The current Houston Rocket, who averaged 26 points and 11 rebounds during the 2006-07 season for the Longhorns, donated $3 million to the University of Texas in 2018 to build a practice facility that bears his name next to Moody Center, and now he's fixing to post up in downtown with a new restaurant named Austin Sports Club.

The Austin American‑Statesman first reported Durant's plans, noting that Austin Sports Club will be the first restaurant concept developed by Durant and Kleiman together. The paper also reports that Gebbia and Lobos Hospitality are part of the ownership group and that the team describes the concept as "a timeless restaurant reimagined for the modern athlete,

Just down the road from Austin, Texas (well technically, about two and a half hours due east driving), where the Texas campus is located, Kevin Durant's freshman friend surprised him courtside at a recent Houston Rockets game wearing a burnt orange T-shirt that had a photo of the duo as first-year college students together on the front.

Kevin Durant, who averaged 26 points and 11 rebounds during the 2006-07 season for the Longhorns, donated $3 million to the University of Texas in 2018 to build a practice facility that bears his name next to Moody Center, and now he's fixing to post up in downtown with a new restaurant named Austin Sports Club.

Shabana Qureshi and Kevin Durant were freshmen at Texas in 2006, and Qureshi made sure to snap a (blurry) pic with him back then, knowing he'd be an NBA superstar one day. Fast forward 18 years, and she put that pic on a T-shirt to surprise the Longhorn Legend with his current team,

Following a statement win over the Texas rival Houston Rockets, the former No. 1 pick Cooper Flagg drew high praise from Kevin Durant

HOUSTON (AP) — The last time Kevin Durant played for a Texas team, he was a freshman at the University of Texas. On his 37th birthday on Monday he was officially introduced as a Houston Rocket, returning to the state he’s long been fond of. “It feels ...

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Kevin Durant reunited with one of his college friends, Shabana, when she appeared courtside in a Houston game.

Shabana attended the game in an orange T-shirt featuring an old photo of her and Kevin Durant from their freshman year at Texas. Durant, who rarely shows much reaction on the court, cracked a smile as soon as he recognized her.