« It’s one of those improbable things… », comments Kevin Durantasked about the injury suffered by Nikola Jokic which will keep him away from the courts for at least four weeks.
« One thing I don’t want to see with Nikola is them starting to call him ‘fragile’ like they did to me after that. I hope they don’t start with him, because it’s one of those unpredictable injuries that you really can’t control. », Continues the leader of the Rockets, after the victory against his former team the Nets.
He is quite knowledgeable when it comes to knee injuries. “KD” also suffered an injury perfectly similar to that of the Serb. In January 2022, while wearing the jersey of the New York franchise, he was injured in the left knee after a bad fall from his teammate Bruce Brown.
« You can do all the work you can, but if someone falls on your knee, it’s just complicated », Notes the winger who had missed 21 matches due to this sprain of the medial collateral ligament of the knee. Then a year later, in Miami, Kevin Durant was injured in the other knee, on which Jimmy Butler fell. The winger did not play for the Nets again after that, as he was traded to the Suns a month later.
Monday evening, Nikola Jokic suffered hyperextension of the ligaments in his left knee, when his teammate Spencer Jones stepped on his left foot while defending against Jaime Jaquez Jr. on the same Heat floor.
« So it’s good to see that it’s only four weeks and it’s nothing too serious. It wasn’t an MCL sprain (medial collateral ligament) or level 2, looks like it was just a small hiccup and will be back soon. He’s great for the game and we want to see the best players on the field all the time », displays Kevin Durant in support of his Denver counterpart.
