“I was excited to put on that Oklahoma City jersey and play with them. That was fun,” Durant said. “Russell and D.J., they play very hard and they’re great guys to play with. They make me better and I try to make them better as well.”

“I’m more than excited to play with them this year and also to play in Oklahoma City.”

Durant said he was at school in Austin last week when he got a call from his agent informing him that the SuperSonics’ ownership had reached a settlement that would allow the team to relocate to Oklahoma City two years before its lease ran out in Seattle. At first, he thought it was an unfounded rumor.

Instead, the 19-year-old will be making his fifth move in as many years. He transferred from a Virginia high school to one in Maryland for his senior year before spending one year apiece in Austin and Seattle.

Durant said he hopes to visit Oklahoma City in mid-August to start looking for a new home for himself, his mother and his cousin.

“Hopefully I find something very nice and close to the practice facility,” Durant said. “I’m just trying to weigh all my options and see where’s the best place for me and my family to live, and we’ll go from there.”