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A poster board depicting Kevin Durant and Kristaps Porzingis wearing matching blue jerseys says "Can you make the sport in New York again?" Outside Madison Square Garden in New York on Thursday October 25, 2018 put on Durant hang to be their last savior. A fan bets on a billboard to seal the deal. (Gabriella Angotti-Jones / The New York Times) less
A poster board depicting Kevin Durant and Kristaps Porzingis wearing matching blue jerseys says "Can you make the sport in New York again?" Outside of Madison Square Garden in New York on Thursday October 25, 2018. From … more
Photo: GABRIELLA ANGOTTI-JONES and Gabriella Angotti-Jones / New York Times
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Most of his tattoos are hidden.
Durant has recently run out of real estate, but most of his tattoos are hidden from view when he wears his jersey. He would have called them "professional tattoos", avoiding more visible placements like arms and neck. He has had some big leg tattoos in recent years, including Rick James.
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Most of his tattoos are hidden.
Durant has recently run out of real estate, but most of his tattoos are hidden from view when he wears his jersey. He would have called them "business tattoos"
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Photo: Scott Strazzante, The Chronicle
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He is not the type to crack for the little extras.
Back in 2010 – when he was a well-paid Thunder player, notice –
he tweeted to his subscribers asking him if anyone had an ESPN user name and password that he could borrow. It is unclear whether he has read this ESPN premium content or not.
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He is not the type to crack for the little extras.
Back in 2010 – when he was a well-paid Thunder player, notice –
he tweeted to his followers asking if anyone had an ESPN user name and password and he
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He dreamed of becoming a meteorologist when he was a child.
KD revealed in 2010 that his dream job as a child was to be the local meteorologist. On a related point, he said his favorite movie was "Twister," the tornado movie.
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He dreamed of becoming a meteorologist when he was a child.
KD revealed in 2010 that his dream job as a child was to be the local meteorologist. On a related point, he said that his favorite film is "Twister", the
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Photo: Photo courtesy of Wanda Durant.
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He was once engaged.
Durant was previously engaged to WNBA player Monica Wright. The two men met in high school and became engaged in 2013, but they broke up before reaching the altar.
"I had a fiancee, but … I really did not know how, like loving her, do you know what I'm saying?" Durant told GQ. "We just separated."
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He was once engaged.
Durant was previously engaged to WNBA player Monica Wright. The two men met in high school and became engaged in 2013, but they broke up before reaching the altar.
"I had a fiancee, but … I
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Photo: Tim Clayton, Getty Images
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There is a Lifetime movie about her mother Wanda.
KD's beloved mother was the subject of a movie for Lifetime TV 2016 entitled "The True MVP: The Story of Wanda Durant". It is performed by Cassandra Freeman, whom you may have recognized thanks to the recent roles in Marvel's "Atlanta" and "Luke". Cage."
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There is a Lifetime movie about her mother Wanda.
KD's beloved mother was the subject of a Lifetime television movie titled "The True MVP: The Story of Wanda Durant". It is performed by Cassandra
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Durant wears number 35 to pay tribute to his childhood coach.
Charles Craig had a major influence on the life of the young KD, who met the recreational basketball coach at the age of 8 in Maryland. Unfortunately, Craig was murdered when Durant was a teenager. Craig was only 35 years old. The KD issue pays tribute to the man.
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Durant wears number 35 to pay tribute to his childhood coach.
Charles Craig had a major influence on the life of the young KD, who met the recreational basketball coach at the age of 8 in Maryland. Tragically, Craig was
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He helped a cameraman who had just broken a finger in Oklahoma.
Back at the OKC era, KD was a lifetime fan of Fox Sports cameraman Mark Voyles. While he was packing his luggage after a game at the Thunder, the Voyles destroyed bleachers. Durant was the first man to help him, who quickly diagnosed Voyles with a broken finger and insisted that he see the coach of the team.
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He helped a cameraman who had just broken a finger in Oklahoma.
Back at the OKC era, KD was a lifetime fan of Fox Sports cameraman Mark Voyles. While packing after a game at the Thunder, Voyles
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He was six feet tall when he was in college.
"I've always been the biggest," he told USA Basketball. But despite that, he did not always play at the center. After a few years at his post, his godfather entrusted him with the role for which he is famous.
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He was six feet tall when he was in college.
"I've always been the biggest," he told USA Basketball. But despite that, he did not always play at the center. After a few years at the post, his
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Photo: Photo courtesy of Wanda Durant
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A poster board depicting Kevin Durant and Kristaps Porzingis wearing matching blue jerseys says "Can you make the sport in New York again?" Outside Madison Square Garden in New York on Thursday October 25, 2018. Many New York Knicks fans have their heart set on hanging Durant for being their last savior. A fan bets on a billboard to seal the deal. (Gabriella Angotti-Jones / The New York Times) less
A poster board depicting Kevin Durant and Kristaps Porzingis wearing matching blue jerseys says "Can you make the sport in New York again?" Outside of Madison Square Garden in New York on Thursday October 25, 2018. From … more
Photo: GABRIELLA ANGOTTI-JONES and Gabriella Angotti-Jones / New York Times
Kevin Durant "not really impressed" with the call of the billboard that he signs with the Knicks
Benjamin Pokh is a partner in an advertising and marketing company in New York. He is also a fan of the New York Knicks, which was not a fun experience, oh, two decades later. So, when a generational talent like Kevin Durant heads to a free agency in about eight months and when Durant is in town with the Warriors, there's really only one thing that a leader / director can do Knicks Marketing: Erecting a Billboard Near Madison Square Garden The Durant cartoon posing with Kristaps Porzingis and the Larry O'Brien Trophy with a slogan: "Can you make the sport in New York again a time?" – and a hashtag: # KDNY2019.
I arrived there.
"My partner and I are long-time fans of Knick and we are fed up with losing so we decided to do our part to help our team recruit the best players in the NBA, because that's what it's all about. that New York sports deserves, "Pokh told Ian Begley of ESPN.
Unfortunately, Durant himself seemed flattered at best, while displaying a keen understanding of the frenzy that now surrounds NBA freestyle players, even when the signing season is almost a full season.
"It's time for the NBA," he told reporters in New York after Thursday's training, a day before the Knicks-Warriors game. "We are looking forward to free representation as fans, and your guys' job is to look a little more into the future, and fans love it, so I understand.
"To be honest, I do not know how I feel about this stuff, it's cool, no disrespect, but I'm not really impressed by that kind of stuff. really like to play basketball … I know it's all part of it, but for me, I do not really get up for it. "
The billboard industry thanks its lucky stars for the fact that the NBA free agency has made people crazy at least a little bit. In February, a Pennsylvania-based home improvement company erected several billboards near the Cavaliers Arena in Cleveland, imploring LeBron James to sign with the 76ers (was not working). In response, a real estate agent from Ohio paid for a digital sign reminding James that "there is no place other than the house" ( did not work). Billboards were also erected in Portland (not working) and Los Angeles (working!).
New York has seen at least one success story from the NBA. In June 2017, while Phil Jackson was still managing the Knicks and it was planned to yield Porzingis, Rob, Knicks fan, "World Wide Wob" Perez and his marketing company bought a digital ad at the corner of the 33rd and 7th streets of Midtown Manhattan. , right next to Madison Square Garden. His message was clear: "Do not negotiate Porzingis."
Porzingis has not been traded. That Durant's joining in New York will be a subject of many upcoming billboards.
A poster board depicting Kevin Durant and Kristaps Porzingis wearing matching blue jerseys says "Can you make the sport in New York again?" Outside Madison Square Garden in New York on Thursday October 25, 2018 put on Durant hang to be their last savior. A fan bets on a billboard to seal the deal. (Gabriella Angotti-Jones / The New York Times) lessA poster board depicting Kevin Durant and Kristaps Porzingis wearing matching blue jerseys says "Can you make the sport in New York again?" Outside of Madison Square Garden in New York on Thursday October 25, 2018. From … more
