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SI's Best Photos of Kevin Durant

As Kevin Durant — the 2007-08 Rookie of the Year and 2013-14 MVP, four-time NBA scoring champion named to seven consecutive All-Star teams — celebrates his 28th birthday on Sept. 29, 2016, we present SI's best photos of KD through the years.

SI's Best Photos of Kevin Durant

Kevin Durant and Thaddeus Young

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2006 McDonald's All American High School Basketball Game

Chase Budinger, John Wooden and Kevin Durant

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2006 McDonald's All American High School Basketball Game

Kevin Durant

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2006 Basketball Hall of Fame Challenge

Kevin Durant, Cartier Martin and Lance Harris

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2007 — Texas vs. Kansas State

Kevin Durant

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2007 SI cover

Kevin Durant and Shane Battier

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2007 State Farm USA Basketball Challenge

Kevin Durant

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2007 — Seattle SuperSonics vs. Denver Nuggets

Kevin Durant and Eduardo Najera

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2007 — Seattle SuperSonics vs. Denver Nuggets

Kevin Durant

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2007 — Seattle SuperSonics vs. Phoenix Suns

Kevin Durant with mom Wanda

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2007 — Seattle SuperSonics vs. Phoenix Suns

Kevin Durant

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2008 SI cover

Kevin Durant and LeBron James

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2008 — Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Cleveland Cavaliers

Michael Beasley and Kevin Durant

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2009 T-Mobile NBA Rookie Challenge & Youth Jam

Kevin Durant

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2009 photo shoot

Kevin Durant

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2010 — Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Miami Heat

Kevin Durant

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2010 Western Conference Playoffs First Round, Game 4 — Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Los Angeles Lakers

Kevin Durant

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2010 Western Conference Playoffs First Round, Game 4 — Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Los Angeles Lakers

Kevin Durant

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2010 Western Conference Playoffs First Round, Game 5 — Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Los Angeles Lakers

Kevin Durant and LeBron James

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2010 preseason — Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Miami Heat

Kevin Durant, Thabo Sefolosha and Nenad Krstic

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2010 SI cover

Kevin Durant

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2011 Western Conference Semifinals, Game 7 — Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Memphis Grizzlies

Kevin Durant

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2011 Western Conference Semifinals, Game 7 — Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Memphis Grizzlies

Kevin Durant

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2011 preseason — Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Dallas Mavericks

Kevin Durant and Carmelo Anthony

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2012 NBA All-Star Game

Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook

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2012 — Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Dallas Mavericks

Kevin Durant

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2012 Western Conference Finals, Game 6 — Oklahoma City Thunder vs. San Antonio Spurs

Kevin Durant

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2012 NBA Finals, Game 2 — Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Miami Heat

Kevin Durant and LeBron James

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2012 NBA Finals, Game 2 — Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Miami Heat

Kevin Durant

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2012 SI cover

Kevin Durant and LeBron James

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2012 London Olympic Games Preview

Kevin Durant and LeBron James

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2012 London Olympic Games

Kevin Durant

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2013 — Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Los Angeles Lakers

Kevin Durant

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2013 — Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Miami Heat

Kevin Durant

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2013 — Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Utah Jazz

Kevin Durant

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2013 SI cover

Kevin Durant

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2013 Western Conference Semifinals, Game 2 — Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Memphis Grizzlies

Kevin Durant, Kevin Love and Derrick Rose

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2013 NBA Summer Workout

Kevin Durant

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2013 NBA Summer Workout

Kevin Durant and Kevin Love

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2013 NBA Summer Workout

Kevin Durant

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2014 Western Conference Playoffs First Round, Game 1 — Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Memphis Grizzlies

Kevin Durant

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2014 Western Conference Playoffs First Round, Game 4 — Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Memphis Grizzlies

Kevin Durant

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2014 Western Conference Playoffs First Round, Game 7 — Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Memphis Grizzlies

Kevin Durant

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2014 Western Conference Semifinals, Game 3 — Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Los Angeles Clippers

Kevin Durant and Blake Griffin

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2014 SI cover

Kevin Durant

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2014 Western Conference Finals, Game 6 — Oklahoma City Thunder vs. San Antonio Spurs

Kevin Durant

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2014 — Oklahoma City Thunder vs Cleveland Cavaliers

Von Miller and Kevin Durant

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Super Bowl 50

Kevin Durant

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Super Bowl 50

Kevin Durant

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2016 Western Conference Finals, Game 5 — Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Golden State Warriors

Kevin Durant

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2016 SI cover

Kevin Durant

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2016 photo shoot

Kevin Durant

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2016 Rio Olympic Games

Kevin Durant

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2016 Rio Olympic Games

Jimmy Butler, Kevin Durant, DeAndre Jordan and Kyle Lowry

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2016 Rio Olympic Games

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