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buzzz worthy. . . Kevin Durant announced he will be playing for the Golden State Warriors on July 4, 2016. Durant has greed to a 2 year, $54.3 million deal with the Golden State Warriors Kevin Durant is headed to the Golden State Warriors. In a letter announcing the decision the 27-year-old Forward said, "OKC truly raised me" and that the last two weeks have been the most challenging in his career. Going to the double West Coast champs, who came close to another championship title this year, has all the trappings of a win-win situation. Sources say he has the blessing of star Warrior Stephen Curry. Durant posted the announcement to the "Player Tribune," Derek Jeter's publication earlier today: This has been by far the most challenging few weeks in my professional life. I understood cognitively that I was facing a crossroads in my evolution as a player and as a man, and that it came with exceptionally difficult choices. What I didn’t truly ...

buzzz worthy. . . NEW YORK, NY - Basketball great Kevin Durant of The Oklahoma City Thunder captured the hearts of the nation when he accepted the 2014 NBA Most Valuable Player Award with his emotional speech crediting all of his success to his mother, Wanda, naming her "the real MVP." Durant's moving story of a mother's love, tenacity and sacrifice unfolds on Saturday, May 7 at 8pm ET/PT in The Real MVP: The Wanda Durant Story, just in time for Mother's Day. Executive produced by Academy Award nominee, Golden Globe, Grammy, SAG and Emmy Award winner Queen Latifah and her Flavor Unit team, the inspiring true story of The Real MVP begins with Wanda, a single mom of two by the time she was 21, working tirelessly to make ends meet and put a roof over the heads of her young sons. With the support of her mother and her best friend, Wanda focused all her energy on keeping her boys out of trouble and on the basketball court, selflessly putting aside her own dream...

buzzz worthy. . . "When something good happens to you, I don't know about you guys, but I tend to look back to what brought me here.. . .mom, you are the real MVP" Kevin Durant, 2014 MVP, Oklahoma City Thunder  The NBA's newly minted MVP, Kevin Durant has given his mother, Wanda Pratt  a priceless Mother's Day gift during his acceptance speech Wednesday.  Durant concluded that his mother, a single mom, was the real MVP for instilling the discipline that made him a basketball star and for sacrificing for her family.  Touching many hearts, the speech went viral. The NBA has also made a Mother's Day commercial around his powerful words.   Earning 119 first-place votes, Durant was a clear favorite in the league. Miami's LeBron James, who won the last two MVP awards and four of the previous five, finished second with six first-place votes, and Blake Griffin of the Los Angeles Clippers came in third.  If you can't find the words to say to let your ...