To have Kevin Durant in action, it’s impossible to say he suffered one of the most devastating injuries for a basketball player. Victim of a ruptured Achilles tendon during the 2019 NBA Finals, the Brooklyn Nets winger returned to the courts more than a year later, in December 2020.
And since then, the 33-year-old has had a series of great performances. Still considered one of the best players in the world (the best for many), KD has managed to regain an excellent level after this serious injury.
A remarkable achievement for his former Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr.
“Better now than in his time at the Warriors? He was already pretty good then, so he doesn’t look any different to me. And that, after an Achilles heel injury that kept him out for a year and a half.
So that means something. But I don’t think you can say he had an injury, given his abilities, his speed, his outburst, “Kerr hallucinated to the media.
To come back to this level after such an injury is a real achievement. All the more so while maintaining pretty incredible athletic qualities. With the desire to make up for lost time, Kevin Durant still risks doing great damage …
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