Kevin Durant Admits Paul George Injury Caused Him To Withdraw From Team USA

[Springsteen]

A few days before he reached out to Krzyzewski, Durant watched Indiana Pacers forward Paul George break his right leg in a horrific collision with a basket stanchion during a Team USA basketball scrimmage in Las Vegas that convinced the reigning NBA MVP to withdraw from the FIBA World Cup. "It took everything out of me seeing that," Durant later told friend Randy Williams and a Nike executive at his camp of George. "Everything I had to play for Team USA, that injury stripped it away from me."

"It felt awkward," Durant said of the scrimmage that possibly ended George's season. "Once we were playing, it just didn't feel right for some reason."

http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2014/11/...njury-team-usa


Thoughts Fudge/russwest0/Budadiii? You three always seem to be yammering about how great Durant's mental fortitude is compared to Lebron.

[funnystuff]

Durant's mentality is similar to Rose's in a sense, not entirely equal, but the similarities are booming.

[Fudge]

Already a thread on this, numb nuts.

Find my take on it in there.

[chosen_one6]

Already a thread on this, numb nuts.

Find my take on it in there.

[SpanishACB]

no one in his PR team told him that if he's gonna throw out excuses he's needs to actually explain them?

What's he gonna do when he see someone get hurt while playing for OKC? Quit on them too?

why did he think this accounted for a valid excuse? I'm seriously clueless

[kurple]

why didnt lebron play for team USA?

[Milbuck]

why didnt lebron play for team USA?

Because our F team is good enough to win gold.

[kurple]

Because our F team is good enough to win gold.

or is it because he's an pvssy