Durant on injury concerns: 'People just hope we don't finish the season' / News - Basketnews.com

Durant said that players can't control their injuries oftentimes, and thought that people being concerned with the Suns' injuries were just hoping they'd lose.

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The Phoenix Suns feature arguably the best big three in the league. However, individual members of the group haven't been able to stay fit to play a game together.

Kevin Durant

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Kevin Durant, Devin Booker, and Bradley Beal are the three biggest stars of the roster. So far, only Durant has played in both Suns' regular-season games.

Talking with Mark Medina from Sportskeed, Durant said that staying healthy throughout the year is the most important thing.

"That’s a question mark for everybody," he said in the interview.

Asked whether there is a method to decrease the likelihood of injuries, Durant said that injuries oftentimes happen not because of the player.

"You keep up at it with your routine and keep at it with your body and all of that stuff. But some of that stuff is [uncontrollable]. I got injured the last two years with someone falling into my leg. It’s not like my body was off or I was not aligned right. Somebody fell into my leg, and I was out. Same with [Anthony Davis] and lots of these guys that have had major injuries. Just from being basketball, in general," he said.

"They do all the stuff right. I did my correctives before that game I played. I lifted the night before my game. But still, somebody ran into my leg. You can't stop that stuff," the player explained. "I don't look at that stuff like that. I know people have those concerns. But I just think that is just people hoping, to be honest, that we don't finish the season. Every team can say, 'Shouldn't you be worried about injuries?' Every team can say that."

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