Kevin Durant (Nets) was the captain of the Tokyo Olympics (Olympic) men’s basketball team who led the United States (USA) to the fourth consecutive title. All 12 registered players have bundled the star group belonging to the US professional NBA. One year spent with a Japanese person is at the origin of Durant, who is known among fans for his enthusiastic and sincere personality.
Two people’s time piled up in the gymnasium
“Hey, Kevin, morning training, let’s go!”
At 6 am, Taishi Ito (A Tokyo Assistant General Manager), a fourth-year student at Montros Christian High School in Maryland, USA, had a daily routine to wake up his classmate Durant.
With a drowsy eye, push a giant body over 2 meters into the passenger seat of the car and go to the gymnasium. For an hour and a half before the class starts, I sweat by shooting and one-on-one. Even after the team practice in the afternoon, after finishing dinner and homework, I spent days staying in the gym with my companion.
“Kevin is weak in the morning, but when he starts practicing, the engine starts well and he doesn’t waste time. That kind of consciousness was already top notch. I miss it.”
Mr. Ito, who looks back on those days, is from Mie prefecture. Together with Fumio Nishimura (Chiba) and others, he finished second in the national tournament when he was in junior high school. High school decided to study abroad in basketball and went to Montros Christian School.
The school was one of the top US powerhouses with a number of NBA players. Keijuro Matsui (Kyoto) and Yuki Togashi (Chiba) also studied abroad here. Durant was also a player who transferred to school when he was in the fourth grade in search of a better training environment. It was a long distance from his home, so he decided to stay at Mr. Ito’s house, which is about a five-minute drive to school.
Mr. Ito, who is 182 cm tall …
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