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As Golden State Warriors superstar Kevin Durant takes the court during the NBA Finals, some are wondering: Is Kevin Durant married? Does the Warriors star have a wife?
The answer: No. Kevin Durant is not married, and he does not – and has never had – a wife. He was engaged, however, once, and in recent months it’s believed that he’s started dating a California realtor, Cass Anderson. Durant is 29-years-old. A few years ago, it seemed like he was heading for the aisle: With another basketball player, no less. But it didn’t work out. That hasn’t stopped him from expressing his celebrity crushes and dating the likes of a former Bachelorette.
Here’s what you need to know:
Durant Was Once Engaged to WNBA Star, Monica Wright
Monica Wright #22 of the Minnesota Lynx dribbles up court against the Indiana Fever during Game Three of the 2012 WNBA Finals on October 19, 2012 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Durant’s fiancee was Monica Wright, a point guard in the WNBA. She has spoken openly about why she never ended up becoming Durant’s wife. According to Praise 107.9, Wright’s strong Christian beliefs eventually pulled the couple apart. Wright told Risen Magazine, “There was a lot of criticism over it. But I think God had my back in it. Because I hold to what I know to be true, that is what God will reward instead of what people on the earth think is a good catch.”
However, Kevin Durant has also been described as a religious person. “I do go to chapel before every game. When I first got into the League, (former teammate) Kevin Ollie got everybody going on the team (to chapel) and wanting to learn more,” he was quoted as saying, adding that he reads the Bible all the time. “I was just one of the guys trying to follow his lead. He was a good leader in helping me do that, making me feel more comfortable in my faith around other people and being able to pray for other people and pray out loud and things like that. Now I like to lead more and more. My current teammates here (at OKC) do a great job of sticking together and always praying for each other.”
Kevin Durant Described His Proposal to Monica Wright
Kevin Durant #35 of the Golden State Warriors reacts after a basket against the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 5 of the 2017 NBA Finals at ORACLE Arena on June 12, 2017 in Oakland, California.
Durant opened up about the failed relationship to GQ Magazine. “I had a fiancée, but…I really didn’t know how to, like, love her, you know what I’m saying? We just went our separate ways,” Durant told GQ, which called Monica Wright “something like a high school sweetheart.”
GQ describes the proposal. “We was just hanging out, chilling. And I felt the energy. I felt, I need to do this right now. And I just did it. I was like…We’re engaged right now? We’re about to get married? So I was just like, cool! I love this girl. But I didn’t love her the right way,” Durant told GQ.
Durant, who does not have children, lamented to GQ: “Am I gonna be alone forever? Am I gonna have kids?”
When the couple was still together, Kevin Durant was quoted as claiming that his girlfriend was the better basketball player. When someone on Twitter wrote that Monica Wright had more championship rings than Kevin, he retorted on Twitter, “I love it!!! She’s the better player anyway.” Darnell Mayberry, of The Oklahoman, wrote on Twitter that Durant said of Wright, “I was proud of how she helped her team win a championship. It was kind of tears of joy.”
Kevin Durant’s New Girlfriend Was Reportedly Sitting in the Wives’ Section
Kevin Durant didn’t stay on the market for long. According to reports, by March 2018, he had a new girlfriend named Cass Anderson. She reportedly was sitting in the wives’ section at a recent game.
The site Sports Gossip also published a photo showing Cass waiting for Kevin Durant while he signed autographs after a game. On Instagram, Cass Anderson says she is a realtor and wrote the slogan, “Love the life you live. Live the life you love.” Her Instagram settings are private, however. Her full name is Cassandra Anderson.
Kevin Durant’s Girlfriend Delivers Him Food After Injuring Ankle in Game 3 t.co/MDk6GpqqMt
According to her Facebook page, Cassandra is from Bakersfield, California and studied recreation and tourism at the University of Florida. She lists her relationship status as single. Many of her posts are about homes she is trying to sell as a realtor. She works for Berkshire Hathaway. Anderson was a volleyball player at the University of Florida, and she has a Twitter page, where she goes by Kiss_Dababy, that reveals she’s friends with Doc Rivers’ daughter, Callie.
You can learn more about Cass Anderson here:
Durant Was Linked to Former Bachelorette Star Rachel Lindsay
🏀 Pumped to be working with @ConferenceUSA for their basketball championships! Lots of social and broadcast content LIVE from #HoopsAtTheStar in Frisco, TX next week!
Kevin Durant may be single, but he’s been linked to some very eligible women. One of them is former Bachelorette, Rachel Lindsay. US Weekly reported that Durant and Lindsay dated when she was in college. That’s well before she found fame – and love – on the set of the reality television show.
Lindsay, who is three years older than Kevin Durant, dated him while they were at the University of Texas-Austin, according to US. The relationship is described as a serious one that ended when Rachel decided to go to law school, the magazine reports.
Kevin Durant was raised in Maryland to parents who worked in the post office and Capitol police service. His father, Wayne Pratt, left when he was young, although he reportedly returned to the family when Kevin was in his teens. Kevin has praised his mother, Wanda Durant, who is a motivational speaker who largely raised Kevin and his brother, Tony, on her own. There are four siblings in all. You can read more about them here:
Durant Confessed to Having the Hots for Scarlett Johannson
Scarlett Johansson attends the premiere of Rough Night at AMC Lincoln Square Theater on June 12, 2017 in New York City. (Getty)
Kevin Durant once sent out an odd tweet in which he revealed that he had a crush on… Scarlett Johannson. (In fairness to Durant, who doesn’t?)
“Scarlett johanneson I will drink ur bath water…#random,” he wrote. “I hope she was aware of it,” Durant said on The Bill Simmons Podcast in 2017, according to USA Today. “It is strange now because it made me look crazy, but now it made me look real cool because I would. I actually love Scarlett Johansson, and I would do that. And she’s single now from what I heard.”
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Is Kevin Durant Married? Does the NBA Star Have a Wife?