Kevin Durant ruled out for 4 games due to COVID-19 protocol

By Leobert Julian A. de la Peña

 

Kevin Durant will be missing the Brooklyn Nets’ four games in seven days after contact tracing reports showed that he was exposed to COVID-19. The development was first disclosed by Shams Charania of The Athletic’s and further added that Durant will be quarantined for seven days. The resurging Durant had earlier contracted COVID-19 in March and is hoping for a positive outcome through the course of his quarantine period.

Alongside the absence of Spencer Dinwiddie (who is suffering from a torn ACL), Durant’s four-game inactivity will leave the team playing without their number one offensive weapon (at 28.2 points per game).

The Steve Nash led squad is currently sitting at 3-4 and are 10th in the Eastern Conference despite Durant and Kyrie Irving’s consistent offensive output. Even with Durant out, Nash is still optimistic about moving forward and is expecting his team to step up a notch.

“I think there is a pattern. I think we are making simple mistakes defensively. Not sticking to our game plan as well as we can and from the treetops, that’s probably somewhat to be expected. We’d like to clean it up quicker and without a lot of practicing time, playing 17 games in 31 days in a month, we got to figure out a way to get that done,” said Nash.