20-year NBA veteran messages Kevin Durant on Instagram

Phoenix Suns star Kevin Durant enters his 18th season in the NBA. This will be the 17th season Durant appears in, as he missed the entire 2019-20 campaign while recovering from an Achilles injury.

Selected second overall by the Seattle Supersonics (now Oklahoma City Thunder) in the 2007 NBA Draft, Durant went on to become one of the greatest of all time. Making 14 All-Star teams and 11 All-NBA teams, Durant also has four scoring titles, two Finals MVP awards and one league MVP award.

Celebrating his 36th birthday on Sunday, Durant received a message on NBA social media.

Jamal Crawford is a former NBA star who sent Durant a birthday message.

Via Crawford: “Happy birthday to one of the greatest on or off the field. Respect KD.

A 20-year NBA veteran and three-time Sixth Man of the Year winner, Crawford spent five seasons with the LA Clippers. Appearing in 370 games with the Clippers, Crawford made more appearances for Los Angeles than for any of the other eight teams he played for.

Crawford won the last of his two Sixth Man of the Year awards in Los Angeles, winning the first with the Atlanta Hawks. After spending five years with those Lob City teams, Crawford had some great battles against Durant and Oklahoma City.

The Clippers and Thunder faced each other in the 2014 Western Conference semifinals. Oklahoma City won that series before falling to the San Antonio Spurs who won it all that season.

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