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Dan Lyons

KD Latest Star Athlete to Buy Major League Pickleball Team

Major League Pickleball has been racking up celebrity team owners, with a number of top athletes from the worlds of basketball, football and tennis getting involved. The latest elite athlete to join the likes of LeBron James and Tom Brady is Nets forward Kevin Durant, who is buying a team along with business partner Rich Kleiman through their company Thirty Five Ventures.

35V’s expansion team is set to begin play in 2023.

Pickleball is one of the nation’s fastest-growing sports. It combines aspects of tennis, badminton and ping-pong on outdoor badminton-sized courts. Major League Pickleball started play in 2021.

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