The Golden State Warriors were thought to be keeping some secrets leading up to Kevin Durant’s Achilles injury in June. The team took the blunt of the initial blame as doctors and others drew fire from media.
However, Kevin Durant recently came out and said that the Warriors didn’t mishandle the injury. He talked to Yahoo! Sports’ Chris Haynes about the rehab process and how he wasn’t pressured into returning prior to being “fully” healthy.
“Hell, no. How can you blame [the Warriors]? Hell, no,” Durant told Yahoo Sports. “I heard the Warriors pressured me into getting back.