Kevin Durant: “I’d rather win a Gold Medal than an NBA Championship”

During Nike’s announcement of the World Basketball Festival, I had the chance to sit down with Kevin Durant, the Oklahoma City Thunder star and one of the centerpieces of Team USA.

Kevin Durant just found a #1 fan in me after hearing the reverence and maturity with which he spoke about his upcoming role in the 2010 World Basketball Championships as well as the importance he places on representing his country.

But one proclamation that may shock people is the one Durant made to a group of media, including myself, at the press event to promote the Festival. Durant said, “I’d rather win a Gold Medal than an NBA Championship.”

As for the event Durant was there to cover, the World Basketball Festival is a 4-day long (08/12-08/15) event held in NYC, the epicenter of basketball culture, leading up to the FIBA World Championships held in Istanbul Turkey.  It will be showcasing some of the most iconic venues in the world of basketball with exhibition games to be held at Madison Square Garden, Times Square, and the iconic street ball Mecca of Rucker Park (where the wonderful people of Nike were kind enough to let us bloggers showcase our substandard ballin’ skills).

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