'Visited Me the Other Day' – Indiana Pacers Star Shares Moment With Kevin Durant During Achilles Rehab

As he’s rehabbing, Haliburton still took time to appear as a guest on The Pat McAfee Show on Tuesday. The two-time All-Star revealed that Houston Rockets star Kevin Durant had a wholesome gesture by visiting him as he recovers from the torn Achilles tendon.

“KD actually came and visited me the other day. Came to my house, which was pretty cool. We sat down for a while, just talked. That was pretty cool,” the Indiana Pacers star said.

Like Haliburton, Durant knows what the star point guard is going through. He went on a similar journey in 2019, when he tore his Achilles tendon in the NBA Finals between the Golden State Warriors and Toronto Raptors.

While most athletes who suffer the injury don’t return as their usual selves, Durant is an exception. The two-time champion was the same elite star when he fully recovered and had a similar impact with the teams he played for.

The Indiana Pacers star knew right away that he had torn his Achilles

When Haliburton went down to the floor during Game 7 of the NBA Finals, the replay clearly showed that he suffered a torn Achilles tendon. During his guest appearance on The Pat McAfee Show, the Indiana Pacers guard said that he immediately knew what he had injured.

“It’s not the most painful thing, but it does feel like if you let an elementary-aged kid just come up, line you up like a kickball, and just kick you in the back of the leg. That’s what it feels like. So when I went down, I knew right away what had happened,” Haliburton said.

The former Sacramento Kings star said that he was hurt because he wouldn’t be able to play the rest of the game with his teammates. Haliburton said that he had the game locked in on his mind, not thinking about the future.