Kevin Durant Injury Status

Kevin durant said he was nervous ahead of his first nba game in a year and a half but described a performance where he scored 15 points in 24 minutes as a good step.

Kevin durant injury status. Just one month later the four time nba scoring champion signed a four year deal with the. Kevin durant ruptured the achilles tendon in his right leg during game 5 of the 2019 nba finals. A major caveat here is that by the start of next season durant will have spent 1 5 years in recovery which is a lot more time than most guys get when recovering from this injury. Kevin durant suffered an achilles tendon tear back in june of 2019 during game 5 of the nba finals.

Before the game first year head coach steve nash said he hoped to play both durant and kyrie irving north of 20 minutes in each of brooklyn s two preseason games. Durant who missed last season while recovering from an achilles injury made his debut with the brooklyn nets at the barclays center on. When you have that type of injury nash said of durant after the game it is kind of remarkable he s at the level he s at it s amazing nash added. Chiozza was part of the extra work crew last season a group of young players on the outside of kenny atkinson s rotation that trained with durant while he recovered from his ruptured achilles.