Kevin Durant has won the 2024-25 Magic Johnson Award, which honors the NBA player who best combines excellence on the court with cooperation and grace in dealing with the media and fans, the Professional Basketball Writers Association announced today.<\/p>\n
The PBWA is composed of more than 200 writers and editors who regularly cover the NBA and WNBA<\/a> for newspapers, magazines, and online news outlets.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re really pleased to honor KD again,\u201d said PBWA president Howard Beck. \u201cKevin has long been one of the NBA\u2019s most thoughtful and accessible stars. He always makes time for reporters, whether for on-the-record interviews or just informal chit-chat, and he never shies away from any topic. He\u2019s as eager to dive into the minutiae of a single play as he is to discuss broader issues facing the league. His passion for the game always comes through. Our members were also really appreciative of Kevin\u2019s public advocacy for reopening locker rooms after the pandemic, recognizing how critical that access is for building trust and rapport between players and journalists.\u201d<\/p>\n Durant becomes the second member of the Suns to win this award, joining Steve Nash, who took home the honors in the 2011-2012 season. It is the second time in Durant\u2019s career winning the award. <\/p>\n Magic Johnson Award winners<\/p>\n 2000-01 Ray Allen, Milwaukee Bucks<\/a><\/p>\n 2001-02 Elton Brand, L.A. Clippers 2005-06 Grant Hill, Orlando Magic 2007-08 Derek Fisher, Los Angeles Lakers<\/a><\/p>\n 2008-09 Brandon Roy, Portland Trail Blazers<\/a><\/p>\n 2009-10 Chris Bosh, Toronto Raptors<\/a><\/p>\n 2010-11 Kevin Durant, Oklahoma City Thunder<\/p>\n 2011-12 Steve Nash, Phoenix Suns<\/a><\/p>\n 2012-13 Shane Battier, Miami Heat 2014-15 Pau Gasol, Chicago Bulls 2016-17 Damian Lillard, Portland Trail Blazers Here is the full press release: https:\/\/probasketballwriters.org\/kevin-durant-wins-2024-25-magic-johnson-award\/<\/a><\/p>\n Listen to the latest podcast episode of the Suns JAM Session Podcast below. Stay up to date on every episode, subscribe to the pod on Apple<\/a>, Spotify<\/a>, YouTube<\/a>, YouTube Podcasts<\/a>, Amazon Music<\/a>, Podbean<\/a>, Castbox<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Please subscribe, rate, and review. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kevin Durant has won the 2024-25 Magic Johnson Award, which honors the NBA player who best combines excellence…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":33762,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3791],"tags":[795,1294,3173,7,4052,2133,95,28,1187,1936,48,6,1037,169,7027,2065,472,4045,10218,2084,2233,4053,604,4728,64],"class_list":{"0":"post-33761","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-phoenix-suns","8":"tag-announces","9":"tag-as","10":"tag-award","11":"tag-basketball","12":"tag-bright","13":"tag-durant","14":"tag-for","15":"tag-front-page","16":"tag-johnson","17":"tag-kevin","18":"tag-magic","19":"tag-nba","20":"tag-nba-news-basketball","21":"tag-of","22":"tag-pbwa","23":"tag-phoenix","24":"tag-phoenix-suns","25":"tag-phoenixsuns","26":"tag-recipient","27":"tag-season","28":"tag-side","29":"tag-sun","30":"tag-suns","31":"tag-suns-news","32":"tag-the"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/114509509163879228","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33761\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n2002-03 Jalen Rose, Chicago Bulls
\n2003-04 Jermaine O\u2019Neal, Indiana Pacers
\n2004-05 Antawn Jamison, Washington Wizards<\/a><\/p>\n
\n2006-07 Shane Battier, Houston Rockets<\/a><\/p>\n
\n2013-14 Dirk Nowitzki, Dallas Mavericks<\/a><\/p>\n
\n2015-16 Stephen Curry, Golden State Warriors<\/a><\/p>\n
\n2017-18 DeMar DeRozan, Toronto Raptors
\n2018-19 Dwyane Wade, Miami Heat
\n2019-20 Damian Lillard, Portland Trail Blazers
\n2020-21 N\/A, 2021-22 N\/A (pandemic)
\n2022-23 Giannis Antetokounmpo, Milwaukee Bucks
\n2023-24 Stephen Curry, Golden State Warriors
\n2024-25 Kevin Durant, Phoenix Suns<\/p>\n