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Analyzing if Warriors should select Deni Avdija with No. 2 pick Kevin Durant blew an Achilles on June 10, 2019. Surgeons, doctors and trainers have some experience in treating this injury in basketball players. The timetable for return to play is about one calendar year.

Klay Thompson blew his left ACL on June 13, 2019. The Warriors recently announced he would not play at all this NBA season. At least one knee surgeon has opined that two years on the sideline would not be uncalled for.

Stephen Curry broke his left hand on Oct. 31, 2019. Even as he and the Warriors try to decide when he returns to active duty, a doctor has said that his injury might take a year to heal completely.

Guess what? Durant, Thompson and Curry — an embarrassment of scoring riches for the Warriors this time last year — all have expressed interest in the 2020 Summer Olympics which begin in Tokyo on July 24.

Should that come to pass, the three would, presumably, participate in the opening ceremonies. On that magic night:

Durant would be 13 months and two week days out from his catastrophic injury. Thompson would be 13 months, 11 days out. Curry would be eight months, 24 days into the healing process.

Let us count the ways these well-intentioned young men are going off the bean. One, in the Olympics you don’t just show up one day and start playing. There are camps, drills, and practices. There’s international travel. Olympians don’t necessarily have the same care and feeding they get from their team’s support staff at home (although familiar face Steve Kerr will be an assistant coach on the squad).

Two, most every Olympian will be an NBA star, whose team is showering him with money to win games (and not to be repetitive) in the NBA. Stephen A. Smith seized upon this and other potential issues during a frothing rant in which he appeared at times to be passing a stone.

If he’s healthy, why not. Best way to get ready for the season after being out a year RT @FirstTake: .@stephenasmith absolutely LOSES IT over Kevin Durant possibly playing in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics 😳😯 pic.twitter.com/n6lCROWpdA — 💪🏼 (@Gym2Lift) March 2, 2020

And three, coronavirus. As we speak, the IOC says the show will go on. We’ll see about that.

As for our intrepid Warriors (and alumni), the lure of the Olympics is understandable. It’s a unique athletic pageant. Durant and Thompson want to return because they won a gold medal and want to repeat the experience. As for Curry, the Olympics are about the only premier competition he has never known.

A plea on behalf of their fans and friends: Don’t quit your day job.