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    “The number of coaches and teams who don't allow players to use social media has decreased in recent years[…]as coaches realize that many players will use them anyway(Deshazo 2).” Social media has become one of the easiest ways to speak your mind and have your voice heard. However, with power comes responsibility, if athletes are not extremely careful about what they choose to announce, it can be dangerous for their career. There has been a numerous amount of cases where an athlete post or says something

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    Kevin Durant: 18,000 career points, 4x nba scoring champion, winner of the mvp, 2 olympic gold medals… No NBA Title. Kd knows what he wants and deserves a title. The hatred for KD needs to stop because he simply just wants a ring, has done a lot for the Okc Thunder in his time being there, and is a great person off the court. Kevin Durant has spent his last 8 seasons with the Okc Thunder making the playoffs, but never getting the ring he deserves. Kevin Durant has given Thunder fans plenty of excitement

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    Basketball Reference.com, For the 2006–07 college season, Durant performed with an average of 25.8 points, 1.3 assists, and 11.1 rebounds and led the freshman class in scoring average. According to Big12sports.com, Durant earned a number of season-end awards and honors, including being named the Naismith College Player of the Year, becoming the first freshman to win the award. Along with several other school Player of the Year Awards. Durant earned plenty of end of season awards, one of the greater

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    Kevin Wayne Durant is a professional American basketball player, and an amazing athlete for the Golden State Warriors. Durant was born on September 29, 1988 in Suitland, Maryland. He grew up as one of the four children in his family, along with his mom and dad. As a young basketball player, he played for multiple different Christian teams/leagues. After high school, he only played one year of college basketball at University of Texas at Austin, before heading straight into the NBA as a star player

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    Lebron or Kevin Durant is better. Lebron has been playing 13 years in the NBA and he is 31 years old. He has a wife, a young daughter, and an athletic son that is already being recruited.( LeBron James is better than Kevin Durant because he has been playing longer, he has more awards than him, and he is more successful than him, talented and academically). Lebron James is better than Durant. Lebron James has been playing longer than Kevin Durant. First, Lebron has been playing longer than Kevin Durant

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    “ I don’t know what I’m going to do tomorrow. I just know for sure I’m going to keep playing basketball,” NBA star Kevin Durant. It is because of Dr. James Naismith’s invention of basketball, that Kevin Durant is able to play basketball everyday for the Oklahoma City Thunder, a team in the National Basketball Association. From the first game of basketball ever played, to the Golden State Warriors winning the National Basketball of Association championship in 2015, the sport has definitely evolved

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    basketball player Kevin Durant or Lebron James? Lebron James would be the best basketball player, because Lebron James has the most NBA rings, the most NBA titles, and Lebron James makes more money than Kevin Durant. Thesis Statement- This project will be explaining who is the best basketball player. This project will give facts on who is better in most people opinion on this topic, which is Kevin Durant is better in some people opinion. The three points are gonna be telling about Kevin Durant success.

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    Everyone says Lebron James is the best small forward, while a lot of other people say Kevin Durant is the best small forward. Lebron James shoots a .499 percent shooting field goals in his career while Kevin Durant shoots a .487 percent in his career. Kevin Durant and Lebron James are different because Kevin Durant has only 1 MVP. Lebron James has won 4 MVP. They are similar because they both won ¨Rookie of the Year¨. Lebron James has a lot of cool facts and information and has won a lot of awards

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    still shocked about Kevin Durant leaving Oklahoma City and how much hate he is getting from all his fans and the community of NBA basketball. LeBrone James still thinks Cleveland cavaliers should trade more players even when they recently had Kyle Korver. LeBrone also thinks he can keep functioning Cleveland without Kevin Love on the team. We the community do not like the way NBA players move teams and leaving their old team into the dust. Many players like Kevin Durant, Dwayne Wade, Derrick

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    All was well and good, until Kevin began panicking about possible jail time. He was having a full on anxiety attack in the bathroom for more than ten minutes. Afterwards, we all had a bit of a stomach ache, but wanted to end on a good note. Jojo and I filled our cargo pants with Cadbury Eggs and Peeps, Kevin had the important job of smuggling the giant chocolate Easter bunny. To this day, Jojo and I don’t know why we gave Kevin that job, but what is done is done. We were casually

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