Kevin Durant will be one of the most visible players in the NBA this season, with an impressive 28 nationally television games scheduled for the Houston Rockets. Durant fans will also soon get a closer look at the 15-time All-Star behind the scenes. 

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Netflix announced on Thursday its acquisition of a documentary series chronicling Durant’s career. Created by OBB Pictures, the upcoming Netflix series began filming during the 2023-24 season, Durant’s first year with the Phoenix Suns. Filming will continue during the 2025-26 season in Houston, and per Netflix, “for years beyond as he approaches the final chapters of his career.”

Numerous television cameras from NBC, ESPN and Amazon will roam Toyota Center at various times this season. Expect Netflix cameras to be a more regular presence, capturing the pursuit of Durant’s third championship in what he hopes will be his final stop among five NBA teams.

Durant is one of the NBA’s most captivating stars on the court. He could prove to be a more fascinating figure in the yet-to-be-released series.

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Durant is notably candid in his appearances on Season 2 of Netflix’s Starting 5, where he is one of the featured players (Rockets legend and current Los Angeles Clippers guard James Harden is similarly a breakout star on camera). Durant can oscillate from mocking to sincere, reflective to rageful. He laughed as he explained why he trolls fans on Twitter-“[they] never run full speed in their life,”-and he let an f-bomb fly when recounting Oklahoma City’s move to trade Harden to Houston in 2012.

“I know [LeBron James] and them was so f—ing happy that we wasn’t together no more,” Durant said of his then-dismantled trio of Durant, Harden and Russell Westbrook. “I was like, ‘shut the f–k up, y’all was just fuckin scared, you know we was on the way [to winning a championship].”

Durant arrives in Houston carrying high expectations, as a future Hall of Famer aiming to secure one last, legacy-defining championship. Whether the Durant-era Rockets rise or fall remains an open question.

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Durant’s years with the Rockets as interesting TV? That seems like a guarantee.

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This article originally published at Kevin Durant getting ‘Last Dance’ treatment with Netflix documentary.