Kevin Durant replaces Nikola Jokic
« It’s one of those amazing things… », comments Kevin Durantasked about the injury he sustained Nikola Jokic which will keep him away from the courts at least four weeks.
« One thing I don’t want to see with Nikola is that they start calling him ‘fragile’ like they did to me after that. I hope they don’t start with him because it’s one of those unpredictable injuries that you really can’t control. », continues the leader of the Rockets, after a win against his former team, the Nets.
He is quite knowledgeable when it comes to knee injuries. “KD” also suffered an injury perfectly similar to that of the Serb. In January 2022while wearing the jersey of the New York franchise, he was shot in the left knee after a bad fall from teammate Bruce Brown.
« You can do everything you can, but if someone falls on your knee, it’s just complicated », notes the winger who missed 21 matches due to this dislocation of the medial collateral ligament of the knee. Then a year later, in Miami, Kevin Durant injured his other knee, which Jimmy Butler fell on. The winger did not play for the Nets after that, as he was traded to the Suns a month later.
Nikola Jokic hyperextended his left knee ligaments Monday night when teammate Spencer Jones stepped on his left foot while defending against Jaime Jaques Jr. on the same floor.
« So it’s good to see it’s only four weeks and nothing too serious. There was no MCL sprain (medial collateral ligament) or level 2, looks like it was just a small hiccup and will be back soon. He is great to play and we want to see the best players on the pitch all the time », shows Kevin Durant in support of his colleague from Denver.
2026-01-02 06:55:00
