When Kevin Durant was rehabbing his Achilles tear, Dominique Wilkins said he hoped Durant would become the modern face of the recovery. And he’s done just that. Now, he’s helping others. More:
, took one dribble to go up with the ball and suddenly hit the floor. He thought someone had bumped him, but no one was close enough to have done so. His mind immediately turned to multiple players, including Durant, who’d said an Achilles injury feels like getting kicked from behind.
O’Malley said when he first started doing orthopedic surgery in the 1990s, doctors often told athletes who’d ruptured an Achilles that the injury was career-threatening. Now, it’s often only career-altering. “I’m wondering, like, all right is it just my calf that’s smaller than the other?” Durant said. “Do other guys feel that way too?”
Thompson smacked the air to imitate hitting the floor as he recounted the scene nearly two years later in the bowels of Madison Square Garden. “I stuck in the midrange, then I started building up the 3-pointer,” Durant told Thompson. “I drove to the rim and tested myself early.’”
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