It’s safe to say that Kevin Durant has not had the best luck with injuries this season. Just one week after returning to the court after suffering a knee injury back in January, Kevin Durant suffered another injury that could keep him out for the remainder of the regular season. And the latest injury appears to be just a freak accident.
Kevin Durant was set to make his home-court debut for the Phoenix Suns on Wednesday night after he was traded to the team as part of a blockbuster deal last month. But just before the game, Durant suffered an ankle injury when he slipped during warmups.
Phoenix Suns reporter Kellan Olson of Empire of the Suns captured Durant’s injury on video. As the video shows, Durant simply rolled his left ankle when he went up for a layup during warmups.
Here’s video of Kevin Durant slipping on the floor pregame.
He stayed down for a few seconds but then got up and finished his on-court work. pic.twitter.com/DwTrNc6LIr
— Kellan Olson (@KellanOlson) March 9, 2023
The injury ultimately kept Durant out of the lineup on Wednesday night, and it looks like it could sideline him for the rest of the NBA regular season and the start of the playoffs after the Arizona Republic reports that there’s concern within the organization that he suffered a grade 2 ankle sprain.
Given the reported severity of the incident, the video of Durant’s injury has since gone viral on social media.
🇺🇸 Kevin Durant potentially missing the remainder of regular season for this injury would be a disaster for Suns’ title hopes
🇮🇹 Kevin Durant con questo infortunio può perdersi il resto della regular season. Sarebbe un disastro per i Suns #NBA pic.twitter.com/a97FzrIdT9
— Davide Chinellato (@dchinellato) March 9, 2023
KD goes down in warmups 😳 pic.twitter.com/vL73PUCSfq
— Mike McClure (@Mike5754) March 9, 2023
Video of KD. Doesn’t look like a slippery floor. Just straight up rolled his ankle… 😳 pic.twitter.com/MiEgWgh3gY
— FD-GURU ™ (@fd_guru) March 9, 2023
This angle of Kevin Durant slipping 😭 pic.twitter.com/IiWj4KOllB
— 🎟️ (@Plazuhbtw) March 9, 2023
Fire every ball boy responsible for leaving that wet spot pic.twitter.com/GIHK9bU6c3
— Cloudy ☁️ (@CloudyNextDoor) March 9, 2023
If Phoenix remains the oldest NBA franchise without a championship because of *this*… https://t.co/wkRSfYfK90
— Matt Petersen (@TheMattPetersen) March 9, 2023
Look man, it didn’t happen to him but that CP3 curse had something to do with this pic.twitter.com/bRbdAg9FGW
— IT IS WHAT IT IS (@Rob__5) March 9, 2023
It’s an unfortunate accident for Durant that could cost him the rest of the regular season.
