Kevin Durant has yet to comment publicly about whether he feels he was misled by the Golden State Warriors’ medical staff, but head coach Steve Kerr says he has no reason to believe that is the case.
NBA reporter Ric Bucher said this week that Durant is still unsure if he was misled about being able to suffer a more significant injury by playing before his calf was 100 percent healed. In an appearance on Tim Kawakami’s “The TK Show” podcast Wednesday, Kerr said he has not gotten that impression and noted that Durant’s own specialist also cleared him to play.
“We had not only our staff but Kevin’s own personal specialist and then a third independent specialist all clear him to play,” Kerr said, as transcribed by Joseph Zucker of Bleacher Report. “All three after the fact were shocked at what proceeded with the Achilles. They all said it was the first time they had ever seen this.”
Kerr said after Durant tore his Achilles that he was stunned based on the information doctors gave him, but it sounds like what he meant was that it was truly a freak occurrence. Durant’s mother hinted that there is some question about whether or not Kevin received good advice.
The Warriors have implied that Durant’s Achilles injury was totally separate from his calf injury, but that is hard to believe. Either way, Durant doesn’t have much to complain about if his own personal specialist and other doctors all agreed with what the team’s medical staff told him.
