Kevin Durant expected to return vs. South Sudan or Germany
Shams Charania: Sources: Kevin Durant is expected to return to Team USA practice today in London – his first with this Olympic team – and could make his debut in one of exhibition games vs. South Sudan on Saturday or vs. Germany on Monday. He is returning from a strained calf.Source: x.com
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Duane Rankin @DuaneRankin
Kevin Durant practices for Team USA after missing three exhibition games with calf injury (w/video) #Suns #TeamUSA #Paris2024 azcentral.com/story/sports/n… via @azcentral pic.twitter.com/dwLox48ELr – 1:16 PM
Ball Don’t Lie @Balldontlie
KD looking sharp in his return to the Olympic squad 🔥
(via @usabasketball)
pic.twitter.com/CFsq2YRBrv – 12:44 PM
Brian Windhorst @WindhorstESPN
Kevin Durant returned to practice in London today. Coach Steve Kerr hopes he can play in at least one of Team USA’s final two warmups before Paris Olympics: espn.com/olympics/story… – 9:41 AM
Joe Vardon @joevardon
Kevin Durant is back on the court with Team USA, but is questionable to play this week. When Durant returns, LeBron James says the gold medal favorite is ‘even more powerful.’ Story w/ @ShamsCharania, @TheAthleticNBA nytimes.com/athletic/56470… – 9:31 AM
Eurohoops @Eurohoopsnet
Kevin Durant came back to practice with USA Basketball in London, where in 2012 he experienced “the turning point” of his career 🇺🇸
He also praised South Sudan’s inspirational story, Nigel Hayes-Davis belonging to the NBA, and reuniting with Steph Curry:
eurohoops.net/en/olympic-gam… – 9:21 AM
Clemente Almanza @CAlmanza1007
Former Thunder Kevin Durant ranked No. 39 best pro athlete of 21st century (via @The_ThunderWire):
okcthunderwire.usatoday.com/2024/07/18/for… – 10:00 PM
Duvalier Johnson @DuvalierJohnson
Nikola Jokic comes in at No.28 on the Top 100 athletes of the 2000’s list over the likes of Dwayne Wade & Kevin Durant, Barry Bonds & A-Rod, Phil Mickelson, Lisa Leslie.
People said that he wasn’t marketable and didn’t have that kind of impact. espn.com/espn/story/_/i… – 2:39 PM
StatMuse @statmuse
Russell Westbrook has now been teammates with
Kevin Durant
James Harden
LeBron James
Anthony Davis
Paul George
Kawhi Leonard
Carmelo Anthony
Bradley Beal
Dwight Howard
Domantas Sabonis
And now, Nikola Jokic. pic.twitter.com/IcGJmXfDCj – 2:28 PM
Joe Vardon @joevardon
Kevin Durant is ‘on the right track’ toward a return to Team USA. What other changes are on the horizon for this London portion of the Americans’ pre-Olympic tour, and what do the numbers say about how players are performing? @TheAthleticNBA nytimes.com/athletic/56449… – 11:02 AM
More on this storyline
Eurohoops: 👏🇺🇸 Kevin Durant believes that Nigel Hayes-Davis deserves to be in the NBA 🗣️ “He has the talent to be in the NBA. Hopefully, he gets this opportunity, but he just loves to play regardless. Hopefully, he’s in the league soon”. -via Twitter @Eurohoopsnet / July 19, 2024
Durant, USA Basketball’s all-time leading scorer, was injured in a workout days before the start of camp on July 6, and upon reporting to Team USA in Las Vegas asked for an MRI that revealed the strain, a team source said. He has conducted light shooting and personal drills off to the side during camp, but Friday was the first time he took the court with teammates for practice. -via New York Times / July 19, 2024
Kevin Durant was able to practice with Team USA for the first time Friday as he recovers from a right calf injury with coach Steve Kerr hoping he can get into one of the team’s last two tune-up games before the Paris Olympics. Durant was only questionable for Saturday night’s game at O2 Arena against South Sudan as team officials want to monitor how he recovers. But it was an important sign of progress in getting Team USA’s all-time leading Olympic scorer back after he’d missed all activities over the last two weeks. “I would love for him to play in a game, but we have to take it day by day,” Kerr said. “We’ll see where he is tomorrow.” -via ESPN / July 19, 2024
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