Kevin Durant, the NBA’s unassuming superstar, remembers his D.C. roots

OKLAHOMA CITY -- There's something undeniably wholesome about Oklahoma City Thunder basketball.

The entire arena stands before each game and prays together. The crowd goes silent for a video tribute of a community hero and is enthralled with the "kiss cam." There was a marriage proposal between quarters at one recent game. And at the center of it all is the city's squeaky-clean 23-year-old superstar, Kevin Durant, who fist bumps everyone he sees, kisses his mom following games and has turned the nation's heartland into pro basketball country.

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