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Kevin Durant Basketball Camp
Kevin Durant
Kevin Durant was born September 29, 1988 in Washington D.C. Kevin is a 6′9 basketball player for the Oklahoma City Thunder, in the National Basketball Association. Durant was the second pick in the 2007 NBA Draft from the University of Texas . He was the consensus 2007 National College Player of the Year, in addition to being seleced as the 2006-2007 Phillips 66 Big 12 Player of the Year, amongst other awards. After his freshman season, Durant opted to enter the NBA Draft and was selected #2.
Durant was widely hailed by the media as the Big 12’s top freshman and a top candidate to be named Freshman of the Year. He averaged 25.8 points per game and 11.1 rebounds per game during his freshman season with the Texas Longhorns. In Big 12 contests he averaged 28.9 points per game and 12.5 rebounds. His collegiate career high was 37 points, which he has achieved on four occasions. Durant had twenty 30-point games his freshman year, including a losing effort against Kansas for the regular season Big 12 title.
In March 2007, Durant was named the NABC Division I Player of the Year, and received the Oscar Robertson trophy and the Adolph F. Rupp award becoming the first freshman to win each of these awards. On March 30, 2007, he was selected as the Associated Press college player of the year, becoming the first freshman and the first Texas athlete to receive this award since its inception in 1961. On April 1, 2007 he became the first freshman to receive the Naismith Award and on April 7, 2007 won the John Wooden Award.
In late February 2007, Durant received an invitation to the Team USA Basketball training camp, becoming the second freshman after Oden to achieve this.
Less than a week after being drafted by the Seattle SuperSonics, The University of Texas announced the retirement of Durant’s #35 jersey. The number will now hang in the rafters at the Frank Edwin Center along with the #11 of former Longhorn great T.J. Ford.
On June 28, 2007 Durant was taken second overall in the 2007 NBA Draft by the Seattle SuperSonics.
After playing a few games in the NBA Summer League, Durant played in the State Farm USA basketball challenge, scoring 22 points for the Blue team. He played alongside NBA all-stars like LeBron James, Dwight Howard, and Chris Bosh. His stay with the team, however, was short lived, as he was dropped from the team when the roster was trimmed to the twelve player limit. Coach Mike Krzyzewski cited the experience of the remaining players as the deciding factor in making the cut.
On October 31, 2007, Durant made his NBA debut with 18 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals in a loss to the Denver Nuggets. On November 16, 2007 Durant made the first game-winning shot of his NBA career with a key 3-pointer to beat the Atlanta Hawks in double overtime. Durant finished with 21 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 steals, and 3 blocks. In a game against the Denver Nuggets, he flirted with a triple double as he came up with 37 points, 8 rebounds and 9 assists. In the last game of his rookie season, Durant recorded his first double-double of his career with a career-high 42 points and a career-high 13 rebounds, and also added 5 assists. In addition to leading all rookies in scoring for the season, he was named the NBA Western Conference Rookie of the Month for November, December (2007), January, March, and April (2008).Durant's 20.3 point per game season average broke the SuperSonics' 40-year-old rookie record. Durant was awarded the NBA Rookie of the Year Award for the 2007–08 season.
Following the 2007–08 season, the team relocated to Oklahoma as the Oklahoma City Thunder. On February 13, 2009, Durant led the Sophomore team to a victory over the Rookie side at the T-Mobile Rookie Challenge & Youth Jam. He was crowned the MVP for the game after he set the scoring record with 46 points, breaking the old mark. The next day, Durant came from behind to win the first ever H-O-R-S-E Competition in NBA All-Star weekend history. He also won the 2010 H-O-R-S-E contest to win 2 in a row.
Jim Stoll
Jim Stoll will direct the daily programs. Jim Stoll is widely recognized as one of the best summer camp organizers in the country. A tireless worker when it comes to athletics, Jim has been a successful coach and administrator at every level. His basketball teams at Purcell Marian H.S. in Cincinnati , Ohio include the 1985 state champion in the big school (AAA) division and were ranked as high as 17th in the USA Today poll. Jim spent five years as a Division I assistant college basketball coach at Miami of Ohio and the University of Wyoming respectively. His experience with ProCamps includes directing highly successful camps for Chad Johnson, Carson Palmer, Vince Carter, Carmelo Anthony, Chris Paul and many other high-profile athletes in the NBA and NFL.
Coaches
Kevin Durants Camp will be staffed with the area's top prep coaches. Each coach will bring a unique basketball background to the event with the ability to share techniques and philosophies with the campers on a daily basis.
