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An injured Kevin Durant agreed with former NBA coach Stan van Gundy over the medical teams in the NBA not being able to handle players properly.
Kevin Durant is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of our generation and is known for his incredible jump, his wingspan as well as his shooting ability. The Brooklyn Nets superstar has enjoyed a decorated career in the NBA since being drafted, having won two Championships as well as an MVP award – and is known for quite a lot of things off the court as well.
Durant is known for his personality off the court and his tendency to voice his feelings on social media. The Nets superstar is known for being one of the most active current basketball players when it comes to social media, and he gave yet another example of his frequent activity on social media when he responded to a former NBA coach’s claim about medical teams in the NBA.
Van Gundy took to his Twitter to post his reservations on the currently operating medical teams in the NBA. The coach wrote: “90’s NBA teams had just a trainer and a strength coach, they practiced more often and harder and played more back to backs. Teams now have huge medical & “performance” staffs and value rest over practice. Yet injuries and games missed are way up. Something’s not working!”
The tweet reached Durant’s feed and the Nets star was quick to respond to it.
Durant seemed to agree with van Gundy’s opinion on the currently operating medical teams in the NBA with his response.
The currently injured Durant replied “Stan spitting”, to which van Gundy further explained: “No. I’m not criticizing players. I’m saying that we are getting something wrong in how we prepare and train players. We can’t do anything about injuries like yours, he fell on your leg. But all of these groin, hamstring injuries etc. shouldn’t be happening as much as they are.”
Durant responded “Stan, I agree with u lol” and further stressed on his agreement with the former coach. The 34 year old forward is currently serving time on the sidelines owing to an ankle injury, and has not featured for the Nets since early January.
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