The Nets have no fear of Kevin Durant’s Achilles.
If that wasn’t clear in their signing of Durant to a $164 million contract, it is in the story of how it happened.
Brooklyn did take the injury into account, according to a report by Sports Illustrated. General manager Sean Marks had the Nets medical team watch video of the injury and examine media reports. When he asked whether they wanted to commit to a max, though, the entire room agreed that they should.
“That was a pretty moving moment,” Marks told SI. “When you know there’s a group of young men and women that are here saying, ‘Hell, we can’t wait for the challenge.