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CHICAGO — Warriors general manager Bob Myers discussed Kevin Durant’s MCL sprain and tibial bone bruise — which will sideline him at least a month — during an interview with local reporters on Wednesday morning.

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Why Leandro Barbosa decided to join the Warriors’ coaching staff Perhaps the most informative bit of information to come out of the session was Myers revealing that there was a window of time where the team feared the injury was worse. Late Tuesday night, news began to leak out that Durant’s season could be in jeopardy. But by Wednesday morning, after more testing, there was hope he could return late in the regular season or early in the playoffs.

Here are two quick questions with Myers explaining the process of the information gathering.

You mentioned it was good versus what it might have been.

BOB MYERS: “In these situations the protocol is usually X-Ray, MRI, then if it’s still unclear, we do a CT scan. I’ve been through enough of these things, been in enough doctor’s offices over the years with players that I usually exercise caution until we have all the information. In life, in sports, we all want immediate information without going through the entire process. Sometime with the need for speed and you guys are in a business where speed is important, sometimes we move forward without having all the information. But you make sure in the end you get it right. That was our focus. Get all the imaging, talk to our doctors, talk to the medical staff on site, talk to our trainers, then try to present information as accurately as we can. The good news is he’s in a position where we think he’ll fully recover long-term. In the short term, we’ll have to see how his body does. There was a moment where there was a potential different diagnosis, but that didn’t last too long. Most of it was, let’s get another image where we have a clear look at this and that’s what determined the final diagnosis.”

When you say there was some initial long-term concern, was that like a 30-minute window where you thought it might be season-ending?

BOB MYERS: “I don’t know if it was 10, 15 minutes. To be clear, the messaging was that the MRI is somewhat equivocal. Let’s get some better imaging. It could be A or B. But nobody was comfortable making a diagnoses until we say a better image — the doctors felt that way — of a CT scan. The reason why that was relevant or is relevant is when you’re dealing with a bone bruise — which is also referenced on the release of what he has — the CT scan gives you much more clarity on a bone injury or a bone bruise. Much more than an MRI. That’s where the MCL sprain showed up, but we needed to get more specificity. And in that period, I think it’s somewhat moot, but I understand you have to respond to it. I know there was some speculation as to what it might be. But the CT scan cleared up any of the vagueness and that’s the diagnosis that was presented to you guys. And that’s all that mattered in an injury, not what could’ve been but what is.”

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