HOUSTON (AP) — The last time Kevin Durant played for a Texas team, he was a freshman at the University of Texas.

On his 37th birthday on Monday he was officially introduced as a Houston Rocket, returning to the state he’s long been fond of.

“It feels amazing to be back here,” he said at the team’s media day. “I always found my way to Houston throughout the years, just from friends and relationships I’ve built since coming to Texas. So I always felt that it was a place that I could settle in and live actually… so for this opportunity to come around, it felt natural. It felt right.”

Durant joined the Rockets in July in a blockbuster trade that sent Jalen Green and Dillon Brooks to Phoenix. The 15-time All-Star and four-time Olympic gold medalist joins a young team that aims to take anothe

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