Multiple members of the Golden State Warriors organization and Kevin Durant himself have stated the decision for Durant to play in Game 5 of the NBA Finals while dealing with a calf strain was purely his decision, and the subsequent Achilles tendon injury was shocking for all parties involved.
Kyrie Irving, Durant's new Brooklyn Nets teammate, has a different understanding of the situation.
"A lot of people have responsibility for why that ended up happening the way it happened on a national scale," he said at Nets Media Day Friday morning.