Kevin Durant out vs. Serbia?
ClutchPoints: “I think [Team USA] gonna be playing Serbia without Kevin Durant… Steve Kerr met with him today and they decided he needs more time with that strained calf… They could fly in a replacement [for KD], that’s not gonna happen.” – Brian Windhorst
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Evan Sidery @esidery
Kevin Durant is likely to miss Team USA’s opening game in the Olympics against Serbia, per @WindhorstESPN.
Steve Kerr met with Durant yesterday mutually deciding more time is needed recovering from a lingering calf strain.
Team USA opens group play on Sunday at 11:15 a.m. ET. pic.twitter.com/OhUsTco0Ea – 8:45 AM
Kevin Durant is likely to miss Team USA’s opening game in the Olympics against Serbia, per @WindhorstESPN.
Steve Kerr met with Durant yesterday mutually deciding more time is needed recovering from a lingering calf strain.
Team USA opens group play on Sunday at 11:15 a.m. ET. pic.twitter.com/OhUsTco0Ea – 8:45 AM
Evan Sidery @esidery
Kevin Durant is likely to miss Team USA’s opening game in the Olympics against Serbia, per @WindhorstESPN.
Steve Kerr met with Durant yesterday mutually deciding more time is needed recovering from a lingering calf strain.
Team USA opens group play on Sunday at 11:15 a.m. ET pic.twitter.com/RVJnmjgB09 – 8:45 AM
Kevin Durant is likely to miss Team USA’s opening game in the Olympics against Serbia, per @WindhorstESPN.
Steve Kerr met with Durant yesterday mutually deciding more time is needed recovering from a lingering calf strain.
Team USA opens group play on Sunday at 11:15 a.m. ET pic.twitter.com/RVJnmjgB09 – 8:45 AM
Duane Rankin @DuaneRankin
Team USA outlasts Germany, Devin Booker key block, 3-point play; Kevin Durant (calf) out again (w/videos) #Suns #TeamUSA #Paris2024 azcentral.com/story/sports/n… via @azcentral pic.twitter.com/2zAWVsu5P7 – 6:26 PM
Team USA outlasts Germany, Devin Booker key block, 3-point play; Kevin Durant (calf) out again (w/videos) #Suns #TeamUSA #Paris2024 azcentral.com/story/sports/n… via @azcentral pic.twitter.com/2zAWVsu5P7 – 6:26 PM
Duane Rankin @DuaneRankin
Team USA outlasts Germany to conclude exhibition schedule with 5-0 mark, Devin Booker key block, 3-point play; Kevin Durant out again with calf injury (w/videos) #Suns #TeamUSA #Paris2024 azcentral.com/story/sports/n… via @azcentral – 5:35 PM
Team USA outlasts Germany to conclude exhibition schedule with 5-0 mark, Devin Booker key block, 3-point play; Kevin Durant out again with calf injury (w/videos) #Suns #TeamUSA #Paris2024 azcentral.com/story/sports/n… via @azcentral – 5:35 PM
Chuck Cooperstein @coopmavs
Tremendous 4th qtr from LeBron to give USA their 2nd straight come from behind win 92-88 vs Germany. 20 pts overall in 18 min. A very uneven 5-0 over last 2 weeks in the run up to Paris. The possible return of Durant might give them more room for error, but Gold is NOT assured – 5:12 PM
Tremendous 4th qtr from LeBron to give USA their 2nd straight come from behind win 92-88 vs Germany. 20 pts overall in 18 min. A very uneven 5-0 over last 2 weeks in the run up to Paris. The possible return of Durant might give them more room for error, but Gold is NOT assured – 5:12 PM
Duane Rankin @DuaneRankin
Team USA 10-man rotation: LeBron James, Stephen Curry, Joel Embiid, Devin Booker, Jrue Holiday, Jayson Tatum, Anthony Edwards, Anthony Davis, Bam Adebayo, Derrick White.
Kevin Durant (calf) looks to play after missing exhibitions. If USA keeps 10-man rotation, who sits? #TeamUSA – 4:44 PM
Team USA 10-man rotation: LeBron James, Stephen Curry, Joel Embiid, Devin Booker, Jrue Holiday, Jayson Tatum, Anthony Edwards, Anthony Davis, Bam Adebayo, Derrick White.
Kevin Durant (calf) looks to play after missing exhibitions. If USA keeps 10-man rotation, who sits? #TeamUSA – 4:44 PM
Adam Zagoria @AdamZagoria
Jim Boeheim on Kevin Durant & Team USA: ‘If he’s on the team, we will not lose’ nj.com/sports/2024/07… – 4:35 PM
Jim Boeheim on Kevin Durant & Team USA: ‘If he’s on the team, we will not lose’ nj.com/sports/2024/07… – 4:35 PM
Duane Rankin @DuaneRankin
Phoenix Suns superstar Kevin Durant out for final Team USA exhibition game with calf injury (w/video) #Suns #TeamUSA #Paris2024 azcentral.com/story/sports/n… via @azcentral – 4:06 PM
Phoenix Suns superstar Kevin Durant out for final Team USA exhibition game with calf injury (w/video) #Suns #TeamUSA #Paris2024 azcentral.com/story/sports/n… via @azcentral – 4:06 PM
Kellan Olson @KellanOlson
White in for Haliburton in the second unit. Guessing Hali wasn’t going to be in the Olympic rotation anyway once KD is back so now White gets another look after Hali got a few earlier in the tour. – 3:19 PM
White in for Haliburton in the second unit. Guessing Hali wasn’t going to be in the Olympic rotation anyway once KD is back so now White gets another look after Hali got a few earlier in the tour. – 3:19 PM
Emiliano Carchia @Sportando
Team USA: Kevin Durant still out with injury @Sportando sportando.basketball/en/team-usa-ke… – 3:07 PM
Team USA: Kevin Durant still out with injury @Sportando sportando.basketball/en/team-usa-ke… – 3:07 PM
Duane Rankin @DuaneRankin
Devin Booker gets start with Jrue Holiday, Stephen Curry, LeBron James and Joel Embiid for Team USA vs. Germany.
Kevin Durant (calf) will sit as he has yet to play in the five Team USA exhibition games. #TeamUSA #Paris2024 – 3:05 PM
Devin Booker gets start with Jrue Holiday, Stephen Curry, LeBron James and Joel Embiid for Team USA vs. Germany.
Kevin Durant (calf) will sit as he has yet to play in the five Team USA exhibition games. #TeamUSA #Paris2024 – 3:05 PM
Joe Vardon @joevardon
Kevin Durant will not play against Germany tonight due to his strained calf. He will have missed the entire preseason for Team USA, but the plan is for him to continue onto Paris and play at the Olympics, a source said. He is considered day to day, @TheAthleticNBA – 2:31 PM
Kevin Durant will not play against Germany tonight due to his strained calf. He will have missed the entire preseason for Team USA, but the plan is for him to continue onto Paris and play at the Olympics, a source said. He is considered day to day, @TheAthleticNBA – 2:31 PM
More on this storyline
Given Kevin Durant’s injury history, the Team USA brass will be very “cautious” with how they handle this injury, as per Windhorst. Could this open the door for another injury replacement to join the team? Perhaps. But the Team USA management reportedly won’t be going that route. “One thing Steve Kerr made very clear, he will not be replaced on the roster. … They could fly in a replacement [for KD], that’s not gonna happen. Kevin Durant is going to be on this team,” Windhorst added. -via Clutch Points / July 23, 2024
Steve Kerr had hoped Kevin Durant would play in one of the games in London but the new plan is for him to practice with the team several times when it gets to France later this week. Kerr said he also wants Durant to have some contact and go through a scrimmage before bringing him back, which makes Sunday’s pool play opener against Serbia in some doubt. USA Basketball has until Saturday to finalize the roster and Durant will be on it. “There’s no thought of replacing Kevin,” Kerr said. “I was hoping he would get a game in here, but it just didn’t work out that way.” -via ESPN / July 22, 2024
Durant practiced last week and ramped up his activity level over the weekend but was still not ready Monday. He flatly said “no” when he was asked last week whether his previous history with calf injuries — he had a strain in his left calf just before suffering an Achilles injury in the same leg during the 2019 Finals — affected how he was approaching returning from this injury. -via ESPN / July 22, 2024