Kevin Durant bristles at question about coming back from injury: 'Is that a real question?'
Was it really that bad of a question?
Kevin Durant calmly helped take down the Milwaukee Bucks on Monday night with the Brooklyn Nets winning 125-86 in Game 2 of their Eastern Semifinals playoff matchup.
Then, when asked to reflect on the two-year anniversary of the injuries that kept him out of much of the NBA Finals in 2019 (and then the Achilles tear in Game 5), he scoffed at the question in a postgame interview with TNT.
When asked if he ever thought he’d be “this good” in his comeback, his reply: “Is that a real question?”
Now, I didn’t think it was a bad question. But we know athletes usually won’t talk about the doubts they might have had while rehabbing a major injury.
“What do you want me to say to that?” he continued. “Of course I did.”
'Is that a real question?"
KD wasn't having it
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Perhaps some of the reason why Durant is this good after coming back from an Achilles tear is because he’s stayed as present as he was in that interview. As he said, he’s just looking forward to the next day, when the Nets can keep steamrolling opponents.