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        <title><![CDATA[Nets’ Kevin Durant: ‘I’ll be back when it’s time’]]></title>
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        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Kevin Durant didn’t say yes. He didn’t say no.</p><p>Speaking on <strong>Lil Wayne’s Young Money Radio</strong> on Tuesday, Durant addressed the possibility of a return if the NBA picks up its season and playoffs in mid-July.</p><p>Last week <strong>Nets GM Sean Marks</strong> told a New Zealand news outlet <strong>a Durant return</strong> was not out of play, calling it “the $110 million question.”</p><p>“It is what it is man. Everybody waiting on me to come back,” Durant said Tuesday on the show. “A lot of emotions involved. So I get it. I understand the business now. But I’ll be back when it’s time.”</p><p>When is the right time? Maybe Durant really doesn’t know yet.</p><p>He will have been off 13 months following Achilles tendon surgery if the playoff tournament starts in mid-July. Sources have indicated he was doing not just three-on-three and four-on-four drills with teammates when the March 11 shutdown occurred but playing full-court five-on-five.</p><figure id="attachment_15658681"  class="wp-caption alignnone aligncenter"><strong><noscript><img data- data-src="/uploads/2020/05/kevin-durant-1.jpg" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img  data-src="/uploads/2020/05/kevin-durant-1.jpg" /></noscript></noscript><img class="lazyload" src='data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%20210%20140%22%3E%3C/svg%3E' data- data-src="/uploads/2020/05/kevin-durant-1.jpg" /></strong><figcaption class="wp-caption-text"><span>Kevin Durant</span><span class="credit">Getty Images</span></figcaption></figure><p>If Durant waits until next season, which could be delayed until Dec. 25, he’ll have been out for a year-and-a-half. And he’ll be 32.</p><p>Durant said he doesn’t feel the Nets are trying to rush him back at all. In fact, on a podcast ESPN insider Adrian Wojnarowski said he believes the Nets won’t let him play this season.</p><p>The Post quoted Durant’s buddy, Jay Williams, saying it wasn’t a great idea to zoom into the playoff cauldron after being out that long.</p><p>Durant said this week the organization is eager to see him and Kyrie Irving on the court together.</p><p>“No, I wouldn’t say that,’’ Durant said when asked if he’s being rushed. “But obviously everybody’s anxious to see how we’re going to fit together, especially me and Kyrie. It’s a new situation.”</p><p>Irving (shoulder surgery) is probably further off than Durant in his return but said on an Instagram talk: “I can’t wait to be back out there destroying people.”</p><p>Durant said the chemistry will be good no matter when the Brooklyn stars play together.</p><p>“Our games match, you know what I’m saying?,’’ Durant said. “We can do the same things, we’re similar. So it’s just a matter of figuring it out.”</p><p>Durant had scrimmaged with a group of young Nets tabbed “The Extra Work Crew.” The Nets’ facility is shut amid the lockdown but he is permitted to do rehab work there with a doctor.</p><p>Since the shutdown, Durant tested positive for the coronavirus but got over it quickly with few symptoms.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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