Kevin Durant on Early Coinbase Investment and NBA Career

Game Plan Summit Recap

• 🎯 The Game Plan Summit, a collaboration between CNBC Sport and Boardroom, brought together leaders from sports and business in Santa Monica.
• 🏀 NBA champion Kevin Durant discussed building his business empire off the court.

Early Bitcoin Investment

• 💡 Kevin Durant learned about Bitcoin through YouTube seminars and was intrigued by its potential as a futuristic technology.
• 🤝 He received a "nudge" to invest in Bitcoin around 2014-2015, though an initial business manager advised against it.
• 📈 A year later, after signing with the Warriors, Durant began investing in Bitcoin, influenced by hearing the term frequently at a birthday dinner.
• 💰 Despite losing the password to his Coinbase account, his Bitcoin investment has been highly successful, with the team viewing the inability to sell as a positive outcome.

NBA and Future Plans

• 🚀 The summit also touched upon Durant's trade to the Houston Rockets and his plans for the next Olympic Games.
• 🔗 Further coverage of the Game Plan Summit, including Durant's insights, is available on cnbc.com/sport.