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The pro life: unsolicited advice for Kevin Durant.

Publication: Texas Monthly
Publication Date: 01-JUN-07 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: The pro life: unsolicited advice for Kevin Durant.(The Sports Authorities)

Article Excerpt
PANELISTS:

TIM GRIFFIN San Antonio Express-News

MARK ROSNER Austin American-Statesman

JEFF WALKER Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

Hollister: On June 28 the NBA will officially make University of Texas wunderkind Kevin Durant one of its own. It's a big world for a good kid--which, by all accounts, Durant does seem to be, right?

Rosner: Yeah, definitely. And they're not all like that out there.

Griffin: I don't think you could have asked for anything more, if you were [UT coach] Rick Barnes, from your one year with a basketball superstar.

Hollister: So first off, some advice for the guy. How does he stay a good kid? Given the kind of money and fame--and women--coming his way, how does he not get distracted?

Rosner: That was a concern of Durant's, and it was one reason why I think Barnes thought maybe he'd come back to school for awhile, so he wouldn't go off as an eighteen-year-old and have his mother come live with him.

Hollister: Is that the plan? Will Morn go with him?

Rosner: I don't know that that's the plan, but I think it was something he was worried...

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