Kevin Durant may not be in the Disney bubble with his Nets teammates, but that doesn’t mean Brooklyn’s superstar isn’t getting his work in.
With the 2020-21 NBA season being his target for his return, Durant has continued with his rehab process. He detailed what that’s entailed during his appearance on Elite Media Group’s RNC Radio:
I’m playing a lot of one-on-one lately, so what comes with that is your handle is a little better, You’re more quicker with your moves. You’re less indecisive with what you want to bring out. So I’m just crafting that, I guess that playground-style of ball even more, just working out by myself or with two or three guys.
That’s the cool part about it because it’s hard for you to get that type of play in the regular season because you’re going through the team aspect, you’re training with the team and you want to preserve your body for the season. So, if I’m playing 1-on-1 or 2-on-2s, it’s just going to help my creativity. That’s the timing thing that every injured player goes through. Just finding that rhythm again. So, hopefully, I gain it over time and once I get into real games it translates real fast.
Durant told RNC Radio some of the players he’s worked out with throughout include Kyrie Irving, Caris LeVert (before the bubble), Detroit’s Blake Griffin, former Knicks gurar Allonzo Trier and two members of the Long Island Nets, Jaylen Hands and Devin Cannady.
Durant also added his “IQ for the game” has sharpened from watching the game from a different vantage point:
Just watching it from a different perspective, I feel like my mind has grown a lot and how I wanna approach my craft and what I wanna do every single day as a teammate. So, I feel like my mind is stronger.