has yet to play in front of his new-home Phoenix fans, and now he might not get that chance until the playoffs as news broke on Thursday that after spraining his ankle during pre-game warmups Wednesday night.This is a buzzkill, to say the least. And under normal circumstances, it would be a major concern for the , now having to a similate a superstar into the Victor Martinez Jersey delicate alchemy of an NBA offense under the fire of playoff competition.But Durant is unique in this way. We've often spoke of him as the definition of a plug-and-play star. He fits anywhere, with anyone, because he doesn't require a certain amount of shots from certain spots to be his best self. He's always his best self. And this is so without detracting from anyone else being their best self.He knows when to attack. When to let the game come to him. He knows how to play with because he's played with and . Never pa sive, he knows when to hang back while someone else cooks. Never over-aggre sive, he knows when to go one on one. In between those two modes, Durant flows in and out of a seamle s, historically efficient jumper that somehow never, even after long layoffs, abandons him. Consider that in his first game with a new team, after an almost seven-week injury absence, Durant made Michael Fulmer Jersey 10 of 15 shots. In three games with the Suns, he's shooting 69 Omar Infante Jersey percent from the field, including 54 percent from 3.In 2019, after a month off nursing the calf injury that wound up precipitating his torn Achilles, a stint that forced him to mi s the full second and third round of the playoffs, he walked right back into the fire of an NBA Finals potential elimination game and promptly drilled his first three 3-pointers.In 2020, after another seven-week absence, he came back to shoot 5 for 5 in his first game and 65 percent from the field, including 61 percent from 3, over his first three weeks back on the court. You wonder if Durant is going to be able to flip the switch for the start of the postseason after yet another potential four-week layoff? Don't worry about it. The man's switch never turns off in the first place.The Suns are counting on this. They're pointing to the 73 points Alan Trammell Jersey that Durant and Booker combined to score in just their third game together, when they looked like they'd been playing off one another all their lives, and telling themselves they'll pick right back up from that spot, even under the pre sure of the playoffs.Chances are, they're right. Durant is not only that great, but that versatile. Throw in the experience of a and the similarly adaptable talents of Booker, and the Suns are about as equipped to hit their peak on the fly, without rehearsal, as any newly formed team po sibly could be. Which is good, because they're likely to be tested right out of the gate. If the playoffs were to start today, the Suns would be playing the defending-champion , who are getting healthy themselves, in the first round. If it's Christin Stewart Jersey not the Warriors, it could be the Luka/Kyrie or the Kawhi/PG . Even Minnesota would present a formidable challenge.However the matchups shake out, Phoenix won't have a runway to get up to speed. They'll need to take off immediately. Having Durant makes that prospect a lot le s daunting.
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