Kevin Durant could not truly play within the sport, however for the twelfth time, he's an All-Star — and for the second time, a captain.
The Nets ahead, who's presently sidelined by a sprained MCL, was introduced on Thursday as a starter for subsequent month’s NBA All-Star Sport. He was additionally named a captain for the second straight 12 months because the main vote-getter within the Jap Convention.
Durant was placing collectively an MVP-caliber season earlier than struggling his knee harm on Jan. 15. In 36 video games, he was averaging a league-high 29.3 factors to go along with 7.4 rebounds and 5.8 assists in 36.5 minutes.
Coach Steve Nash mentioned Wednesday night time that Durant could be reevaluated inside the subsequent week, declining to substantiate or deny a report that Durant would miss the All-Star Sport to proceed his rehab.
The All-Star reserves shall be introduced subsequent Thursday, with James Harden a candidate to be added to the roster for the Feb. 20 sport in Cleveland.
The Nets’ rookie class has taken on an even bigger function over the previous month, and on Wednesday towards the Nuggets, it was Cam Thomas’ flip to take the reins once more.
On an evening when the Nets had been lacking their established scorers, Thomas got here off the bench and poured in a career-high 25 factors on 8 of 14 capturing. That included capturing 4 of 6 past arc regardless of solely capturing 25.6 p.c from there this season.
“I simply had an opportunity to shoot extra [Wednesday], get extra of a rhythm, so it paid off,” Thomas mentioned. “I work on the identical stuff every single day, so me going 4-for-6 is nothing new. It’s not shocking.”
Nash mentioned the Nets know Thomas could make photographs, however added that the guard needed to proceed to work on shot choice and making early reads out of pick-and-rolls to assist in that regard.
“He’s clearly received a protracted solution to go as properly, [but] for him to have the ability to do what he does on the offensive finish is nice,” Patty Mills mentioned.
Level guard Jevon Carter, who has seen his minutes off the bench in the reduction of not too long ago, registered a season-high 13 factors on 4 of seven capturing from deep towards the Nuggets.
“For him to return out and knock down some fairly large photographs was pleasing,” Mills mentioned. “I feel that’s an essential level — that the real care for somebody like JC, for instance, who comes out and makes large photographs, the real pleasure that you simply get from seeing him do properly after what he’s been going by, I feel is one thing that I positively really feel and I feel different guys on the group really feel it.”
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