Early lesson on money pays off for Kevin Durant

 
By Darnell Mayberry, Staff Writer, dmayberry@opubco.com
Published: July 1, 2010

Wanda Pratt would hand her baby boy $20 and send him on his way.

The kid could spend the money however he saw fit, but it was all mom could dole out for the week.

"I had to save it up and not buy things that I didn't need," said Kevin Durant .

"That's how I learned to manage my money back then."

Roughly 10 years later, Durant still is applying those same money-management ski...


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