Kevin Durant Plans To Play 'Until The Wheels Fall Off' - RealGM Wiretap
When Kevin Durant was diagnosed with a torn Achilles tendon during Game 5 of the 2019 NBA Finals, he feared he would never return to his superstar form."That's what I was thinking," he told ESPN,"because that's all I was hearing, that this s--- isDurant signed with the Brooklyn Nets that offseason, sat out the entire 19-20 season and then reestablished himself as one of the world's best players during the 2021 playoffs.
Durant played 75 games in the regular season this past season and was generally more reliable than his younger co-stars in Devin Booker and Bradley Beal.has been committed to playing basketball. I didn't think it was time yet. It's that simple," Durant said."And when I'mcommitted to something, I didn't even think about anything else but, like, when are we starting recovery? As soon as it happened, everybody wanted to cry with me.
"I had no other choice but to go back to work. I wasn't going to go back and be like, 'Mom, Dad, Bro, Sis, Godfather -- all my whole family that has been trusting in me and believing in me that I'm living for and I'm pushing this family name for every day -- 'I'm done, I tore my Achilles.' Like, what the f--- you mean? You're
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