Durant is great in international play, and maybe he plays and is amazing, but not even thinking of replacing an injured player? Come on. This reminds of like every US World Cup team. There is always one of the better players on the team that is just coming off of injury and working to make it back for the World Cup. The player always just makes it in time, and then is terrible in the tournament.

But that's soccer where we have fewer options. There are so many options in American basketball. A non-injured player that isn't usually as good as Kevin Durant is, shockingly, better than an injured Durant.