Kevin Durant Achilles Injury Mega-Thread (Keep discussion here, please)

[lambchop]

Any team would give him the max, and the Warriors certainly would. He’s far closer to Dominique age-wise( 2 years younger) and less reliant on pure athleticism than nique was. That’s assuming it’s worst case. It’s horrible to have to sit out almost a full a year at 30, but his game should age very well, and my purely gut guess tells me he’ll recover.

How long is the recovery time for an Achilles rupture? How long was Kobe put for?

Depends. About 6 to 9 months depending style of play. But he might be done being an all star.
Guys like Kobe and Nique, though probably more reliant on physical abilities than KD, dedicated more time to their bodies. KD will have a lot of work to do in terms of building stability in his whole body.

Man **** gsw for letting him play. What a putrid organization.

[SappySkunk]

Unbelievable, I'm disgusted with GS medical staff and management! They were shady af when it came to kd's injury and now look. A champion shouldn't need to use such tactics. They just ruined a career and this could cost Durant millions. SMFH

[nzahir]

Has anyone come back before a year for achilles injury?

Very possible for a partial tear or strain but a full tear is a year. See Cousins.

Cousins was about a year, but Kobe was like 8 months

Can KD be in the middle of that? Maybe be back by playoffs?

[SFour]

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Well hey, man is right, but why anyone got to "cut a check" WTF?

Take responsibility for your damn selves, and that includes Durant and the people denigrating Durant.

exactly KD decided to play...he could've took the Kawhi road but didn't.

[clyde21]

Myers is such a drama artist. You knew what KD had and still put him in the game. Now you're gonna try crying your way out of it? Disgusting. Warriors put their interest in a championship ahead of a player's well being imo.

F off kid. Myers is literally one of the most liked, trusted and respected dudes in ALL of the NBA. to suggest he even had a semblance of knowledge about this beforehand u better have some legit sources behind that.

If KD was really healthy and this achilles injury just happened randomly and was totally unrelated to what he had, then I apologize. I hope the truth, whatever it is, come out.

KD was dancing, dunking, and moving well with no issues before the game, went through full contact practice without issues, got the okay from his side and the medical staff.

not like they trotted him out in a RS game...this was the closeout game in the NBA finals, and I guarantee you Durant wanted to be out there more than anyone else wanted him out there.

[lvckv]

You can see what looks like his achilles pop in this close-up slo-mo video. The calf muscle jiggles up like the achilles has been snipped. It's bad.

https://streamable.com/6a8b7

[Peregrine01]

It’s crazy how so many people think that you can just come up with answers for every injury. No one in GSW knew the extent of it, including KD himself. The human body is a mystery.

[JaysRule25]

Wow just wow, I'm disgusted with GS medical staff and management! They were shady af when it came to kd's injury and now look. A champion shouldn't need to use such tactics. They just ruined a career and this could cost Durant millions. SMFH

Nah, lets be honest, KD is still getting the max from some team if he wants the money.

[radeonboy]

perplexed by the press conference.
almost seems like stuff is going to come out re: process & new injury ... and he wanted to get out ahead of it in some way.

saying for ppl to blame him is odd af.
did he put pressure on his medical staff?

I had the same thought as you. Something is going to come out.

[Loaded_Hollows]

so was the original injury an Achilles tear like most people thought?

No it was a calf strain, most likely grade 3
They rushed him or he rushed himself)( we don't know the full story).
At that point, parts of you body has to compensate for the other part and this is the likely outcome. It was between this and a glute strain... Sadly he got the worst end of the stick

Or option 3: They didn’t rush him and he didn’t rush himself.

[MartyConlonOnTheRun]

I don't get why people are acting like KD just died. This isn't David Ortiz. He did not have a have some gruesome compound fracture or even a torn ACL. He maybe has a torn achilles. He will be come back and still be a great player.

You realize torn Achilles is the worst prognosis in the NBA pretty much right? FAR worse than a compound break or ACL.

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Is the achilles still a death sentence? Wes Matthews came back the next season and started 78 games, granted he wasn't very good but he was never an all-star. Is it too much to expect KD to come back by December and be a borderline all-star player? He obviously will be robbed of top 5 talent, but I think post injury KD would be pretty good still.

[djsunyc]

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Ugh, and Raptors fans were cheering

It's true, it was disgusting. I bet they only clapped towards the end because Lowry and Ibaka told them to shut up.

If you want a more unadulterated response check out how the fans reacted at Jurassic Park.

Wow. Just ... wow.

many classless fans cheered for the injury but a majority of the arena cheered b/c it was a live ball turnover and we were driving to score.

[Lowtech801]

Horrendous decision making by GSW staff

Risked his health to eke out a win

I guarantee KD wanted to play

Sometimes you gotta protect a player from themselves. At the very least he should've been limited to 24 mins. 6min on 6min off and so on.

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[mtcan]

Wow just wow, I'm disgusted with GS medical staff and management! They were shady af when it came to kd's injury and now look. A champion shouldn't need to use such tactics. They just ruined a career and this could cost Durant millions. SMFH

Nah, lets be honest, KD is still getting the max from some team if he wants the money.

Nope. I doubt it. Guys in their 30s lose a lot after an achilles injury. If you are the Knicks and want to take that risk...you might not get what you are paying for even after waiting an entire year for him to come back.

[likemycurryhot]

KD just brings out the dumbest, most heartless takes of any player in the history of the sport. I sincerely feel bad that he’s the kind of guy that feels compelled to read this bs.

Dumbest and most heartless medical staff in the NBA. Hopefully KD can sue and win, those doctors were clueless.

Please message me you number so I can consult with you whenever I have a major procedure coming up.

[ocelot17]

I just hope people understand Kawhi's position now. You can't always trust team doctors will do what's best for you, even if they previously had a good history and reputation prior to that.

A torn Achilles is up there with the worst NBA injuries. Sure he can comeback, but probably will be significantly worse.

Kobe came back as a shell of his former-self after his Achilles rupture. I’m hoping Durant can come back from this.

One thing durant has going for him is that he's 30 years old, Kobe was 33 with way more minutes played. The younger you are, the better you heal. Kobe also had like a million minutes played and his body overall was starting to fail him, not just his achilles.

Everyone knew the risk of Durant possibly getting injured again.

Kawhi’s injury wasn’t even that serious. He just used that injury as an excuse to get out of San Antonio.

The spurs are the best ran organization in the nba and they also take care of their players. If this was any other team like the Knicks, I would’ve believed him.

[BallSacBounce]

That why I'm saying if there can be legal ramifications for such negligence on the Warriors part. Can Durant sue them if he doesn't get the Max?

Name a team that isnt offering him the max now that was going to 4 hours ago

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None of them would give him a max now, that would be idiotic before diagnosis. Achilles is bad.

[Ridicululz]

Horrendous decision making by GSW staff

Risked his health to eke out a win

I guarantee KD wanted to play

Sometimes you gotta protect a player from themselves. At the very least he should've been limited to 24 mins. 6min on 6min off and so on.

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Bolded is so true. Of course these players are gonna want to go out and compete, but the medical staff has gotta think long-term.

[zshawn10]

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[zhenyasj]

Myers can take his fake crocodile tears and shove them up his ***. The GSW front office is responsible for this, when they wouldnt tell us what exactly his injury was and a SPECIFIC time frame. He did this as gamesmanship so the other opponent wouldnt know if Durant is playing but this backfired. Because this put pressure on Durant to come back because the fans wanted him to, the players wanted him too, and the media wanted him too because no one knew exactly what was wrong with him and why he was out this long. As a result, he came back not ready and tore something up. So sad. Myers should be fired for this.

LOL, obviously coming from a Knick fan who was ready for KD to join. Not all front offices are as incompetent as yours, so no need to project. Fake tears...*******

feel free to address the points raised...

Your points are based on nothing but speculation. The original injury was calf related and there were multiple MRI taken by multiple doctors. Given Durant's status, I'm sure he has his own doctors who were telling him the same thing. He's not a 10 year old to be peer pressured into playing. Stop with this nonsense.