Kevin Durant scored 22 points in his return to Austin Thursday but his Phoenix Suns lost 120-109 to the San Antonio Spurs.

Although Kevin Durant spent just one season at Texas, he remains a positive presence around the Longhorn program, says Texas coach Rodney Terry

And on this date in Texas history, Kevin Durant had his jersey retired by the men's basketball program. During halftime of UT's 87-81 win over Texas Tech at the Erwin Center on Feb. 25, 2009, Texas officially set aside the No.

While it's a home game for the Spurs, it's a homecoming for Suns star Kevin Durant, who will play in Austin for the 1st time since starring at the University of Texas.

The Suns are playing the Spurs in Austin, TX, where Kevin Durant played his lone season of college basketball. The 36-year-old forward getting a homecoming and being able to play in front of Texas Longhorns fans get back to Austin is quite a remarkable moment for the future first-ballot Hall of Fame forward.

Those three players were easy choices with Durant considering that he has gotten a chance to play with all of them in recent years. He was teammates with Tatum and Embiid on the U.S. Olympic team that won gold in Paris last summer and spent multiple seasons with Irving on the Brooklyn Nets.

NBA superstar Kevin Durant, who currently plays for the Phoenix Suns, is proving to be an asset for the Tennessee Vols on the recruiting trail. Durant played for the Texas Longhorns in college before making the jump to the NBA.

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Kevin Durant, fellow Texas teammate Justin Mason and one of Durant's buddies, Randy Williams, piled out of a Chevy Cavalier

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