Photo via KT King
How did Kevin Durant, two-time scoring champ, NBA All-Star and global superstar in general choose to spend his Halloween? On campus at Oklahoma State playing some flag football.
Seriously. (To see video of how it came about and more highlights from Durant, check out our latest post.)
File another story under "Kevin Durant is just about the coolest dude ever." I think he's just showing off now.
Early Monday, Durant tweeted he was one bored basketballer and was in the mood for some flag football. "This lockout is really boring..anybody playing flag football in Okc..I need to run around or something!"
An OSU student, George Overbay, tweeted him back saying his team played at 10 p.m. Durant responded, "Can I play?" (which is hilarious to me). He told Durant to bring his "A" game. And here's the crazy part: He actually showed up. I would say I can't believe it, but I totally can.
Durant made the two-hour drive to Stillwater and threw four touchdowns and had three interceptions. After the game, he tweeted: "I had soooo much fun at Oklahoma st playing flag football! Shoutout my new buddy @groverbey for inviting me! I threw 4 tds and had 3 ints!!" (Here's a picture of KD after his third interception, which sealed the game. Lots of pictures here.)
That TD run remind you of anything? I saw a little Vince Young in Durant there.
At one point an OSU fan got KD to shout "OU sucks!" which of course instantly won over everyone watching. Which you might not be surprised but a solid crowd of something like 500 gathered to watch the game. What can you say about it?
Another feather in the cap of Durant and not because it was some Nike marketing plan or PR ploy. It was just KD being KD. Super cool, as always.
