NEW YORK: Kevin Durant has ruled himself out for the rest of the NBA season and therefore won't be making his debut for the Brooklyn Nets this year. Durant has not played since he ruptured his Achilles tendon playing for Golden State Warriors in last year's NBA Finals.
"My season is over. I don't plan on playing at all," Durant said in an interview on Friday with The Undefeated. "We decided last summer when it first happened that I was just going to wait until the following season. I had no plans of playing at all this season.
"It's just best for me to wait. I don't think I'm ready to play that type of intensity right now in the next month.
"I'm doing well. Working out every day. I'm moving. I'm feeling like a normal player again."
The NBA suspended its season on March 11 as the COVID-19 pandemic erupted, leaving professional sport in North America at a standstill. IANS