Brooklyn Nets celebrity Kevin Durant received’t swimsuit up for this 12 months’s NBA All-Star Game in Salt Lake City this Feb. 19, per Bleacher Report’s Chris Haynes. This marks the third-straight 12 months that he received’t be accessible for the festivities amid eligibility to take part.
Durant stays out for the Nets after sustaining a proper knee damage final Jan. 8 towards the Miami Heat. An MRI additional concluded that he has an remoted MCL sprain.
Nets Head coach Jacque Vaughn addressed the media on Tuesday and noted that Durant isn’t anticipated to return till the All-Star break, with a transparent timetable of his availability but to be decided.
In his impending return quickly, Durant will play with a unique Brooklyn group, as his star companion Kyrie Irving in addition to Markieff Morris left the membership and went on to the Dallas Mavericks in change for Spencer Dinwiddie, Dorian Finney-Smith and draft concerns.
Durant is averaging 29.7 factors, 6.7 rebounds and 5.3 assists in 39 video games this season. He is capturing 55.9 % from the sector – a profession finest.
As such, the NBA will choose Durant’s substitute from the Eastern Conference, with Toronto Raptors star ahead Pascal Siakam a strong candidate to fill his sneakers.
