Recent Kevin Durant Videos Part of Marketing Campaign

Originally Published: Oct 28, 2010 9:27 PM CDT

Rusty Surette
Oklahoma Sports Special Contributor

OKLAHOMA CITY – A video that appears to be invading the privacy of the Oklahoma City Thunder’s Kevin Durant may not be the real thing.

What looks like home videos of the Thunder star around his Oklahoma City home began showing up on YouTube and Twitter this week, and a young man named Mathias Murphy has taken credit for them.

In one video, Durant can be seen taking out the trash.In others, he is seen shooting hoops in his driveway, eating breakfast in his kitchen and greeting a pizza deliveryman at the door.

View the Youtube videos

Thunder fans have cried foul online and around the metro, saying the basketball star deserves more privacy at home. Even Durant took the issue to his Twitter account, asking the kid with the camera to stop "snooping" around his home.

In reality, the whole thing is a marketing ploy by Nike.

Several sources, including some of Durant's neighbors, said a filming crew for Nike was in the neighborhood not too long ago, and that Mathias Murphy is an actor who does not live in the area.

The videos were shot in Durant's neighborhood, but neighbors said the home in the videos is actually a vacant house in the area.