The Nets can’t offer Kevin Durant more money or more rings than he can earn with the Warriors.
What they can promise is among the best training and performance staffs in the NBA. And they can provide proximity to their orthopedic specialist, Dr. Martin O’Malley, who not only operated on Durant’s ruptured Achilles tendon earlier this month, but also performed surgery on his broken foot four years ago.
That could be vital. Durant reportedly is angry over the medical care he got from Golden State and upset the Warriors compelled him into returning from his right calf injury to play in Game 5 of the NBA Finals — in which he suffered the ruptured Achilles.