Uptown wrote:newyorknewyork wrote:Uptown wrote:newyorknewyork wrote:I’ve heard he was pissed. That him, his agent, and the GS GM were together in the locker room or medical area and “emotions were flying”.
This could be similar to Kwahi who was upset with the Spurs who misdianosed his injury!! This may seal the deal and KD will definitely leave now!! Could go either way...
My boy has been calling KD’s injury an Achilles issue dating back to the Houston game. Claims GS calling it a calf injury this whole time was BS. And they are gonna act like KD tore his Achilles trying to compensate for the calf. When it was a Achilles issue the whole time. That GS should be ashamed of themselves.
Me and a few others on this board was calling it an Achilles injury from jump. It was obvious, the way Durant looked down at the back of his leg, when he was running up the court vs Houston. I posted in one of these threads that GS may be covering up this injury...its all speculation but GS looks really bad here.
Well....I'm an expert unfortunately. Tore both of mine.
Calf tears and Achilles tears are similar in reaction. You feel a pop like someone kicked you. You look back, no one is there.
In KD's case, he clearly grabbed his calf the first time. That means he had a tear in the calf area. His last injury, he grabbed his Achilles. But the calf and Achilles are connected...when one of those get weak, it puts strain on the other. And since there's minimal blood flow in that area, it takes time for the body to heal. When you injure the calf, it's a sign that the Achilles was weak and eventually your Achilles will tear, especially when you come back too soon.
So no, GS was not hiding anything. KD had a calf strain....Now KD either strained his Achilles or tore it. With surgery, the recovery is quick. I came back in 3 months. Without surgery, recovery is a year. Since KD's calves is why he makes millions of dollars, he will sit out for a year at least, before returning to his normal self.
KD is a jump shooter, and his days of beating his man with his first step is slipping away. He needs to learn how to create space using his teammates with picks or other post up fadeaway moves.
Tore mine at 35 and the other one at 39. Now I'm 46 and have a game today. Still feel like no one can guard me and my jumper only got better. Once you repair your achilles with surgery, chances of it popping again is little to none.
But with that said, I'm tired of adding injured players! We have a bad history of doing that.
But KD will still be a top 5 player, 2 years after recovery! Put him on the shelf, get another high pick, and build a championship team when he returns the following season.
I'm really not sure which direction we should go. I think KD is now a last resort plan B option. Plan A is to add young healthy stars.
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