Good news for basketball NBA. play again tonight Kevin Durant, and also sheathed in a new shirt. The league star debut this morning (01:00 in Spain) as a reference for the Phoenix Suns away, against the Charlotte Hornets. Absent from the courts for almost two months, the forward will begin his career with the Arizona franchise under a minute restriction.
KD has been out since January 8 due to a sprain of the internal ligament of his right knee. Since his arrival in Phoenix, the player has been able to increase the intensity of his training and has already shared several complete sessions with his new group. Given his imminent debut, the player is positive. “I was having a good time before I got injured, so I’m looking forward to picking up where I left off,” commented on the eve of its highly anticipated premiere.
Durant was in MVP numbers when he got hurt with the Brooklyn Nets. average 29.7 points, 6.7 rebounds and 5.3 assists this course, with the best success in field goals of his professional career, and 55.9%. The player, in his speech prior to his debut, wanted to lower expectations a bit: “It’s not going to be easy. It’s going to take me some time to get used to everything, but I’m looking forward to having fun and lose myself in the game, I’m looking forward to it.”
Last year, returning from a similar injury, the star had a fairly light minute restriction. After 20 games of inaction, he returned to above 30 per game and scored 31 and 37 points in his first two games. On this occasion, KD has missed 19 games. He assures that he no longer feels any pain in his right knee.
After a couple of long workouts at the Suns’ facility, the new member of the team publicly thanked franchise totems Chris Paul and Devin Booker for their collaboration. “The boys have been great when it comes to integrating me, with long training sessions to be able to understand things, it’s been fun. I’m looking forward to translating all the work on the track and seeing how we can continue to build.” commented.
Monty Williamscoach of a team with a tremendous starting lineup, does not want to go crazy either despite the expectation generated. “Obviously we are excited. My goal is that he can integrate and understand what we do, but also learn through his skills, experience and IQ,” said the coach. “I think it’s a great opportunity to grow”added.
The Suns are fourth in the Western Conference with a record of 33 wins and 29 lossesalthough they have lost four of their last ten games and they know that the cut of the play-in is not far behind, with the seventh-ranked Dallas Mavericks with a record of 32-31.
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