Kevin Durant is frequently asked for his opinion on other cities this season as he approaches free agency, but he was asked about Oklahoma City during a fundraiser to benefit his foundation.

"It's home," he said. "It's home.

"I've always felt that this place meant so much to me," he said. "It has a special place in my heart and my family's heart as well. And we want to do our justice by giving back and giving to the less fortunate. That's how I was raised, that's how my mom taught me, how my grandmother taught me, is to give back. I've been blessed with so much I want to be a blessing on someone else."

"Since I've been doing this job we've walked into the same building every single day," Thunder general manager Sam Presti said of Durant. "I can honestly tell you there's never a day that goes by that I take for granted that I work in an organization that has Kevin Durant representing it. His evolution as a person has been as steady, consistent and impressive as his evolution as a player. And that's quite the statement."