"One thing I don't want to see with Nikola is like, they started calling me 'injury prone' after that, but hopefully they don't start with him because it's one of those freak injuries that you can't really control,"
"You can do all the work you can, but somebody falls into your knee, that's just tough."
"So it's good to see it's only four weeks and it's not anything too big,"
"It wasn't an MCL sprain or Level 2, it felt like it was just a tweak and he's going to be back out there soon. He's great for the game and you want to see the best players on the floor at all times."
Nikola Jokic hyperextended his left knee when a Denver teammate stepped on his foot while defending in Miami, and he will be re-evaluated in four weeks. Kevin Durant compared Jokic's injury to prior knee injuries Durant suffered when teammates or opponents fell into his legs, noting those incidents were freak accidents beyond a player's control. Durant previously sprained his left MCL in January 2022 and suffered another ligament sprain in January 2023 after similar collisions. Durant described Jokic's condition as a tweak rather than a major MCL sprain and expressed optimism about a return.
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