{"id":811,"date":"2011-06-30T08:00:33","date_gmt":"2011-06-30T12:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/inspiringathletes\/?p=811"},"modified":"2011-06-29T16:43:07","modified_gmt":"2011-06-29T20:43:07","slug":"kevin-durant-dunks-his-own-alley-oop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/inspiringathletes\/2011\/06\/kevin-durant-dunks-his-own-alley-oop.html","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Durant dunks his own alley-oop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Hit &#8220;Like&#8221; to share this with your friends!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>SPECIAL REPORT: Kevin Durant dunks his own alley-oop<\/p>\n<p>Oklahoma City Thunder All-Star Kevin Durant isn&#8217;t stressing out about a potential NBA lockout. He&#8217;s having too much fun participating in multiple camps this summer in Chicago, Oklahoma City and Austin. Durant just finished up at a three-day NIKE Skills Academy and now moves on to OKC and his old college town where he played one season for the Texas Longhorns.<\/p>\n<p>A week earlier, Durant made news during a vacation trip to Los Angeles where he played in the legendary Drew League Pro-Am. If you haven&#8217;t seen it yet, here&#8217;s the &#8220;Durant to Durant&#8221; alley-oop play that everyone has been talking about:<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kevin Durant SHUTS The Gym DOWN At Drew League!!! Crazy Dunk Off Board!\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OCJwoEHRU_A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>And if you missed it, Inspiring Athletes posted an interview a few weeks back with Durant that you can check out by clicking <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/inspiringathletes\/2011\/05\/nba-all-star-kevin-durant-on-faith-family-and-fame.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hit &#8220;Like&#8221; to share this with your friends! SPECIAL REPORT: Kevin Durant dunks his own alley-oop Oklahoma City Thunder All-Star Kevin Durant isn&#8217;t stressing out about a potential NBA lockout. He&#8217;s having too much fun participating in multiple camps this summer in Chicago, Oklahoma City and Austin. 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