Kevin Durant - GSW - F

Warriors updating his status tomorrow. He's been getting work in recently, hoping that he will be playing soon.

If he is available in roto leagues now might be a good time to pick him up. Per Chris Haynes the Warriors are hopeful he will play before end of regular season

Yeah, and also easily they can say he is another 4 weeks OUT and will be re-ev. again. Just guessing but will not be surprised at all if he doesnt play at all in 1st playoff round. Or even in 2nd.

Keno -- He's supposed to be re-evaluated in four weeks (Wednesday March 29th (or so)), which would leave 3 games left in your finals IF he were to be cleared to return that night.

I have a bye week next week then my Semis are the week of the 20th(Monday) and Finals are the following week (27th-April 2nd) Just want to make sure there is zero chance Durant is back before that time before I drop, correct?

Ligament sprains are graded on a 1-3 scale, with Durant’s being deemed a Grade 2. The typical recovery for such an injury is 4-8 weeks, but a bone bruise can potentially increase that timeline. “It’ll take him about 3-4 weeks to get over the initial pain,” said Bert Mandelbaum, an orthopedic surgeon at Kerlan-Jobe Institute in Los Angeles. “Then it’s about returning to basketball at that (NBA) level. I think it’s a range, depending on where exactly he is on the spectrum of that injury.” A sprain of the MCL indicates at least a partial tearing of the ligament. According to cedars-sinai.edu, the symptoms are “noticeable looseness in the knee when moved by hand; major pain and tenderness at the inside of the knee; swelling, in some cases.” Kevin Durant Grade 2 MCL sprain same as Rudy Gobert last year. Missed 5 weeks but more importantly was never comfortable again all season after that.

My playoffs end on 4/2...I have no choice but to drop him. Why would GSW bring him back early from an injury like this

It's time fantasy managers pull up their big boy pants and finish their sulking. Logic says Kevin Durant is done for the regular season (and fantasy). GSW will NOT risk him coming back too early so he can be back for the playoffs. It cements the fact that freak accidents/injuries can strike any minute. Aside from playing for the #1 seed GSW just wants to stay healthy the rest of the way. I'm pretty sure this will 'Activate' the seed of random-DNP-CD in the coaching staffs' mind on their key players.

He's not droppable in ESPN yet? How does that work?

100% valid comment but awful time to state it considering this injury is different mainly because a) hes the best player in fantasy by a mile and b) the timing is about 10 days before playoffs in standard leagues. But I mostly agree with you.

why do so many feel the need to list their injuries, beg for sympathy and make excuses?There are just an overwhelming amount of injuries in today's NBA. it is just a fact that you need luck, as much, or even more than knowledge to win in Fantasy Basketball now. Nobody wants to read about your injuries, they all have a list of their own, and 95% feel their team has been crippled far worse. Stick to helpful comments and contributions as nobody wants to listen to whining.

Well, this has been another major injury plagued season for my fantasy squad. Losing the best fantasy player for what will likely be the remaining amount of my fantasy season is crippling. K.Durant, J.Parker, Z.LaVine, R.Gay, J.Lin, J.Richardson, R.Hood, D.Russell, and G.Harris have made the experience a rough go this year, but somehow, someway I'm fairly well positioned to finish the regular season with the #1 or #2 seed - solid team build, lots of quality players, actively attentive roster management, and some luck. The fantasy playoffs however will be an utter disaster.

jason -- Thanks for the heads up. All fixed now.

His games played projection seems wrong. I wish he was only going to miss 2 games. :(

2 empty injured reserve spots is my reason for keeping him. I would rather use an empty injured reserve spot then just drop him

As a sad KD owner, I dont see how can somebody hold on to him for this season. The Warriors are going to be extra CAREFUL, so even if he was coming back in 4 weeks (which I highly doubt), my guess is that they will ease him back into action. The already clinched a PO berth and gonna remain very competitive even without him, so no Point of having him come back and Play big minutes just before the PO.

Some mcl sprains i can recall - marc gasol came back after 8wks, ryan anderson 6wks, but from watching the replays, KD's injury look less serious. So, fingers crossed for owners that hopefully it will only take 4wks max.

Who's the better pick here, iguodala or barnes?

They know very well he is done much more from one month but playing gms with rest of the league. I'm GSW fan but this is not first time they are playing this type of gms with injuries, they lied about Bogut injury yrs a go and then Steph situation from last playoffs.

Most likely he won't be available for fantasy playoffs and it will likely be longer than 4 week absence. But I own a lot if Durant this year and there are places I am holding him

But it said he'll be reevaluated in 4 weeks so what are the chances he's out longer?

Sigh. Just when I was making a final push for first in my roto league with him. Guess it's time to concentrate on baseball...

He's out for at least 4 weeks so it depends when your fantasy playoffs are

"Not as bad as it looks, could return for playoffs" so does it look like he's out for fantasy playoffs?

There's no advantage to dropping him now when you can wait hours for a diagnosis

This is a silly conversation about drops. Fantasy Bball 101 - they could say there's a 1% chance he's not out for the season but you hold the #1 player in fantasy until the very moment its confirmed both b/c of his inherent value and his value relative to WW players you would add.

Unleash Steph Curry!

What are the chances he gets the same timetable as Beasley

Don't you wanna wait for the results first? Things don't look positive but if he gets the same timetable with Beasley wouldn't you feel like a fool to have dropped?

My league starts playoffs a week early (March 6th). Upvote if you think I should just bit the bullet and drop, downvote to hold. Currently sitting in 2nd of 10.

Let's just say it's dark and gloomy up here in San Fran right now.

I am trying to trade him expensive right now. Best case seems to be he comes back for your Finals but even that is looking unlikely with Woj report.

How are we feeling about kd right now. Should I be trying to trade him cheap?

Woj tweeted that the Warriors and KD's inner circle are fearing he's out months, not weeks.

It was fun owning him while it lasted.

MRI right the way + wanted to wait for tmrw to announce the diagnosis + warriors clinching a playoff spot = KD's fantasy season's over

No, not really.

Matt Barnes signing pretty much confirms he's out for the year.

MRI results expected tomorrow per Mike Wise on twitter.

On the broadcast they indicated he would take it tonight. Dunno bout results though. Hoping

Is there word he's able to take the MRI tonight? How long before results? Man I'm nervous.....

Speculating is a double edged sword. It can win you leagues or it can kill you. One could argue that all of this speculation can spook an owner into trading away KD, which could work out very well if you're able to capitalize on the scare. It could also sink you if it turns out to be a much more serious injury than anticipated.

It's why most adds are called spec adds. Spec is for speculation

And speculating is a big part of fantasy sports. Speculating on extent of injuries, trades, who would have a breakout year/strong 2nd half etc..all part of it

I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night, which counts for something according to a bad tv commercial. Speculating is the first step in fantasy grieving.

Can we stop speculating and wait for a real doctor to give a diagnosis?

Torn Meniscus is not out of the question as well. Like the Beverley bump to Westbrook in the playoffs.

The good news is that is was a contact knee injury which generally tend to be less serious than non contact injuries

It's a hyperextended knee. It could be a Jabari Parker hyperextension or a Michael Beasley hyperextension

Beasley injury rn. Could be 1-2 weeks with the potential for much longer if ligament damage is found in an MRI.

What kind of inj does it look like

Zaza was standing still w/o any motion untill is thrown out from the back wrestling style from Gortat and he landed on KD knee. 1000% Gortat cause/action.

Steph Curry

Any pick ups to be made if he's out for the season

Zaza fell backwards into hit into Durants knee. He went immediately to the lockeroom

What happened?

Damn you Zaza

(UP) Holiday+Durant (DOWN) Wall+Cousins ROS+playoffs

Bruised pinky

Bruised pinky

Back on the bench. WHEW!!!!

He went to the locker room now, but for it looked like he was just going to stay in the game at first

Looks like it's been updated now. He fell on his hand and it's clearly giving him some discomfort.

I just kinda have the game on in he background but I didn't notice anything and he's played the whole game so far

Anyone see his hand? He's definitely hurt, just not sure how serious it is?

Just got offered KD for my curry. Surely pull the trigger on the number 1 9 cat fantasy player????

Batum+Pau Gasol+Holiday (UP) Durant (DOWN) ROS

Just got offered KD for my Kyrie + Oladipo..... Take it and run???

durant + wilson chandler (UP) for DMC + avery bradley (DOWN) ?

any reason to be concerned they may start resting guys during fantasy playoffs? last year lesson learned that regular season does not matter if you dont win title

Whoops was meant to be Millsap + Melo + Holiday (UP) for Durant + Ingles + Smart (DOWN). What a difference that makes!

Jrue + Holiday!! What a steal.

Want to see some crazy consistency? Just look at the z scores in his game log

Is it worth it to trade jrue and cousins for kd in a 10man 9cat league?

28.5 on 52/43/91 isn't impossible to imagine.

Anybody want to guess the ceiling of his shooting slash line this year?

This is completely unrelated to fantasy but it's the best thing I've seen this year. You're all welcome :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82wtHvU8Z-U

After watching a few games I think Durant efficiency numbers are going to be nuts this year. He never got this many open looks playing in OKC

I'm starting to think we could see a hyper efficient 25+ Pts Draymond Lite line from KD this season. He is the obvious choice to take on the big man post facilitator role that was Boguts last year so I think his assists could really jump. He's also publicly said that he wants to be a double double guy in terms of rebounds this year. If he's putting up something like 25p/9r/7a/1s/1.5b/49%FG/89%FT/2.5 3's that has to put him up there with Harden for #1 right?

So last yr I won my league with KD as my No.1. My team ended up being a punt FG%, RBs, and punt BLK while being really strong in 3s, AST, FT%, and STLs. But looking back I got lucky with fluky H2H matchups. I feel like KD is so good at everything that it's hard to tell what is the optimal H2H punt strategy for him. Thoughts??????