It’s no joke, Kevin Durant’s an All-Star

 
By Darnell Mayberry, Staff Writer, dmayberry@opubco.com | Published: January 29, 2010   

Leave it to the "Round Mound of Sound” to pester Kevin Durant on one of the biggest days of his professional career.

Shortly after announcing Durant as a first-time All-Star on Thursday night, Hall of Famer Charles Barkley engaged the Thunder forward in some good-natured ribbing via a televised phone interview from the TNT studio in Atlanta.

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"Kevin, in fairness, we didn’t want to break your heart on TV,” Barkley started. "You’ve been punk’d. You didn’t really make the team.”

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