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During Game 5 of the NBA finals Warriors superstar Kevin Durant suffered a devastating Achilles injury after coming back from a calf strain injury that will probably keep him out for most of the next seasoneand may affect the rest of his career going forward.
Kevin Durant injury doesn't look good. Damn pic.twitter.com/RlTY84oDol
— Gifdsports (@gifdsports) June 11, 2019
After the game, it was revealed that Steve Kerr was told by team doctors that Kevin Durant “couldn’t get more hurt” from his initial calf strain.
Rachel Nichols "Steve Kerr said the doctors told him that Kevin Durant couldn't get more hurt" pic.twitter.com/2tk6B1o9Zk
— Gifdsports (@gifdsports) June 11, 2019
Kerr went on to confirm that the Warriors team doctors including an independent one hired by Durant told them that they weren’t worried about KD injuring his Achilles and that if they had known it was a possibility they wouldn’t have let him play.
Steve Kerr on how Warriors and Kevin Durant’s doctors thought the worse that could happen was him re-injuring his calf; Says they were all shocked when he torn his Achilles; Says it was Group decision for him to play pic.twitter.com/8BX6p0UuvX
— Robert Littal BSO (@BSO) June 12, 2019
Full answer from Warriors coach Steve Kerr on the decision-making process that led to clearing Kevin Durant before Game 5 Achilles injury: "Our feeling was the worst thing that could happen would be a re-injure of the right calf. … The Achilles came as a complete shock." pic.twitter.com/I4lt0ZsvFL
— Ben Golliver (@BenGolliver) June 12, 2019
On this morning’s edition of ‘Get Up’, Jay Williams, who has an extremely close relationship with Durant, blasted the Warriors team doctors by claiming they misdiagnosed KD by telling him he had ‘no chance’ of injuring his Achilles in game 5.
This falls on the Golden State Warriors. He got misdiagnosed, I know for a fact that he was told that with a partially torn calf that it unloaded the pressure on the Achilles, that there was no chance that the Achilles could be injured at all, and for that to happen in the first half of a ball game I can’t even fathom that
Durant hasn’t really spoken, other than an Instagram post, about the situation but I’m sure we’ll all hear his thoughts soon.
H/T The Big Lead