LOS ANGELES — As he entered the University of Texas’ men’s basketball facility, Kevin Durant gazed along the side of the wall. His eyes fixated at one particular spot.
The Longhorns announced in big and gold letters what the building represented: “KEVIN DURANT TEXAS BASKETBALL CENTER.” Those five words struck Durant in a particular way, as wave of emotions and memories flooded from his lone season in 2007 at the University of Texas.
“Who would’ve thought 10 years before when I first walked in there as a 17 year old kid when I was a freshman that 10 ½ years later or 11 years later, my name would be on the wall?