Kevin Durant injury: Thunder star will practice at USA Basketball minicamp

Both Durant and Anthony faced injuries which limited the games they played in during the 2014-15 season. Part of that may be due to the fact that he’s finally healthy and back on the court playing the game he loves.

Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook only has one mode: playing at 100 percent.

To say the workout at this minicamp was “light” on Tuesday is an understatement. I can go 100 percent.

The injury eventually required three surgeries, the latest coming in March. “The competitive juices are just boiling in my body and I’m just ready to play”. “But everything else is no restrictions”. “The aggressive juice is boiling in my physique and I’m able to play”.

“Oh, I’m looking forward to that”, Durant said, smiling.

“With this being a summer where we do not have an official competition that we need to prepare for, this year’s minicamp is an opportunity to continue and expand brotherhood and camaraderie that has been built”, said Jerry Colangelo, Team USA’s managing director.

“Iron sharpens iron”, Durant said. “I think the group of guys we have, I think we have a good chance to win the National Basketball Association championship”. If I wanted to be secretive about workouts, or be by myself, I’d be stupid to do that.

LaMarcus Aldridge, Harrison Barnes, Bradley Beal, Jimmy Butler, Michael Carter-Williams, Mike Conley, Paul George, Draymond Green, Blake Griffin, Tobias Harris, Gordon Hayward, DeAndre Jordan, Kawhi Leonard, Victor Oladipo and Chandler Parsons and John Wall were also named.

Nevertheless, Durant looks to be on track for a full recovery in time for the start of the 2015-16 season. Once again. I am aware it’s arriving, he stated. That environment, I could not draw back from that so I simply needed to observe it and study.

“I haven’t played since February”.

Throughout Durant’s convalescence, the West elite confirmed little signal of vulnerability. That’s all LeBron James is doing.

However Durant deflected free-agency hypothesis, and made positive to reference his thrilling OKC teammate.

Lots of people are anticipating me to do that, and also come again as a greater player. And although he’s back, it’s no guarantee he’ll make the squad that gets chosen to go to Rio in 2016. I haven’t even thought about being recruited.

Westbrook, however, didn’t get the memo.