Kevin Durant is sitting on a lump sum of money he can’t access.
With 15 All-Star appearances, the athlete has been in the NBA for 18 years and currently represents the Houston Rockets. On the court, Durant’s career earnings total to $447.9 million, notes Spotrac. He also reaps additional benefits through deals with FanDuel, Nike, and Fanatics, according to Forbes. As noted by the NBA, Durant made history as the third NBA player to sign a lifetime contract with Nike, joining Michael Jordan and LeBron James.
Investments
Durant also has a knack for investing and even launched Thirty Five Ventures (35V), an investment company founded alongside his agent, Rich Kleiman. Forbes notes that Durant has invested in more than 80 companies through 35V. As AFROTECH™ previously reported, 35V’s portfolio includes Goalsetter, Fractional, and Hugging Face.
Bitcoin
Durant has also entered the world of bitcoin, but there is a catch.
At CNBC’s Game Plan 2025 event, Rich Kleiman said he encouraged Durant to invest in the cryptocurrency after signing with the Golden State Warriors in 2016. Ben Horowitz, Andreessen Horowitz’s co-founder and general partner, hosted a dinner for Durant’s birthday, and bitcoin was a hot topic.
“I just heard the word bitcoin 25 times that evening. And the next day, we started investing in Bitcoin,” Kleiman recalled at Game Plan 2025.
A Coinbase account was created for Durant to invest in bitcoin, and while the account is performing well, Kleiman and Durant do not remember the password.
“We’ve yet to be able to track down his Coinbase account, so we’ve never sold anything and his bitcoin is just through the roof… It’s actually insane,” Kleiman told the audience.
“It’s just there’s just a process we haven’t been able to figure out, but Bitcoin keeps going up. So it’s like, what’s the problem? I mean, it’s only benefited us,” he continued.
