Nets GM: Team won't rush back Durant if season is extended

Brooklyn Nets general manager Sean Marks said the organization won't urge superstar forward Kevin Durant to return if the season extends deeper into the summer or fall.

"When you've got enough invested in a player like Kevin, we're never going to push him to come back," Marks told Newshub's Grant Chapman. "When the timing is right, he'll be 100% when he gets on the court. I can tell you this, though; before the pandemic, he looked like Kevin Durant and that's a good thing."

Durant - who's being paid $37.2 million this season - suffered a torn Achilles tendon nearly 11 months ago in Game 5 of the 2019 NBA Finals. The typical recovery timeline from that injury is 9-12 months.

"In all seriousness, we've tried not to talk about his timeline a lot. He knows his body better than anybody," Marks added. "Our performance team and training staff have done a tremendous job getting him to this point, but I just don't know how coming out of this pandemic will affect anybody, let alone Kevin."

Brooklyn sat seventh in the Eastern Conference with a 30-34 record when the NBA season was put on hold.