Kevin Durant and business partner Rich Kleiman aspire to one day have the opportunity to own an NBA franchise.

Kevin Durant joined an investment round for Premier Lacrosse League to elevate the league through its partner network.

Kevin Durant becomes a major player in a merger agreement between SeatGeek and RedBird Acquisition Corporation valued at $1.35 billion.

Kevin Durant has a host of accolades — the number two overall pick in the 2007 NBA draft, two consecutive NBA titles, and NBA MVP, just to name a few. Now he’s added business investor to his repertoire. Durant ended 2019 on a high note by being listed on the Forbes 30 Under 30 class of 2020 list and gracing the cover of Forbes Special Issue edition which highlighted its 2020 class of 600 innovators spanning 20 industries. In a Forbes interview , Durant explained how he plans to capitalize on his NBA platform. “The view of basketball and the NBA has widened so much that it puts us in a lot of different rooms and it’s on us to take advantage of where we are,” Durant said. Durant has taken advantage of his platform with the development of Thirty Five Ventures , a company that is home to all of Durant’s — and his business partner, Rich Kleiman — business ventures in the areas of tech, sports, and culture. According to Forbes , Thirty Five Ventures employs 15 full-time hires and has...