Brooklyn Nets superstar Kevin Durant is not exactly the most reserved player out there. The former league MVP always speaks his mind — regardless of the fact that it gets him into trouble from time to time. As it turns out, KD gets this from his mom, Wanda Durant.
In a recent interview with Brian Lewis of the New York Post, Wanda made a few revelations about his son. In particular, KD's mom opened up about her son's Achilles injury:
“It was one of the hardest things for me to watch because I couldn’t help. I wasn’t there physically. I was not in the arena. When I saw it, it just broke my heart. It was tough and it was difficult, and as a mom I wanted to be next to my baby,” Wanda said. “I just wanted to be there to support him, and it was really difficult.
“And after he allowed me to pamper him and do all the stuff that mothers love to do, he’s like, ‘OK mom, I’m OK now. I have this and I’m gonna be OK.’ ”
Kevin Durant was indeed OK. It took him some time, but he was amazingly able to get back to his old, dominant self after a career-threatening injury. Wanda admitted that her son's recovery is mind-blowing, but at the same time, this was what she expected all along:
“It’s mind blowing, but for me, that’s just who my son is,” Wanda said. “So, it’s not something that’s unexpected or shocking to me. It’s just Kevin being Kevin.”
Wanda also had a bit to say about her son's knack for getting into it on social media. According to his mom, this is simply who Kevin Durant is:
“You have people who’ll disconnect and you have people that are fully engaged,” Wanda said. “For [the latter], its therapeutic. The various reactions to social media, Kevin is just a part of it. So why is his first version of engagement with social media so blown up?
“And I get the superstar — the best basketball player in the world, hands down, let’s get that clear. Mama said it, and she believes it — and I get that part of it. But you have various responses and engagement levels in social media. So Kevin is just engaging in his life, and social media is just a part of our lives.
“If you simplify this to its lowest terms, this is all of us, then you won’t always have to elevate someone to be heroic or villain.”
Fair point from Mama Durant here. KD is such a tremendous player that all his actions are (at times unfairly) put under a microscope. He's unapologetic as they come through, and it doesn't look like he's going to change anytime soon. Wanda wouldn't have it any other way.
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