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Andscape at the Olympics: Kevin Durant’s mom, Wanda Durant, goes deep on relationship with her son
Ari Chambers, Marc J. Spears talk to Team USA star’s mother about her platform as an NBA mom and more
Andscape at the Olympics is an ongoing series exploring the Black athletes and culture around the 2024 Paris Games.
PARIS – Welcome to Andscape at the Olympics, a video series in which Andscape columnist William C. Rhoden, senior NBA writer Marc J. Spears and Andscape/ESPN commentator Arielle Chambers discuss the key topics about Black athletes and culture at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
In this special episode of Andscape at the Olympics, Chambers and Spears sat down with Wanda Durant, the mother of USA men’s basketball team member 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 (15:19) and advice for people who want to achieve success (17:20).
— Episode 4: Talking sprinters Noah Lyles, Sha’Carri Richardson and the 100 meters spectacle
— Episode 3: U.S. gymnastics, Team USA Basketball’s odds of losing, sports the Games need
— Episode 2: Talking U.S. women’s sports from Simone Biles to Sha’Carri Richardson
— Episode 1: Talking USA Basketball, opening ceremony
— Special episode: Recognizing author and essayist James Baldwin’s 100th birthday
— Special episode: Talking Team USA women’s basketball with Jackie Young
— Special episode: Talking with men’s 400-meter gold medalist Quincy Hall