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BY J.R. MOEHRINGER

PHOTOGRAPHY BY MARIO SORRENTI

STYLING BY SYDNEY ROSE THOMAS

Kevin Durant’s final season with the Warriors

ended with a ruptured Achilles and no champion-

ship. Now he’s focused on his recovery and elated

to be coming to Brooklyn, so can everyone stop

worrying about whether or

not he’s happy?

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GAINS

MOVING ON

“I’ve always been on a

search,” says Durant, who

in July signed a four-year

$164 million deal with

the Brooklyn Nets. Of his

time with the Warriors,

he says, “I came in there

wanting to be part of a

group, wanting to be part

of a family, and definitely

felt accepted. As time

went on, I started to

realize I’m just different

from the rest of the guys.”

Nike jersey.