• Kevin Durant, manager Rich Kleiman, and their joint Thirty Five Ventures are the new owners of a Major League Pickleball expansion team.
• In a news release, Kleiman said, “35V is committed to investing in the future of sports and emerging opportunities, and Major League Pickleball is a league we are incredibly excited about.”
• Founded in 2021, the MLP will expand to 16 teams in 2023.
• Durant said, “We really, really want to leave our mark from day one on how hard our team is going to play and how successful we’re going to be as a group.”

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