Kevin Durant signed a deal with the Brooklyn Nets this offseason after spending three years with the Golden State Warriors. However, the Nets will likely have to wait until 2020 to see their new superstar on the floor after Durant ruptured his Achilles in Game 5 of the 2019 NBA Finals. Durant has just returned from a calf strain when he suffered another setback, but Washington Wizards star John Wall thinks everyone was misinformed about Durant’s initial injury.
Wall is sure that the first injury was an Achilles injury and not a calf strain like it was reported at first. According to Wall’s assessment, Durant only aggravated his injury when he started in Game 5 of the NBA Finals.
“I don’t like to talk about other team doctors or whatever, but if you watched Kevin, the whole time before he played that Game 5 if you watch where he was icing at, or when he had his injury, I know what a calf strain is like. I know what an Achilles injury is like,” Wall said. “When you look back like that, I knew it was an Achilles injury from the start. I can’t diagnose what those doctors said. But if you look where he was icing his leg, it was the Achilles the whole time.”
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The Warriors obviously rushed Durant as they wanted him to help them in the finals against the Raptors, but that decision turned out to be devastating. Still, Wall is convinced that Durant will return to his best once he recovers from the Achilles injury.
“I talk to Kevin all the time. We’re great friends. He’s doing great. He’s taking his time, I guess. I don’t know,” said Wall. “I just wish him the best. He’s one of those guys; if he has the Achilles or not, it’s not going to affect him, I feel because he can score at all levels,” Wall added.
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