Brooklyn Nets are ‘not planning’ on Kevin Durant returning until 2020-21

The Brooklyn Nets have made it official: they’re not planning on having Kevin Durant return to the floor until the 2020-21 season

When Kevin Durant went down with a torn Achilles during Game 5 of the 2019 NBA Finals, the expectations was that we wouldn’t see arguably the best player in the game again until the 2020-21 season.

However, over the last few days, that sentiment quickly changed. With the encouraging news emerging from KD’s rehab process, and a tweet from a New York Post reporter.

What brought even more intrigue was that the tweet suggested that teams from around the league beleived KD could play this season. So it wasn’t just this random source; it was actually team employees and executives.

As you’d expect, it caused a major rokus. After all, Kevin Durant, after largely being an afterthought heading into the 2019-20 season, making a comeback early should be a major story. However, Nets general manager Sean Marks quickly shot down the thought of that, saying that the Nets are “not planning” on Kevin Durant playing this season.

Either way, the facts remain that it’s entirely risky, too risky, for a player like Kevin Durant to try and rush back from an injury as major as a torn Achilles. It’s largely the only real injury remaining in the NBA – apart from major neck or back injuries – that has been the death sentence for players.

There isn’t a long list of successful comeback stories for players diagnosed with a torn Achilles. In fact, more often than not, the outlook is quite grim. The only saving grace that Durant has is the fact that he’s currently in his prime and just 30 years old.

If anyone is going to comeback from this devastating injury, it’s going to be a player like Kevin Durant. Though, it would be a mindless decision to trying and come back before the 2020-21 season.

The risks outweigh the gain and Kevin Durant should rehab without pressure.