He showed the depth of concern he has for a fellow star athlete who faces months of not being able to just play the game. “I’ve been in that situation before,” Leonard said in the hours after Durant blew out his right Achilles tendon on a nondescript play in Golden State’s 106-105 Game 5 victory. They are not wired like normal humans, the greats have a deep and abiding love for their craft that makes them special. “It goes so much further than basketball,” Golden State’s Andre Iguodala said in the wee hours of Tuesday in Toronto. “We’re really in a fantasy world and it takes away from you having feelings or expressing yourself as far as being a human being.

Source: thestar June 11, 2019 22:56 UTC