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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 2014
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
"Everything in my life, I had to take it. They're not going to give it to you out of sympathy. I wouldn't want it any other way. This was another case. If I wanted to win the MVP, I had to go take it. I felt that this was the year I did that."
—Kevin Durant
—ESPN.com
FACT OF THE DAY
Kevin Durant averaged more points, rebounds, assists per game and had a higher field goal percentage than Michael Jordan in their 7th season in the NBA.
-ESPN.com
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
Q: Who was the last player to win the NBA scoring title and the MVP award in the same season?
A. Allen Iverson, 2000-2001.
— ESPN.com
THE MORNING BREW
Kevin Durant wins MVP after years of success in NBA
it's been a long time coming for Kevin Durant.
For a player who has been named NBA All-Rookie First Team (2008), NBA Rookie of the Year (2008), NBA Rookie Challenge MVP (2009), All-NBA First Team (2010-2013), NBA All-Star (2010-2014) NBA All-Star Game MVP (2012) and NBA scoring champion (2010-2014), you would think he would be selected as NBA Most Valuable Player before this year.
Durant received 119 first-place votes for the trophy, with LeBron James receiving just six.
Durant didn't thank his lucky stars and his acceptance speech wasn't about him. His acceptance speech was about his mother and the other people who support him.
"You made us believe, you kept us off the streets, you put clothes on our backs, put food on the table," an emotional Durant said to his mother. "You're the real MVP."
Another person Durant thanked was veteran forward Caron Butler. According to Durant, Butler placed a note in Durant's locker reading "KD MVP" on March 1.
"I don't really say much in those moments, but I remember that," Durant said. "I go home and I think about that stuff, man. When you got people behind you, you can do whatever."
This was the first time since the 2000-2001 season where the same player won both the NBA scoring champion title and the MVP award.
"He's basically put himself in front of everybody else in the league and shown that he's the best player in the world," said Russell Westbrook, Durant's teammate.
James, a four-time NBA MVP, agreed with Westbrook.
"He deserved it, for sure. It's big-time on his part. His maturity level went up every single season both on and off the court." James said.
His statistics this season have been through the roof as he averages 32
Durant also left a mark in the NBA all-time charts. He had a run of 41 consecutive games during the season where he tallied at least 25 points. His streak was the third longest in NBA
points, 5.5 assists and 7.4 rebounds per game. During the course of the regular season, Durant was the leading scorer in 59 of their 81 games. This season, so far, he's scored 2,593 points, adding to his career total of 14,851. If the Oklahoma City Thunder make a run in the NBA Finals and Durant plays to his caliber, he could break 15,000 points before the season is over.
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After thunder's loss in game five to the Memphis Grizzlies, Durant received some heat, from his own city's newspaper, even though he scored 26 points. "Mr. Unreliable" was plastered across the front page of the Oklahoma with a picture Durant underneath it.
"That's what they're supposed to write," said Durant after seeing the headline. "I didn't come through for the team."
He let it be his motivation though, as he combined for 69 points in the final two games of that series.
As the NBA Finals continue, there's no telling how many points Durant will score. As Durant's career continue, there's no telling how many more MVP awards he will win.
This week in athletics
Edited by Cara Winkley
Wednesday
Thursday
Baseball Missouri State 6:30 p.m. Springfield, Mo.
Women's Golf NCAA Regionals All Day TBD
Friday
Saturday
Women's Golf NCAA Regionals All Day TBD
Baseball
West Virginia
6 p.m.
Lawrence
Softball
Iowa State
5 p.m.
Lawrence
Women's Golf
NCAA Regionals
All Day
TBD
Softball Iowa State 2 p.m. Lawrence
Sunday
Baseball
West Virginia
2 p.m.
Lawrence
Softball Iowa State Noon Lawrence
Baseball
West Virginia
1 p.m.
Lawrence
INTERNATIONAL Pistorius accused of 'sinister' remark in court
friend of the girlfriend he killed: "How can you sleep at night?"
Pistorius denied the allegation that he said to the close
No Events
Monday
The accusation by Kim Myers provided a bizarre twist during the trial of the world-famous double-amputee Olympian, who is facing 25 years to life in prison if convicted of premeditated murder for shooting dead Steenkampat his home
PRETORIA, South Africa — Oscar Pistorius was accused of making a "sinister" remark to a friend of Reeva Steenkamp in the courtroom Tuesday during a break at his murder trial.
last year.
Tuesday No Events
Pistorius, 27, denies murder and says he killed Steenkamp by mistake thinking she was an intruder when he shot her multiple times through a closed toilet door.
He also denied to reporters in the courtroom that he made any comment to Myers, Pistorius said he hadn't spoken to
members of the Myers family for weeks, despite sitting a few feet away from them during proceedings. Myers' lawyer said she told him it happened. Myers was approached by Pistorius and he made the remark to her in a "very sinister way", the lawyer for Myers told The Associated Press. Attorney Ian Levitt said Myers was
Levitt was not in the courtroom but said Myers phoned him to report it.
"shocked" and did not know what it referred to. Levitt said she found it "extremely disturbing."
Officials at South Africa's National Prosecuting Authority said they would not be acting on the report.
Pistorius' lawyer, Brian Webber, said Pistorius also told him that the allegation regarding the remark was untrue.
"I've asked the client and he denies that he said it," Webber said.
His legal team says they could wrap up presenting his defense by next Tuesday.
Associated Press
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