Kevin Durant celebrates Team USA record with photo of teammates after Brazil win

Phoenix Suns' Kevin Durant is one of the most prolific players for Team USA during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. He was just an essential part of the team that completely pummelled the Brazil national team in the Olympic Men's Basketball Quarterfinals. One of the big news of the game was that LeBron James suffered an injury that got eveybody worried. But there were many good news as well, one of them is Kevin Durant making history as a Team USA player. He brokee a record that was held by Lisa Leslie. In terms of USA Basketball players, Kevin Durant placed his name at the very top of both the men and women's categories. Leslie held the record of 488 career Olympic points and Durant surpassed that number against Brazil.

Kevin Durant's message after the record

Even the former player congratulated Durant for the achievement, she stated she feels honored that it was Kevin Durant the one who broke her record. Other basketball greats like Magic Johnson and Trae Young congratulated Durant. Even MLB legend Derek Jeter took some time to write a congratulatory message for Durant. One would think KD would write up some passionate speech on social media but he decided to highlight the incredible team that he is representing instead. Granted, he did mention Lisa Leslie and the record but he reitirated that the main goal is to win Olympic Gold. There is still no rival for Team USA in the semifinals, we will know by Thursday.

Durant's message to the world after his record came alongside an impressive picture of him and the rest of Team USA after the smashing 122-87 victory over Brazil. This is what he wrote on his Twitter account: "Records are meant to be broken, I'll hold on to this until another great comes along and passes me up...Lisa Leslie you are the gold standard in basketball, I appreciate your love and support throughout the years..much love to you always...it's all about the gold baby. Let's get it fellas."