Kevin Durant confirmed what everyone most feared: He underwent surgery for a ruptured right achilles tendon. The Warriors said later Wednesday that Durant had the surgery at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York, performed by Dr Martin O’Malley. The Warriors made a “collaborative” decision to clear Durant to play – with the input of Durant and his representative – and had no idea that Durant risked a serious achilles injury by returning from a strained calf, Kerr said. At that point, once Kevin was cleared to play, he was comfortable with that, we were comfortable with that. Teammate DeMarcus Cousins returned in January nearly a year after rupturing his left achilles tendon and undergoing surgery last season while with New Orleans.

Source: The Guardian June 12, 2019 21:45 UTC