At 31 years of age, Brooklyn Nets superstar Kevin Durant is currently in the 13th season of what has been an illustrious career. The two-time NBA champ has pretty much been through it all in the league, and there's no denying that Father Time is slowly catching up with him, especially after his devastating Achilles injury that will likely keep him out this entire 13th campaign of his career.
This is perhaps why Durant himself is already envisioning life after his playing days are over:
“I want to own and run an NBA team—run day-to-day operations and impact young players coming through the league,” Durant said, via Steven Bertoni of Forbes.
It is worth noting that it's not just about owning a team for Durant. As he mentioned above, he has every intention of being involved in how his team is run, as opposed to taking a back seat in the owner's box.
Durant went on to explain that his primary desire — aside of course from the potential financial benefits of owning a highly lucrative NBA team — is to be able to make a difference in the lives of young hopefuls:
“I started down here,” Durant adds. “I know there’ll be kids popping up in my family, and I want them to start above this roof. The only way to get there for your family is to create money, and I want to do it in a cooler way, not just being greedy and accumulating as much as I can.”
Just this summer, Durant signed a massive $164 million deal with the Nets. This will bring up his projected career earnings — from salaries alone — to over $350 million. KD is also building a massive business empire, so he very well may have the deep pockets to be able to turn this dream of his into a reality somewhere down the road.
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