Nets forward Kevin Durant had his bad injury luck continue on Sunday, as he left the team’s loss to Miami after just four minutes due to a left thigh contusion, per Brian Lewis of The New York Post. Brooklyn is expected to assess the injury further today to determine whether Durant will miss some time.
“He’s sore, but we don’t know how severe. We’ll see (Monday) how he wakes up and go from there. But right now nothing’s been determined,” Nets head coach Steve Nash said. “Honestly, I don’t know (if he’ll undergo an MRI or other testing) … I haven’t heard, but I imagine they’re going to assess him in the morning and see if a scan is necessary.”
Given the initial diagnosis, it seems unlikely that Durant’s injury is serious, but even so, it’s the latest setback in a season full of health issues for both the star forward and the Nets as a whole, and another hurdle in the team’s efforts to establish chemistry, writes Alex Schiffer of The Athletic. The former MVP has appeared in just 24 of Brooklyn’s 57 games.
Here are a few more injury updates from around the NBA, including a note on another Brooklyn star:
- While James Harden is accompanying the Nets on their current three-game road trip, it sounds like that’s more about making sure he’s working out around the time, as Nash explained on Saturday (link via Petter Botte of The New York Post). Harden won’t necessarily be ready to return to action during the road trip, which concludes on Wednesday in Tampa.
- Lakers star Anthony Davis is expected to be back on the court soon, but it won’t happen on Monday, as the team has officially ruled him out for today’s game vs. Utah, tweets Dave McMenamin of ESPN.
- The Hornets have been hit hard by the injury bug this month, but got a key player back on Sunday, when PJ Washington (right ankle sprain) returned and played 34 minutes in a win over Portland. As Rick Bonnell of The Charlotte Observer writes, Devonte’ Graham (left quad contusion) didn’t play, but had been listed as questionable for that game, suggesting his return is close.
National Bench-players Association ?
I’ve bought bananas that don’t bruise as easily as KD.
The NBA is soft
As opposed to what? Lol FIBA?
Borrego should get some coach of year votes – hornets played so many games basically without their starting 5 and still are hanging around for a playoffs spot
Playoffs series
If Durant plays only 3 games in a series
Can Nets beat 76ers and Bucks?
If AD plays only 3 games in a series can the Lakers get past the first round?
If James is playing then yes. Still better at how the Lakers left your team last season? In ruins. For years to come
The Lakers live in his head rent free, he probably has Bron and AD posters on the ceiling above his bed
They should just rest KD till playoffs..They basically clinched a spot in the playoffs
Its always been a stretch that the Nets could microwave a title the way the Lakers did. LeBron has been a horse when it comes to injuries despite having been hurt for extended injuries in 2 of 3 years with the Lakers. Durant, kyrie, and Harden to a lesser extent are injury prone throughout their career. In general the Nets might have 3 of the flakiest superstars in the game, they have looked great the 7 games they played together.
I know this is a fluky injury yet idk — it still seems harder and harder to think the Nets stay healthy thru the playoffs.