NBA - Hindi pa isinasara ang pinto ni Brooklyn Nets general manager Sean Marks ang posibleng pagbalik ni Kevin Durant kapag muling buksan ang NBA season.
Suspendido ang mga laro mula pa March 11
dulot ng coronavirus pandemic at nahatagan pa si Durant ng halos dalawang ekstrang buwan para magpagaling buhat sa kanyang nabalikong kanang Achilles tendon noong Hunyo 2019.
Dumanas si Durant ng malubhang injury sa Game 5 ng 2019 NBA Finals bilang bahagi ng Golden State Warriors. Lumagda siya sa Nets bilang free agent nung Hulyo.
Sa panahon ng pagpapagaling ni Durant na halos nasa 11 buwan na at ang posibleng petsa ng muling pagbabalik ngayong season ilang linggo pa, ang tanong ng senaryo ay may kalabuan pa.
"That's a $110 million question," sabi ni Marks sa Newshub ng New Zealand. "In all seriousness, we've tried not to talk about his timeline a lot.
"He knows his body better than anybody. Our performance team and training staff have done a tremendous job getting him to this point, but I just don't know how coming out of this pandemic will affect anybody, let alone Kevin.
"When you've got enough invested in a player like Kevin, we're never going to push him to come back. When the timing is right, he'll be 100 percent when he gets on the court.
"I can tell you this though -- before the pandemic, he looked like Kevin Durant and that's a good thing."
Pumirma si Durant ng four-year, $164 million contract upang tulungang mapalakas ang Nets, na puntiryang maging top-flight Eastern Conference contender.
Bagupaman ang season, nagpahayag si Durant sa fans ng koponan na 'wag munang. umasa na masisilayan siya sa court nitong season.
Ang 31-anyos na si Durant ay 10-time All-Star at four-time scoring champ sa kanyang 12 on-court seasons. Ang small forward ay naging NBA MVP sa 2013-14 season bilang miyembro ng Oklahoma City Thunder.