The Nursing All Star: Durant joins the plague of illustrious casualties in the NBA

ORA plague of injuries is sweeping the NBA and is affecting in recent days, especially with some of its stars. TO Zion Williamson and Ja Morant joins now Kevin Durant, who will be sidelined for two weeks due to a muscle strain in his left calf. A blow for the Suns, who were having a great start to the season: they led the West right behind the Thunder and, with a balance of 8-1, only the Cavaliers were ahead in the entire NBA.

The star of the Phoenix franchise was injured in the victory over the Mavericks this Friday. In two weeks he is scheduled to be evaluated again.but for now his team is left without his 27.6 points, 6.6 rebounds and 3.4 assists on average. Time for Devin Booker, Bradley Beal and Jusuf Nurkic to step forward to compensate for such an important absence.

Shortly before knowing Durant’s loss, it was known that Ja Morant will also be out for a couple of weeks. In his case it is due to a fall suffered in the duel against the Lakers. Has a pelvic injury. The Grizzlies point guard was only able to play in nine games last season. First for a 25-match ban imposed by the NBA for displaying firearms and then for a shoulder injury. In preseason, he also sprained his ankle in an unfortunate action in which he stepped on the ball while running to defend a counterattack. Until now he was averaging 20.6 points and 9.1 assists.

Zion Williamson’s losses

And of all these new star injuries, the most worrying is that of Zion Williamson. Not because of the illness, but because of the precedents of his medical condition and the uncertainties about his return. That “indefinite leave” He has already suffered it several times in his career. Now he suffers a muscle problem in the left leg that will worsen his percentage of games since he arrived in the NBA. Of the 400 that the Pelicans have played since he arrived, he has only been able to participate in 190. In the six he played this course he had averages of 22.7 points, 8.0 rebounds and 5.3 assists.

These illustrious injuries could add to Paolo Bancherowhich recently fell, to Joel Embiid, Kristaps Porzingis and Kawhi Leonardwhich have not even been released this year, Bogdan Bogdanovic, Miles Bridges, Aaron Gordon, Dejounte Murray, Tyrese Maxey… Together we could do it an All Star in nursing.