Lebron James and Kevin Durant

Lebron James and Kevin Durant
Author: Belmont and Belcourt Biographies
Publisher: Belmont and Belcourt Books
Total Pages: 101
Release: 2013-03-19
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 161984334X

Lebron James and Kevin Durant are international superstars. This book follows both men's lives from their humble beginnings to becoming two of the best basketball players in the world. LeBron James, The Chosen One, is one of the greatest basketball players ever to play the game. He is an eight-time NBA All-Star, a three-time league MVP, and an NBA champion. Most fans are aware of his amazing accomplishments on the court and of his controversial "Decision" to leave Cleveland for South Beach, but in order to truly understand LeBron James, you must first understand where he came from. This book explores James' upbringing, his high school career, and details his breakthrough into the NBA, all the way through the onset of the 2014-2015 NBA season. Kevin Durant is a six-foot, nine-inch small forward who has worked his way into the elite class of talent in the NBA. The 2008 Rookie of the Year led the league in scoring in the 2009-10 season and was the youngest player ever to win the NBA scoring title. This book explores Durant's upbringing, his high school and college basketball careers, and details his breakthrough into the NBA, all the way through the onset of the 2014-2015 NBA season. From family to basketball to the future, all you need to know about Lebron James and Kevin Durant is right here, right now, in the most up to date coverage of both men’s lives. This book also includes all of both men’s professional statistics.

LeBron vs. Durant vs. Curry vs. Jordan

LeBron vs. Durant vs. Curry vs. Jordan
Author: David Aretha
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Total Pages: 64
Release: 2019-12-15
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1725348489

Using statistics and math calculations, this instructional and entertaining volume explores the extraordinary achievements of Michael Jordan, LeBron James, Stephen Curry, and Kevin Durant, putting their careers in context with other NBA legends. Along the way, each of these calculations is explained and discussed, bringing the worlds of sports and math together. In addition to a biographical look at their careers, these four players are compared head-to-head using statistical analysis. This gives readers a chance to "do the math" to determine who really is the greatest player of all time.

Kevin Durant

Kevin Durant
Author: Jon M. Fishman
Publisher: LernerClassroom
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2017
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1512456160

Kevin Durant is a star small forward for the Golden State Warriors and has also won two Olympic gold medals. Read all about Durant's health and fitness routines, his life on and off the court, and more.

KD

KD
Author: Marcus Thompson
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2019-05-14
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1501197835

Golden State Warriors insider and bestselling author Marcus Thompson “paints a complex portrait and captures all the multitudes of a dynamic athlete trying to carve his legacy” (Jonathan Abrams, New York Times bestselling author) with this definitive biography of one of the most extraordinary basketball players in NBA history—Kevin Durant. The NBA has never seen a player quite like Kevin Durant. Larry Bird wasn’t as quick, Magic Johnson didn’t have such a range, and Michael Jordan wasn’t seven feet tall. Durant handles the ball like Allen Iverson, shoots like Dirk Nowitzki, and has the scoring instincts of Kobe Bryant. He does it in a body that’s about as big as Hakeem Olajuwon. But ultimately, Kevin Durant is like no one but himself. After an incredible first season with Golden State, Kevin Durant earned the coveted NBA Finals MVP award: he was the Warriors’ top scorer in every game of the 2017 Finals, helping the team snatch the title from LeBron James and the defending champion Cleveland Cavaliers. As a sports columnist for The Athletic Bay Area, and longtime beat reporter covering the Golden State Warriors, Marcus Thompson is perfectly positioned to trace Durant’s inspirational journey. KD follows Durant’s underdog story from his childhood spent in poverty outside DC; to his rise playing on AAU teams with future NBA players; to becoming a star and hometown hero for the Oklahoma Thunder; to his controversial decision to play for the NBA rival Golden State Warriors; to his growth from prodigy into a man, in the first true inside account of this superstar player. With his “gift for insight into people, in a way that might be sui generis among writers” (Ethan Strauss, The Athletic), Thompson has written a powerful, moving biography of a modern-day legend that is also an essential read for all sports fans—or anyone who wants to know: what’s it like to shoot for greatness?

Meet Kevin Durant

Meet Kevin Durant
Author: Joe Levit
Publisher: Lerner Publications TM
Total Pages: 35
Release: 2022-08-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1728472806

Brooklyn Nets forward Kevin Durant has twice won the NBA Finals with the Golden State Warriors. Sports fans will thrill in learning about the MVP's greatest moments both on and off the court.

This Book Has Balls

This Book Has Balls
Author: Michael Rapaport
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2017-10-24
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1501160338

The sports world according to Michael Rapaport—actor, Top 50 podcaster, award-winning film maker, and sports fanatic—from the greatest and downright worst athletes, players, teams, and jerseys, but minus statistics, analytics, or anything else that isn’t pure hustle in this “hell of a book” (Shaquille O'Neal). In 1979, nine-year-old Michael Rapaport decided he was going to do whatever it took to be a pro baller. He practiced and practiced, but by the time he was fifteen, he realized there was no place for a slow, white Jewish kid in the NBA. So, he found another way to channel his obsession with sports: talking trash. In the “crazy, passionate, funny and intense” (Colin Cowherd) This Book Has Balls, Rapaport uses his signature smack-talk style and in-your-face humor to discuss everything from why LeBron will never be like Mike, that Tiger needs the ladies to get his golf game back, and how he once thought Mary Lou Retton was his true love. And, of course, why next year will be the year the New York Knicks win the championship. This book is a series of rants—some controversial, some affectionate, but all incredibly hilarious. “Something is wrong with Michael Rapaport but that’s what makes him right,” (Charlamagne tha God).

Epic Athletes: Kevin Durant

Epic Athletes: Kevin Durant
Author: Dan Wetzel
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2020-08-04
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1250295912

In Epic Athletes: Kevin Durant, award-winning sports journalist Dan Wetzel tells the inspirational true-life story of an NBA superstar in this thrilling biography for young readers! Featuring comic-style illustrations by Marcelo Baez! In 2016, Kevin Durant shocked the basketball world when he decided to sign with the Golden State Warriors. Many questioned why one of the league's best players would join a team that was already stacked with talent—didn't he want to make a name for himself as the sole leader of a team? Kevin would have the last laugh, winning two championships and putting to rest any questions about his incredible legacy. In choosing to tune out the noise, he instead set his sights on success, maintaining the same winning attitude that has helped him achieve and overcome ever since he was kid. Even after his father abandoned the family when he was a young boy, when he was told he was too skinny to make an impact in the NBA, Kevin ignored the critics and forged his own path to victory. Filled with sports action and comic-style illustrations, this inspiring biography recaps the life of one of the most talented scorers in NBA history. Praise for Epic Athletes: * "Wetzel knows how to organize the facts and tell a good story. . . an unusually informative and enjoyable sports biography for young readers." —Booklist, STARRED review of Epic Athletes: Stephen Curry

Kevin Durant

Kevin Durant
Author: Shaina Indovino
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 84
Release: 2014-11-17
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1422287971

Kevin Durant may be a young player, but he's already done amazing things in his NBA career. After joining the league in 2007, Kevin was chosen as Rookie of the Year. He led the league in scoring for three years in a row and has been chosen to play in the NBA All-Star Game four times. In 2012, he was chosen as the All-Star Game MVP, a huge honor for any player but even more incredible for a young player. Learn more about how Kevin became the NBA star fans know today. Find out about his childhood in Washington, D.C., and how he learned to love basketball. Discover what makes Kevin the success he is today!

Kevin Durant

Kevin Durant
Author: Belmont and Belcourt Biographies
Publisher: Price World Publishing
Total Pages: 57
Release: 2012-05
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1619841487

Kevin Durant is a star on the rise. A six-foot, nine-inch small forward, Durant has worked his way into an elite class of NBA all-stars. The 2008 Rookie of the Year led the league in scoring in the 2009-10 season and was the youngest player ever to win the NBA scoring title. This biography explores Durant's upbringing, his high school and college basketball careers, and details his breakthrough into the NBA, all the way through the conclusion of the 2014-2015 season. From family to basketball to the future, all you need to know about Kevin Durant is right here, right now, in the most up to date coverage of Kevin Durant's life. This book also includes all of Kevin Durant's college and professional statistics.

Thinking Basketball

Thinking Basketball
Author: Ben Taylor
Publisher:
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2016-06-29
Genre:
ISBN: 9781532968174

Are top scorers really the most valuable players? Are games decided in the final few minutes? Does the team with the best player usually win?Thinking Basketball challenges a number of common beliefs about the game by taking a deep dive into the patterns and history of the NBA. Explore how certain myths arose while using our own cognition as a window into the game's popular narratives. New basketball concepts are introduced, such as power plays, portability and why the best player shouldn't always shoot. Discover how the box score can be misleading, why "closers" are overrated and how the outcome of a game fundamentally alters our memory. Behavioral economics, traffic paradoxes and other metaphors highlight this thought-provoking insight into the NBA and our own thinking. A must-read for any basketball fan -- you'll never view the sport, and maybe the world, the same again.