After Monday’s team practice, Nets star Kevin Durant explained that he believes his sprained MCL in January, and the subsequent time he was forced to miss, “derailed” his squad’s season.
“To be honest, I feel like our season was derailed by my injury,” Durant said, per ESPN. “So I’m not looking at it like we’re just not a good basketball team. It’s like there wasn’t a lot of continuity with me and Kyrie [Irving] out of the lineup, that’s just what it is. When we’re all on the floor together, I like what we got.”
On January 15, Durant sprained the MCL in his left knee against the Pelicans and was sidelined for over a month. While he was recovering, Brooklyn struggled and went 5–17 in his absence. Before the injury, the Nets were 27–15.
