Durant wins "Oklahoman of the Year" honor

The Oklahoma City Thunder do a great job of being a team the reflects their community. The principles that the ownership and coaching staff preach all the time are hard-work, humility and team-work. This really endears the team to the community and Bennett, Presti & Co know it. The best part of all is that our superstar himself embodies these attributes somewhat naturally. Maybe it was his upbringing? Or his personality? Probably both. But the Oklahoma City people love Kevin Durant and chose him as the "Oklahoman of the Year" given out by Oklahoma Today magazine (published by the Oklahoma tourism department). Even though Durant's only been around Oklahoma for a couple years and past winners were born Okies, I'm giving the choice of Durant two-thumbs-up. And maybe it goes to show that being an Okie is more a matter of character and just happen-stance of where you end up living.