CLEVELAND — The Nets supplied no timeline on Kevin Durant’s return to motion, however an skilled who spoke with The Publish mentioned Durant may miss 4 to 6 weeks, whereas Steve Nash confirmed it’s going to be weeks earlier than the star even will get evaluated.
“We don’t have a timeline, and it’s additionally a couple of weeks earlier than we re-evaluate it,” Nash mentioned. “We’re simply going to attend and see the way it heals and the way he recovers over the following few weeks, after which there’ll be extra of an analysis and hopefully some form of timeline. He’s clearly disillusioned. The man likes to play.”
Durant suffered the harm when teammate Bruce Brown fell into his knee within the second quarter of Saturday’s dwelling win over the Pelicans.
“I watched the play. That was a traditional MCL harm to the knee. If it’s remoted — which I assume it's — these do properly, whether or not it’s a Grade 1 or Grade 2. There gained’t be surgical procedure wanted,” Dr. Dennis Cardone, of NYU Langone, instructed The Publish.
Cardone is NYU Langone Sports activities Well being’s chief of the Division of Major Care Sports activities Medication, and he surmised that a 4 to 6 week timeline can be applicable for a Grade 1 or gentle Grade 2, the latter indicating gentle tearing.
“You’ll really feel higher operating straight forward. It’s whenever you begin doing pivoting, chopping, explosive actions that you simply’ll have a difficulty,” Cardone mentioned. “He might do properly to have a brace on when he comes again. But it surely’s very completely different from an ACL after all.”
Dr. Rajpal Brar mentioned the typical restoration time amongst NBA gamers was 41 days.
“It was a giant hit. You are feeling it energetically, the presence within the locker room,” Kyrie Irving mentioned. “Everybody goes to really feel it, however for me personally, it’s like we simply bought again into the swing of issues and right here we're once more.”
When Durant suffered a Grade 2 MCL sprain in February 2017, he missed a bit of over 5 weeks.
“This is likely to be an analogous harm to that. … He’ll most likely have fluid or what we name edema across the ligament,” Cardone mentioned, including that Durant’s heavy workload (36.5 minutes) performed no function within the freak harm.
“The mechanism of his harm is unlucky. And it may’ve occurred Day 2 of the season. He had what we name a valgus second, the knee simply bought compelled inward. That might’ve been Day 1 of the season or the center of the season, and he most likely would’ve had the very same harm.”
Joe Harris (ankle) has joined the Nets on this street journey. He gained’t play on the journey however has been given the inexperienced mild to renew capturing.
“Yeah, he’s on the journey,” Nash mentioned. “He’s simply began to do some very mild capturing. So he gained’t play on this journey.”
The Nets began James Harden, Irving, Patty Mills, Kessler Edwards and Day’Ron Sharpe. LaMarcus Aldridge (proper foot soreness) performed for the primary time since Jan. 7, however Nic Claxton (left hamstring tightness) and DeAndre’ Bembry (again spasms) had been each out. Nash was hopeful Claxton would return in some unspecified time in the future on this four-game journey.
Harden took a knee to the left leg within the third quarter, however continued and insisted he’ll play Wednesday in Washington.
“Yeah, I simply bought kneed. I’m good,” Harden mentioned. “I needs to be all proper. I needs to be straight.”
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