I'm thinking that KD's original injury was an achilles problem, not calf

Well he doesn't have a calf so

Here's the thing, achilles injuries are well-known for being the most devastating basketball injury you can have

Durant would never have been brought back if his achilles was injured, and I don't think he would have played as well as he did in the first quarter.

Now if you want to argue that he was rushed back at the increased risk of an achilles injury? Well that makes more sense to me.

Tendons attach muscle to bone

The Achilles’ tendon attaches the gastrocnemius muscle (calf muscle) to the calcaneus (the heelbone)


Original injury was a calf strain, which also affects the Achilles too because they are attached to one another

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I think it was a calf that wasn't fully healed, and he probably did what you do when you're hurt in one area of your body; you overcompensate in another area. In this case, the increased compensation was at the Achilles, and tendons don't have a lot of give in them.

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It’s the same area.

It was his calf. He should have been on a 6 week rest period, and they rushed him back and paid the consequences


If the Doctors truly cleared him, they fricked up big time. It took 10 minutes for the calf strain to turn into a blown achilles

I've always felt the original injury was his Achilles.