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After watching the NBA Finals in which the Golden State Warriors squared off against the Toronto Raptors in a best of seven series, I was prompted to do this impromptu episode when the Warrior’s star player, Kevin Durant, severely injured his leg.
Kevin Durant was a unique player – not because of his almost 7 foot height, andand not not only because he was an amazing basketball player, but because of the fact that he was actually very sensitive to what other people would say about him even though he was a major celebrity. Kevin injured himself about a month before the Finals and could not play. Perhaps succumbing to the pressure to play again in order to save his team from elimination, he ended up playing. From everything we knew it seemed like a bad idea in that he wasn’t ready to play.
He ended up playing. I cringed every time he had the ball. Sure enough, not long into the game, he ended up tearing his Achilles heel, perhaps because he was injured and playing when he should not have been. In this episode, I explore how giving in to what other people want can ultimately lead to your demise.
Good luck and best wishes to the kind soul known as Kevin Durant.