How you know he could've played? Have you ever played basketball with a knee contusion? If he goes out there and suck, nobody gonna care about that injury.
All I know if Kevin Durant doesn’t play game 2, I don’t care what anybody says, the Rockets were setup to help the Lakers atleast win some games. The Rockets SHOULD win without Durant Ime SHOULD do a better job at coaching Sengun SHOULD step up to prove he’s a true leader and top center But none of that takes away from this weird situation of KD not playing. I don’t care what anyone says. Furthermore if we lose this season for ANY reason Ime & Stone should be fired Bring in Mike Malone or someone else who’s competent. Trade Sengun, because clearly he’s not the guy Amen shouldn’t get max money because he’s not the guy either Pray Reed can continue to be a top league shooter and improve his PG skills Tari & DFS should Definitely be gone All this tanking for super role players, while other teams drafted generational talent. This is an embarrassment of an organization
Why conspire when you know they'll f it up on their own? We play to our competition. We thought we could compete easily with Sengun Amen and Reed so we let KD rest the knee.