Growing Sense Kevin Durant Will Play This Season

The NBA will not get to watch Kevin Durant this season after he tore his Achillies in the 2018-2019 NBA Finals. Well, that was the thought process anyway. The recovery time for an Achilles injury is anywhere between 9 months to a year. The 9 month time table would allow Durant to return in March for an eventual playoff run with the Nets. There’s a growing sense that Durant will play this year. A huge boost for the Nets.

Spencer Dinwiddie talked about Durant’s potential timetable with Brian Lewis of the New York Post:

Though Nets GM Sean Marks refused to rule Durant out for the season, the feeling within the league is trending toward him potentially playing this season.

“I know KD is taking the rehab process ultra-serious. He wants to come back as soon as it’s appropriate, and healthy and the right decision for him, and then also subsequently that would also be the right decision for,” said Dinwiddie, who points out that even a slightly-diminished Durant could still be a superstar.

“The beautiful part about this is, the man is 7-foot and one of the best shooters of all time. At worst you get Dirk [Nowitzki], and Dirk was a monster. So we’re ready for him to come back whenever he wants to and whenever he’s ready to do so, and we know that he’s going to be a phenomenal major piece of our roster.”

Say what you want about Kevin Durant but the guy loves basketball. Durant poured his heart out to return from the calf injury which led to further injury in the Finals. He might be a little sensitive but he loves basketball. Even if Durant isn’t 100 percent, he would be a hell of a catch and shoot guy down the stretch.

The East is so weak that could be enough to win the East. When healthy, Durant is still the best player on the planet. Nobody puts the ball in the basket at a better rate that durantula does. Durant shot over 52 percent from the floor in 2018 while averaging 26 points per game.