The Golden State Warriors are the walking wounded right now, with a number of players sidelined with injury including Stephen Curry. However, things just got worse in Oakland, as Kevin Durant, who happened to be operating as the only healthy superstar on a roster that includes four, will now be sidelined for at least two weeks as a result of a rib injury.
Kevin Durant's MRI results: Incomplete rib cartilage fracture, re-evaluated in two weeks. More brutal injury news for the Warriors.
— Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) March 17, 2018
BREAKING: Kevin Durant has an incomplete rib cartilage fracture. He'll be out at least two weeks.
— Connor Letourneau (@Con_Chron) March 17, 2018
Durant’s injury garners the dreaded timetable for re-evaluation, indicating that the two-week timetable may only be the beginning. Curry continues to miss time due to an ankle injury and, while other injuries to Draymond Green and Andre Iguodala are less significant, Klay Thompson also recently joined in the ailment parade.
As for Durant, this injury comes at a brutal time for both player and team, as the stated goal for the Warriors has been to gather momentum as mid-March (and the NBA’s postseason) approaches. At least for now, it appears this injury will not hamper the former MVP come playoff time and that is definitely a positive takeaway. Still, Durant went from questionable for Friday’s game to out for Friday’s game and, in short order, to an extended timeline.
Golden State may not be fully cursed with injury but things are definitely getting weird in the Bay.
