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Daily Dime: Durant showing improvement

By J.A. Adande
ESPN.com

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

LOS ANGELES -- If Kevin Durant seems a lot smoother in interviews these days, you can give partial credit to a video review session with his mom.

"My mom did a great job," Durant said. "She never had to talk to the media but she was a great speaker. I remember one time she played a clip for me, she watched it and she told me what I had to do."

Moms can do just about everything, but part of their job description entails helping their children to become self-sufficient and even self-critical. Durant didn't need Wanda Pratt's assistance to analyze his 43 percent field goal percentage as a rookie.

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