Kevin Durant buys stake in MLS side Philadelphia Union
Nets star joined the ranks of sports team owners.
Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant officially joined the ranks of sports team owners on Monday with the announcement that he purchased a stake in the Philadelphia Union of Major League Soccer.
Durant acquired 5% of the Union, with an option to purchase an additional 5% at a later date. He joins the likes of Houston Rockets guard James Harden as an investor in a MLS team or LeBron James as an investor in a football team; Harden owns a stake in the Houston Dynamo, and James owns the 2% of current Champions League holder Liverpool.