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Kevin Durant is going to make a lot of money wearing shoes. (USATSI)

Oklahoma City Thunder star Kevin Durant is a shoe free agent after his seven-year, $60 million deal with Nike expired.

 

Nike has helped build Durant’s brand a little bit with brilliant marketing campaigns and popular signature shoes, but his ability on the court is what drives the image of Durant. It’s also what’s driving the next endorsement deal for Durant to bring him a lot more money than his NBA contract is giving him.

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Malia Obama (here in November 2013) turns 16 on July 4. She’s getting even taller, getting her driver’s license, going to the prom, interning on a Halle Berry TV show, thinking about college. But we still don’t know that much about her since she first came into the public eye in 2008, because that’s the way her parents want it. She’s never done an interview and probably never will while President Obama is in office. But there are plenty of pictures, mostly with one or more of her parents sinc

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