When speaking about Kevin Durant, there’s an actual sense of mentorship, connection, and mutual respect. It wasn’t nearly model of play — it was a few private bond constructed behind the scenes, lengthy earlier than KD grew to become a family identify. “I used to be his mentor,” said Gervin. “The NBA had a mentoring program early on in his career when he was with Seattle and I went up there a few times and sat with him, ate dinner, talked to him, talked with him about basketball and also did it with him when he was down there in OKC, you know? So I had a personal relationship with KD. Folks would at all times ask, Man, who reminds you of you? And I say, ‘He does in a way due to the effectiveness in scoring.’ However I inform ‘em, ‘He doesn’t rating like ME!’ [Kevin’s] tall and slender and I believe that’s the place individuals make the comparability however our talents to attain completely totally different. The effectiveness is identical. We BOTH get it performed.” -via ScoopB.com / June 8, 2025
