Kevin Durant officially a member of Team USA

Today at the announcement of the announcement of the new World Basketball Festival, it was revealed that Kevin Durant is indeed a part of Team USA for this year’s World Championships in Turkey. He was on stage today along with Yi Jianlian in New York City for the announcement(s).

KD’s reaction: “I am so excited about the opprotunity to represent my country in the World Championships.”

Also of note: KD will be wearing No. 5 during the World Championships. So that’s cool. And here’s a picture of the new jerseys Team USA will be wearing.

UPDATE: Videos, photos and other stuff about the World Basketball Festival.