Coming into the Brooklyn Nets’ ongoing road trip, Kevin Durant had yet to travel with the team this season. Kyrie Irving has, but he has also played this year. It’s been different when the point guard has been injured, too.
When the Nets started the trip in Washington D.C. on Wednesday, Kenny Atkinson was asked about the two not traveling and explained:
I always hark back to the priority’s got to be what’s best for them from a rehab standpoint. That overrides everything. And sometimes they want to come, and we’re like ‘No, you need to be on the AlterG at home.’
He also added:
We just can’t provide the same type of rehab conditions on the road, and that’s priority number one. I think we’ll continue to do that. But I think in the future you’ll see that change as the rehab processes get further down the road.
Well, it turns out the future is already here. According to Brian Lewis of the New York Post, Durant was with the Nets on their recent trip to Miami.
But, Durant is not expected to travel with Brooklyn in Boston for Tuesday’s game against the Celtics.
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