Score!: MVP Kevin Durant names mother 'real' MVP in acceptance speech
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 ...