We caught a glimpse of that side of Durant in the Court of Gold Netflix documentary about the 2024 USA Basketball team. Durant was visibly emotional while talking about playing on the Olympic stage in Paris over the summer. He opened up about what that all meant to him.

Kevin Durant loves ball. So much so that it brought him to tears when talking about his love for Olympic competition.

Durant and Team USA ultimately ended up winning the gold, their fifth-straight Olympics doing so. Durant became the U.S.’s all-time leading scorer (men’s or women’s) during the run and also captured his fourth gold medal, setting a new men’s Olympic basketball record.