Kevin Durant tried to bring a WNBA team to Austin and it didn't work, but the recent sellouts of women's games and the Spurs-Suns game show potential.

Kevin Durant, fellow Texas teammate Justin Mason and one of Durant's buddies, Randy Williams, piled out of a Chevy Cavalier

However, playing games in Austin allows them not to have to travel as much. On Thursday, the Spurs may have been the home team by technicality, but it's hard to imagine that most of the crowd at the University of Texas' Moody Center wasn't there to support Phoenix Suns star Kevin Durant.

Although Kevin Durant spent just one season at Texas, he remains a positive presence around the Longhorn program, says Texas coach Rodney Terry.

With the Phoenix Suns in Austin to face the San Antonio Spurs on Thursday night at the Moody Center, former Texas Longhorns star Kevin Durant discusse

Kevin Durant scored 22 points in his return to Austin Thursday but his Phoenix Suns lost 120-109 to the San Antonio Spurs.

Phoenix Suns forward Kevin Durant debuted the Nike KD18 in the player-exclusive "Texas Longhorns" colorway against the San Antonio Spurs.