Green And Durant Stick Together, Even In The Bright Lights Of Vegas

LAS VEGAS, Aug. 20 -- Kevin Durant's cellphone rang at a Team USA breakfast Monday and upon hearing the ring tone by rapper Kanye West, Jeff Green scrunched his face in disapproval.

"You got the wrong ring tone, Kevin," Green said, shaking his head. "Kanye says, 'Wait till I get my money, right.' You already got your money right."

Durant chuckled, scooped some more fruit onto his plate and sat down. "Yeah, that's Jeff," Durant later said with a laugh. "He's always got something to say about somebody. I can take it."

Green and Durant have known each other as acquaintances for the past three years, but in the past two months, they have spent nearly as much time together as apart. The Maryland natives became teammates June 28 when the Seattle SuperSonics selected Durant with the No. 2 pick in the NBA draft then made a trade with the Boston Celtics to acquire the former Georgetown star Green, the fifth pick.

Since then, they've played on the SuperSonics' summer league team and spent the past week participating in Team USA's preparations for the FIBA Americas Olympic Qualifying Tournament, which begins Wednesday at Thomas & Mack Center. The United States needs to finish first or second to qualify for Beijing.

Green and Durant are in Las Vegas for different reasons -- Green was invited as a member of a 10-man select team of young NBA players to scrimmage with members of the men's senior national team while Durant was on the bubble for the official 12-man roster before being cut with Nick Collison late Monday night -- but they have breakfast together each morning and have eaten dinner together a few times, since both players are too young to partake in all that Las Vegas has to offer.

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source : washingtonpost.com