The offseason work never stops for Phoenix Suns superstar Kevin Durant.
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!A picture and video of Durant, who is known to work out with a lot of young players in the league, in the gym with Oklahoma City Thunder center Chet Holmgren and Suns teammate Bol Bol is circulating on social media.
KD, Chet and Bol Bol in the lab is very scaryyyy ???? (via dashletics/IG) pic.twitter.com/560v2AbJuh
— Overtime (@overtime) June 8, 2024
Earlier this week, a video of Durant practicing his jumper in a club went viral.
KD in the club practicing his jumper ????
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— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) June 3, 2024
Bol and Holmgren are very similar-style players to Durant, as both are over 7-foot and known to have good face-up games, as well as be above-average shooters for how tall they are. The 6-foot-11 Durant is arguably the greatest shooter ever at his height.
This is not the first Durant has been seen working out this offseason with Bol, who will be an unrestricted free agent when the free agency period opens on June 30.
Bol n KD in the lab ???? pic.twitter.com/IwLgwiGicW
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Bol, who averaged 5.2 points on 61.6% shooting (42.3% from 3) and 3.2 rebounds in 10.9 minutes per game across 43 contests, has often called Durant his “favorite player.” Durant was seen working with him several times this season.
Kevin Durant on watching film with Bol Bol on bench (came after foul called on Bol): “Me and Bol got the same body type. Some of the stuff I try to implement in my game, I try to tell him as well.”
Durant likes big lineup: “Hopefully coach uses that lineup a little bit more.” https://t.co/WIutQNABlL pic.twitter.com/c081r6WCTH
— Burn City Suns Talk ????️ (@BurnCitySuns) February 9, 2024
Bol and Durant will also likely face off against each other in the 2024 Paris Olympics. Bol recently was named to South Sudan’s 25-man Olympic training camp roster. Durant, along with Devin Booker, will be playing on Team USA. Both South Sudan and Team USA are in Group C and are scheduled to face off on July 31.
Holmgren finished second in Rookie of the Year voting after averaging 16.5 points on 53/37/79 shooting splits, 7.9 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 2.4 blocks for the No. 1-seeded Thunder. The up-and-coming star on Durant’s former team modeled the new KD 17’s ahead of their release last month.
Chet Holmgren stars in Nike’s new KD 17 spot.
Narrated by Kevin Durant. pic.twitter.com/li2YdxtWvJ
— Nick DePaula (@NickDePaula) April 22, 2024
The 35-year-old Durant was selected to the All-NBA Second Team after he averaged the fifth-most points in the NBA at 27.1 per game on 52.3/41.3/85.6 shooting splits to go along with 6.6 rebounds and 5.0 assists across 75 games for the 49-33 Suns. This was his 11th time making an All-NBA team in his 16 years in the league.
Phoenix was swept in the first round by the Minnesota Timberwolves to end its season. Holmgren’s Thunder lost in six games in the second round to the Dallas Mavericks, who are currently down 0-1 in the NBA Finals to the Boston Celtics.
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Brendan Mau is a senior writer covering the Phoenix Suns and more for Burn City Sports. You can follow him on X via @Brendan_Mau
