is.” Wanda Durant has obviously been by her son’s side throughout every step of his basketball life, but the world probably began fully grasping her impact on his career when he won the NBA MVP award in 2014 and delivered a line in his speech that was immediately iconic. He was detailing a time when the family got a new apartment, even without furniture, and were simply overjoyed to have a place of their own.
She’s celebrated throughout the game. At the U.S. Olympic team’s exhibition game in Las Vegas last month, some of the biggest names in basketball — Arkansas coach John Calipari, Dwyane Wade and Carmelo Anthony among them — stopped by to greet her at her courtside seat. When she’s at NBA games, even opposing players pay their respects.
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