Kevin Durant’s trade to the Houston Rockets is official and officially record-setting. The deal got approved by the NBA on Sunday, July 6, as part of a seven-team transaction, one in which a slew of other trade agreements got folded into one massive package. “Kevin impacts the game on both ends...
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Kevin Durant and Tyrese Haliburton entered their respective NBA Finals elimination games with strained right calves. Each wound up leaving early with torn right Achilles tendons. Durant, a perennial All-Star and the league 's 2014 MVP, missed the whole next season as he...
The Houston Rockets are acquiring 15-time All-Star and four-time Olympic gold medalist Kevin Durant from the Phoenix Suns in a blockbuster deal struck Sunday, June 22, a person with knowledge of the agreement told The Associated Press. The Rockets are giving up Dillon Brooks, Jalen Green and six...
PARIS (AP) — NBA star Kevin Durant has purchased a minority stake in Champions League winner Paris Saint-Germain, the French soccer club said Friday, June 20. Qatar Sports Investments, PSG 's majority shareholder, signed an investment and strategic partnership agreement with Durant, the club...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The winning total last year: 211 points. The winning total this year: 41 points. Members of Shaq's OGs celebrates after winning the NBA All-Star basketball game Sunday, Feb. 16, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez) An All-Star Game like none other — since it...
PHOENIX (AP) — Kevin Durant became the eighth player in NBA history to score 30,000 points, hitting the mark against the Memphis Grizzlies on Tuesday night, Feb. 11, with a free throw late in the third quarter. Phoenix Suns forward Kevin Durant (35) drives on Memphis Grizzlies guard Vince...
PHOENIX (AP) — Phoenix Suns forward Kevin Durant is out for at least the next week after spraining his left ankle in Tuesday night’s win over the San Antonio Spurs. Phoenix Suns forward Kevin Durant reacts after falling to the floor against the San Antonio Spurs during the first half of an NBA...
PHOENIX (AP) — Kevin Durant scored 32 points, Jusuf Nurkic had 20 points and 18 rebounds, and the Phoenix Suns rallied from a 15-point deficit Wednesday night, Nov. 6, to defeat the Miami Heat, 115-112, and extend their winning streak to six games. Miami Heat forward Haywood Highsmith (24) fouled...
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Stephen Curry had 17 points, 10 assists and nine rebounds before sitting for the fourth quarter, and the Golden State Warriors opened the season Wednesday night, Oct. 23, with a 139-104 rout of the Portland Trail Blazers. Buddy Hield had 22 points off the bench for the...
PARIS (AP) — Down by 11 in the fourth quarter, against what looked like overwhelming odds, the U.S. Olympic men’s basketball team got a spark. Six points in two seconds. United States' Kevin Durant, LeBron James and Steph Curry celebrate after beating Serbia during a men's semifinals basketball...
VILLENEUVE-D’ASCQ, France (AP) — In the rematch, the U.S. had an easier time with South Sudan than it did when the teams first met a couple of weeks ago. Easier. Not easy. Bam Adebayo, of the United States, reacts after a dunk over Wenyen Gabriel, of South Sudan, in a men's basketball game at...
VILLENEUVE-D’ASCQ, France (AP) — LeBron James was feeling some nervousness, some butterflies, maybe even a bit of angst as he listened to the national anthem play before his first Olympic game in 12 years. It all went away quickly. LeBron James, right, of the United States, shoots as Nikola...
