Andscape at the Olympics: Kevin Durant's mom, Wanda Durant, on her relationship with her son

In this special episode of Andscape at the Olympics, ESPN/Andscape commentator Ari Chambers and senior NBA editor Marc J. Spears sat down with Wanda Durant, the mother of USA men's basketball and Phoenix Suns forward Kevin Durant, to discuss her time in Paris, how life-changing her son's MVP speech in 2014 was for her (1:35), the strategy she used to raise her son (2:55), her platform and responsibility as the mother of an NBA star (4:10), what has brought her joy during her son's NBA career (6:27), where Kevin Durant gets his humility from despite his accomplishments (8:15), remembering what her son was like as a child and his passion for basketball (9:55), what her son inherited from her, people not getting to see his authentic self and how her two sons saved her life (11:55), participating in the TV show Raising Fame with Kevin (15:19) and advice for people who want to achieve success (17:20).#Andscape

ESPN on Social Media:

Visit ESPN on YouTube to get up-to-the-minute sports news coverage, scores, highlights and commentary for NFL, NHL, MLB, NBA, College Football, NCAA Basketball, soccer and more.

[GbreezY]

Mama Durant said “me lose my mind over Louis Vuitton? My son been a millionaire for 15+ years” in the most polite way lmaooo

[leochambers]

Ladies treasure her friendship and wisdom. She is a great role model, friend and christian.

[aliciafana]

Single mothers are a power house real force Wanda you are inspiration to many you raise your boys into respectful man mama Durant you are a real MVP cause KD don’t use woman he will rather remain single much ❤️ from 🇿🇦

[aquintaancrum]

Ms. Durant (Wanda), Jaylen Brown's mom, and Jayson Tatum mom are women of noble characters.

[elizabethjackson]

Kevin you know who you are. I salute you. I am so grateful to love and to know you and your brother and you too Wanda.❤❤❤❤

[nyashakurasha]

Thank you for mentioning Kev’s humility. He is such an anointed man who scores with ease, but he is so down to earth. It’s admirable! God bless him. God bless mama 😊.

[andreamiller]

❤❤❤🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🎊🎊 celebrating all the Queens who are supporting each other in the NBA

[kdm]

MAN!!! WHEN IS HER BOOK COMING OUT? I absolutely love their story.

[SangiColney]

Such an inspiration. Indeed a real MVP!

[ShareseCombs]

Kevin is smart, I respect his decision to wait for marriage/kids I hope he gets to enjoy his life with someone really special!!🙏💕

[ivylin]

Aww Mama Durant and her bond with her son is my parasocial relationship. Love them.

[lintonmcdonaldjr.]

I wish i could adopt Ms Wanda as my own mom.

[ojoj]

Great interview!
For me is sad, LETS START WITH CERTAIN MEDIA MEMBERS WHO WALK INTO AN ARENA LIKE THEYRE THE STAR OF THE SHOW. SUNGLASSES ON, VINCE MCMAHON WALK. THOSE GUYS AMPLIFY THAT GARBAGE TO MILLIONS OF FANS AND CHANGE PERCEPTION AND NARRATIVE.

[rastendaimacky]

She needs to tell his son to get married