Kevin Durant Still Under the Radar, and it's Fine by Him

Filed under: USA Basketball, Thunder, FIBA World Championship

ISTANBUL -- Kevin Durant loves to tell stories about times he doesn't get recognized. Apparently, it keeps him humble.



There's the tale Durant told recently about how a security officer mistook him for Miami forward Chris Bosh when he was at the airport in Las Vegas in July for Team USA training camp. Then there's a story about Durant walking around with some of his Oklahoma City teammates at a Charlotte shopping mall last season.



"Some people thought we were a college team,'' Durant said. "They said, 'Good luck and hopefully you'll make it to NBA.' We were like, 'All right.' "



Asked if he's been recognized much in Istanbul in the week the Team USA forward has been here for the World Championship, Durant said he really hasn't been out of the hotel except to go to games and practices.



One thing is for sure. There are no posters of Durant in Turkey. The American most often featured on posters promoting the Worlds is Lakers guard Kobe Bryant, and he's not even here after dropping out, along with all the other members of the 2008 Olympic team, in early July. Either the printing deadline was quite early or nobody in Turkey bothered checking the Internet.

 

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