OKC’s Durant Changes Course, Praises Memphis Grizzlies’ Allen

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Earlier this week, NBA superstar and Oklahoma City Thunder superstar Kevin Durant was the host on a Q & A session on his Twitter account. That was pretty cool of KD to connect with his fans, huh?

Durant was asked this question in which he left a response:

That’s awesome. Offense gets noticed WAY more in the NBA than solid defense, but this time, the NBA’s reigning MVP tips his hat to the Memphis Grizzlies’ Tony Allen–an elite perimeter defender.  Thunder Grizzlies Basketball

But wait…plot twist.

Not too long ago, Durant made a comment in regards to Memphis’ Tony Allen and his defensive skills. He stated that Allen only plays “just okay” defense.

As a Memphis Grizzlies fan, not only do I know that Tony…

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JONES FRACTURE: WHAT’S AILING KEVIN DURANT?

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Kevin Durant has been dealing with right foot/ankle pain since suffering the initial injury a couple months prior to the 2014-2015 NBA season.  The initial surgery was performed in September 2014 to place a screw to adhere the 2 ends of the fracture together.  Kevin Durant returned in early December and played through the All-Star break only to have another procedure to replace the screw secondary to constant irritation.  Now he will have another procedure to remove the screw and have a bone graft over the fracture site.

So, this blog will discuss what is a Jones fracture, reasons for delayed healing, and anticipated outcomes following bone graft procedure.

WHAT IS A JONES FRACTURE?

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A Jones fracture is a fracture of the 5th metatarsal bone that leads to the pinky toe, between the diaphysis and metaphysis.  Diaphysis is the shaft of the 5th metatarsal and metaphysis is the base…

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Meaningful Ink Behind The Jersey

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In today’s society, tattoos have really become an big image and attention grabber. Based on the reasons behind your tattoos, some look and say that tattoos is their way of showing life experience through Ink. We treat our body as a canvas for art. If you didn’t know Kevin Durant the way I know him, you would be shocked and amazed at how he refers to is tattoos as life long memories. ” My tattoos mean a lot to me, always was a big fan of ink, just was preparing to take the needle”. I am a big tattoo fan myself. Watch the Video in the link to find out the the reasons for his tattoos. If you have tattoos, how many, and what is your most meaningful piece?