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Kevin Durant grants cancer survivor's wish, gives the young fan size 18 shoes

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://data-sports.abs-cbn.com.s3.amazonaws.com/media/articles/1452227396_i.jpg"/><figcaption><div class="embed-desc">Thunder star made sure a young cancer survivor starts off his new year great. <em>(photo courtesy of ESPN&#x27;s David Purdum)</em></div></figcaption></figure></div><p>So Kevin Durant likes this whole &quot;KD is not nice&quot; campaign.</p><p>But that is on the court, off of it, Durantula is a pretty nice dude.</p><p>You want proof? How about KD granting the wish of a 5-year old cancer survivor and giving him his Christmas shoes as an added bonus?</p><p>Young Keaton Barron completed his final round of chemotherapy to beat leukemia late last year so naturally, his parents treated him to a Thunder home game.</p><p>At the arena, Barron had a sign that read &quot;Beat Cancer&quot; --- Check. &quot;Plan trip to Disney&quot; --- Check. &quot;Meet KD.&quot;</p><blockquote class="twitter-video" lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">From last night. Kevin Durant provides inspiration and an unforgettable moment for one little boy with cancer. <a href="https://t.co/zuvmBbOEyY">pic.twitter.com/zuvmBbOEyY</a></p>— OKC THUNDER (@okcthunder) <a href="https://twitter.com/okcthunder/status/684403826795782144">January 5, 2016</a></blockquote><script async="" src="~//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script><p>Durant was sitting out the game against the Sacramento Kings but the former MVP made sure the young kid had a check in the last box of his new year goals.</p><p>Also, ESPN&#x27;s David Purdum reports that Durant gave Barron his size 18 shoes he wore when the Thunder hosted the Bulls last Christmas.</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://data-sports.abs-cbn.com.s3.amazonaws.com/media/media-upload/1452227275_i-1.jpg"/></figure></div><p>The young kid says he wants to wear them when he grows up.</p><p>Live on young, Keaton.</p><p>This story was originally published on the <a href="http://sports.abs-cbn.com/nba/news/2016/01/08/kevin-durant-grants-cancer-survivor-s-wish-7696" target="_blank">ABS-CBN Sports website</a>.</p>

<div>So Kevin Durant likes this whole "KD is not nice" campaign. But that is on the court, off of it, Durantula is a pretty nice dude.</div><div> </div>

So Kevin Durant likes this whole "KD is not nice" campaign. But that is on the court, off of it, Durantula is a pretty nice dude.