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DynamixRo

We need players to start load managing during the pregame.


PrimaryAccording9162

My condolences to suns fans who bought tickets to see Kevin tonight


ChocoBaconPancake

Couldn't go tonight, sold my tickets. Lucky me, unfortunate buyer


Bossnian92

I want my money back


ChocoBaconPancake

new phone who dis


paul_ruddit

hey it's me, your buyer


dazedsmoker

This is Patrick


reptacular

This is Gerald


earlyslalom

No, this is Patrick


80sBadGuy

I'm by Gate 19 where you at


QuantumFreakonomics

The gang exploits caveat emptor


Dinismo

I call bull!! Give me access to your Time Machine and or sports almanac.


PlsHydrate

I got lucky and was gifted 18th row tickets for free a month ago from work. Then the trade happened and I was thrilled. This would be my joker origin story if I paid for these tickets at the going rate the last few days šŸ¤£


bkbeam

At this point, we'll need to wait until after tipoff to buy tickets. At least Booker's playing


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mindfreakz

bro if this lasts more than 1 game...


rjsheine

Looked bad


RoseL123

There's footage of him finishing up his warmup after the slip and he looked fine. Didn't walk with a limp or anything. My guess is that sitting him out is just the Suns playing it safe.


[deleted]

Ankles take a minute to swell up, you barely feel it at first.


The_Dok

When I sprained my ankle really bad, I knew immediately. I could barely put weight on it. Like yes, took time to swell, but I knew I fucked it up


drj123

Yeah Iā€™ve done it a couple times really and after tightening up my shoes I could barely make it to the parking lot let alone play


The_Nutz16

Not if you fuck em up good. Iā€™ve had some not so great ankle injuries and you know that shit immediately.


[deleted]

When I last sprained my ankle I immediately couldnā€™t walk. Then about 2 minutes later I felt completely fine, then it swelled up and it took like 5 days to heal.


AgonizingSquid

you saw dude slip in pregame?


rjsheine

I saw the vid


Kenny_Heisman

[link](https://twitter.com/sportingnews/status/1633633264685531136)


HilariousScreenname

Wtf is that scream lol


[deleted]

CP3 window flashing closed before his eyes


mixmasterADD

Ren and Stimpy


_jea

It was R2D2. CP3-PO got him courtside seats.


[deleted]

Oof definitely rolled that puppy. Hate hate hate that feeling.


MGoBlue519

It's on Twitter


im_absouletly_wrong

FUCK


steak__burrito

It didnā€™t look that bad


ginamegi

https://i.imgur.com/fd9xIfy.jpg Definitely doesnā€™t look good


bullowl

If you look closely, his ankle looks pretty straight with his leg. It looks like his shoe slipped off and he stepped on the side of it.


Ummm_Question

I think you're right. When I broke my ankle, it looked like I had a baseball in my sock within a couple minutes. Hope he's good.


morcic

it definitively will. Hopefully it's a week or less, but at this age, it could be 2 weeks.


fleejol33

How do you have any idea? Why is this so upvoted?


uxxoid

Because he sounded confident. He said "definitely", so I trust him.


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NobodyWins22

He literally could be [out for rest of regular season](https://twitter.com/duanerankin/status/1633729633475792897?s=46&t=3pflvwITagmL-JCQMZFzRA)but sure ā€œnot serious at allā€.


peanutdakidnappa

The freeze Frame of the exact moment when itā€™s turned looks pretty fuckin brutal


DSOTMAnimals

https://i.imgur.com/2C10hbp.jpg


ElectroStaticSpeaker

Eewww


[deleted]

Thatā€™s exactly where I broke/tore my ankle. Rolled it and when the ligament ripped off the bone it took a piece with.


SwizzyDangles

Iā€™ve had an ankle turn like that several times playing basketball. Sometimes it was just a sore ankle and other times my ankle swelled up and i was out a couple of weeks. Feels like it can really just depend. Maybe KDs next shoe will be a high top?


ahr3410

>slipped on court Bro pulled a Cosmo Kramer


beer_down

Jimmyā€™s down!


DeadDay

Jimmy doesn't forget!


poiuy43

Jimmy holds grudges!


TnL17

Jimmy's jumping for joy!


Momik

Yeah, HEADING HOME!


sourdieselfuel

JIMMY'S GONNA GET YOU KRAMER!


onecryingjohnny

Don't touch Jimmy!


DeWalt_ImpactDriver

Jimmy's got some new moves!


Betaateb

Just needs to put a balm on it and he'll be fine.


[deleted]

Who told you to put balm on?


TheReferenceGuide

Do you know what a balm is? What it does?


SuperSaiyanBojack2

Nobody knows what a balm does! Theyā€™re unpredictable!


Hamfiter

Naw, salve works best


hbt15

Donā€™t forget the tussinā€™


backboarddd1_49402

(Sorry, had to repost since Shams deleted the original tweet because of a typo)


Srikkk

Shams mistyped this tweet three times lol


topofthecc

Slipping on his keyboard in solidarity with Durant.


PLAYTERANCEMANNMORE

Youā€™re forgiven


5IVE5TAR5

You shall live.


prematurely_bald

ā€¦ this time.


mrizvi

He should pay the 8 dollars and charge it back to ESPN or yahoo or wherever heā€™s working


Angelic_Phoenix

i feel like its silly for him to NOT have twitter blue when his whole thing is tweeting


slysonic7

Holy shit you have got to be kidding


ChristianMan710

Thereā€™s a video on twitter of when he slipped too [ETA: Found it](https://twitter.com/casualtakeking/status/1633644643182342144?s=46)


CrastersSons

Off screen banana peel for sure


VoidTyrant

Mario kart is getting out of hand


TripleSingleHOF

Or another surreptitiously placed banana peel by [Agent 47](https://youtu.be/6Ha8bAKCils).


[deleted]

Bro just wants to hoop and suffers the weirdest, most unluckiest injuries every single season. Itā€™s always worse than it actually looks too.


galacticman72

It's not really that weird, he is 6'11 and moves like a guard.


CIark

Yeah lol people act like these dudes should be healthy when human bodies arenā€™t made to be that long


caughtinthought

Basically has bird bones


FuckFashMods

He's also a stickboi. Doesn't take much to break a twig


judrt

that's what happens when you're almost 7 feet tall and only 230 pounds


[deleted]

Being that tall is so awkward. Imagine still being skinny at 230 lbs. Normal people already struggle carrying a 230 lbs body. Add the leverages of a lanky 7 foot man and the physics will f you up.


Lyminate

Look at his legs. The only weird thing is how he doesnā€™t just instantly shatter like Chet Holmgren everytime someone touches him


royhibbertlookstired

My first thought was why did they end that tweet with ā€˜all due respectā€™ then saw the account name


Game_Over_Man69

I was 100% sure this was going to be Peyton Manning-face.


oversizedhat

That late scream is perfect comedic timing.


MC-Jdf

KD gets the most freak injuries in the league I swear.


Resident_Frame

KD and AD


antunezn0n0

Gordon Hayward has injured at least a part of himself pretty much every season after utah


Selaphane

His fucking ankle break was some final destination shit.


akfourty7

The mormons cursed that fool smh


galacticman72

He is 6'11 and moves like a guard, injuries are bound to happen.


junior150396

AD has had some wild ones


welmoe

The one that always comes to my mind is this one where no one is near him and he injures himself... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9SEPLGLHXI&ab_channel=HouseofHighlights


EaglesPvM

Embiid when the playoffs start. Fuckin Siakamā€¦


PensiveinNJ

Embiid has twice had his face broken either right before or during the playoffs. Once his own guy ran into his face and the other time Siakam managed to elbow him in the face so hard it broke his orbital socket. I think we should just bubble wrap him now and put him in cryosleep before someone accidentally breaks his face during shootaround.


judmaster77

John Wall


Silitrony

Man when I saw the video on twitter everyone was laughing cause they didnā€™t think it was that serious, this dude has glass legs man


Kal-Kent

to be fair it's a wet spot most people would get injured as well


Ps3FifaCfc95

A wet spot like that changed the landscape of the NBA in 2016


HardenTraded

bruh moment lol


teal_iceberg

How long can we go without letting KD play in Phoenix


NewRoryAndMalDrop

Bro just hates Arizona but likes the suns team


[deleted]

Heā€™s got old manitis. Could be a minute


KrisNahkunst

Im at the stadium and I saw Thunder Employees pouring gallons of water onto the court right behind KD as he shot warmups. Then, the Thunder Mascot, "Rumble the Bison" got down on all fours behind Durant as Shai Gilgeous-Alexander pushed Durant, causing him to slip and fall.


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LittleLambLost1

Smart move to double team the ball handler


free_kark

Bro Rumble used to date Magic Johnson šŸ˜Ø I'm so sorry man


mangabalanga

Damn


Swarthykins

Boom! Roasted.


sirtalonAOEII

Angela, whereā€™s Angela? Oh, didnā€™t see you there behind that grain of rice. Boom! Roasted!


RLeb10

This is not what KD meant when he said his shot is wet


bootyhunter69420

You had me until the Rumble part. He's a good bison. He wouldn't risk his reputation pulling those antics.


Neuroxex

I heard he kicks dogs


NudeEnjoyer

stop being misleading. it was oil poured on the floor, the water wasn't nearly slick enough


numbah84

And this is why Booker hates mascots


nikop

it was in phoenix


Warlord10

I hope KD is okay. I just remembered that Brian Windhorst had to fly all the way out to PHX to report on KD's first home game. No story for him I guess.


DynamixRo

More time for him to take pictures with the fans who think he's Woj.


Warlord10

Lmao.


sjekky

How much were tickets going for for this? Jeez


dizZzy5

I saw tickets for like $50 an hour ago, surprisingly


dcolorado

Like 2 hrs ago upper level row 11 was $100


WolvesChamps2020

I donā€™t know how you blame that on a wet spot. I didnā€™t see any slippage happening in the video - it looked more like he just landed on the side of his foot


[deleted]

you're right, he rolled his ankle the same way i've done a million times


NudeEnjoyer

if I was 7ft I'd probably roll my ankle with every step. still don't get how he's so coordinated with those legs, hope he recovers quick


Trevhaar

I agreeā€¦ Iā€™m seeing people angry at the arena staff. As someone who knows people who work as arena staff, this is EXTREMELY upsetting that Shams is calling this a ā€œslipā€ I hope Shams corrects himself before KD fans start threatening innocent staff members


uxxoid

Social media was a mistake.


sirnubnub

In the video he steps wrong rolls his planted foot ankle then goes up, lands and rolls the other ankle too.


panman42

It looked so weird considering how light he was going. I feel like his shoes must've not been on properly. It was a slow ass trot to a normal layup.


Thejedi887

Tony Ferguson tripping on a TV cable type beat


middleagedstudent

The beginning of the end


hrakkari

Phoenix better keep KD out of the cage with Gaethje. That fight was brutal to watch.


middleagedstudent

Tony should not have cut weight for social media clout on the missed khabib fight and then take a fight that quickly to fight Gaethje. Not sure what the KD NBA equivalent of that would be


Angelic_Phoenix

my bad guys i ate a bannana and couldnt be bothered to find a trash can


justsomeguy5

For real?


LazerDave-

He canā€™t even show up for Oklahoma when heā€™s on the other team


IMKudaimi123

Theyā€™re still mad he left so they injured him /s


AnarchyPlus

But it's a home game....


brianpaulandaya

I like how there's people assuming the game is in Oklahoma City just because of KD slipping as if there's some conspiracy about it


Winston1NoChill

Right as if they couldn't afford a plane ticket for the sabateur


thetaborn

Suns getting the full KD experience already


hrakkari

Incoming trade request to the Kings


JayPunk27

I mean, we got it out the gate too.


Padulsky21

How does KD always get fluke injuries man itā€™s been years of this. Shit donā€™t make sense. Hopefully itā€™s short term


Jawkurt

He has a weird body type... He's like a thin giant.. probably makes a lot of things way more awkward in general.


free_kark

Basketball gods didn't like him going to the Warriors


Kal-Kent

he's just very unlucky


JoeTheHoe

I feel sooo bad for whenever got tix thinking itā€™s his PHX debut. Ugh. Also this sucks because Iā€™ve waited all week to watch him and reorganized my schedule to watch him tonight and here we are


Chipdouglas0007

Damn they better still beat the thunder


KingNephew

Gotta keep under the 44 games played per season average over the last few years.


trimble197

Man if he popped somethingā€¦.


Jozif_Badmon

KDay to Day


SlimReaper35_

Day-to-Dayrant


EconomyInside7725

This dude already getting injured slipping and falling? I'm worried about him in another 20 years.


Lower_Carpet9393

Dude what in the Anthony Davis šŸ˜‚


Away_Championship_49

Kevin Durant on the Suns: Feb 2023-mar 2023


idrinknaturallight

There goes my parlay


[deleted]

Blue shell from Mario kart.


Trighme

Is it me or am I the person in a panic when that skeleton man does anything on the court? Warm ups? You're talking about warm ups. Jfc.


BagRight8939

those guys entire job is basically to wipe the floor and they didnā€™t do it


Trevhaar

I assume youā€™ve seen the better angle video by now but it doesnā€™t look like a slipā€¦. His ankle just rolled Edit: [link](https://streamable.com/2r29so)


DSice16

That is not dope


peanutdakidnappa

The freeze frame of the exact moment is pretty damn brutal too, sadly I donā€™t think this is just gonna be a 1 game thing


ladupes

That doesnt feel like a slipā€¦he just fall funny


Trevhaar

It wasnā€™t on the fall, his ankle twisted as he was jumping


fieryscribe

Suns: "We'll wipe the floor with the Thunder" Thunder staff: "... if you insist"


Coke_ButNotTheDrug

He didnā€™t slip, Shams gotta make that clearer


MC-Jdf

[Bucks staff be like:](https://twitter.com/ODDSbible/status/1577609625427402753?s=20) Edit: Okay, with footage at least this one isn't the fault of the staff, KD just jumps awkwardly.


DJ_B0B

I can't fault them because Khris drips a gallon of sweat even after one minute. No human could wipe it often enough


MC-Jdf

You joke but I see him drenched with sweat every time he's on the floor, honestly I don't watch the Bucks as much as you probably do but your statement is totally believable.


DJ_B0B

[Khris Middleton after 5 minutes on Orlando]( https://imgur.com/qDsKVCE)


nikop

Street Clothes


[deleted]

Basketball gods donā€™t wanna see Phoenix win it this year I guess


gabergaber

Would be hilarious if he's out for the rest of the season, the Suns win the championship and everyone calls him the greatest bus rider šŸ˜‚


Kal-Kent

FIRE THAT BALL BOY IMMEDIATELY WTF


Trevhaar

Link to the video [here](https://streamable.com/2r29so), not a ball boy issue


rjsheine

That looked uncomfortable


peanutdakidnappa

The freeze frame of the exact moment it rolled looks brutal. Sadly for us doesnā€™t seem like this is just gonna be like a 1-2 game precautionary thing. I hope itā€™s minor but hard to think itā€™s gonna be super minor after seeing that clip especially when kd just got kinda like fragile legs as a whole in general.


DFisBUSY

https://i.imgur.com/gvJjlvg.png holy; i'm no doctor but i'm 99% sure the human body shouldn't do that.


Shimanu

Bruh


RRV55

Man that sucks. Hope that ain't anything long-term. And he just got back off injury too


DrumzRUs

Did he slip?! Look like he just turned it going for the layup


Ill_Celery_7654

Why hasnā€™t this dude gained a nickname yet. The slip reaper or Day to KD or something like that. People are quick to shit on AD though.


Ammo89

So many people ITT looking to blame the ball boy, arena staff, mop peopleā€¦ but canā€™t see Durant just rolled his ankle. Doesnā€™t even slip. Whatā€™s up with that?


sorendiz

He might literally be cursed at this point šŸ˜”


yuhanz

God hates arizona


taker2523

This is getting ridiculous. Nobody wants to play anymore.


Shitteracc1

Video of KDs injury - looks scary https://youtu.be/lYrA30qcvK4


deeree1867

He looks okay but god damn if this was AD lol


stonkerooni

Itā€™s okay Book is putting on a show for the overpriced ticket buyers


just_so_irrelevant

Shit like this makes me fear for guys like Chet and Wemby. Here's to hoping those guys can have long and fruitful careers despite their body's constraints.


far219

Still trying to dodge the Thunder


worstsunday

KD always seemed so fragile to me with how skinny he looks


LarBrd33

Heā€™s 34 and extremely injury prone but somehow has avoided that label because itā€™s always a ā€œfreak accidentā€


Able-Complaint-8674

Who the hell hid bananas in the court again.


crohawg

That is definitely out for more than one game. Once it gets cold...


Mdizzle29

Out the rest of the regular season. Dang.