Durant admits George's injury made him drop out of Team USA

[Andrew]

More so than physical and mental exhaustion, though I guess that's a pretty good euphemism for "Everything I had to play for Team USA, that injury stripped it away from me.", when it's all said and done.

Not everyone is happy about it.

[NovU]

He's one of the good guys at true superstar level that's hard to hate. But people still find ways to taunt,

[shadowgrin]

What a wuss. That's why he'll never win a ring.

[[Q]]

His injury and his teammates' injuries must be some weird karma for that

[Stress Fracture]

He should have admitted it in the first place. I think nobody believed the fatigue bullshit he cited for his reason.

[Andrew]

Do you think people would have reacted any more favourably?

[NovU]

He's technically played full seasons + playoffs in last two years. And he's been a relatively injury free player all his career while logging tons minutes(3000 minutes played per season) with tons usage.

George's injury + Fatigue sounds like a reasonable excuse to me.

[Andrew]

I think it's fair enough too. Perhaps he could've been a bit more open about the situation at the time, but I don't think that would've prevented people from being harshly critical.