When speaking about Kevin Durant, there’s an actual sense of mentorship, connection, and mutual respect. It wasn’t nearly fashion of play — it was a couple of private bond constructed behind the scenes, lengthy earlier than KD turned 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. Individuals 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 folks make the comparability however our talents to attain completely totally different. The effectiveness is identical. We BOTH get it carried out.” -via ScoopB.com / June 8, 2025
