When the NBA announced New York Giants Hats its decision to return to play and finish out the 2019-2020 season, many people had the same question: "Could the Nets be a contender in the Eastern Conference playoffs?"They made two gigantic acquisitions last offseason by acquiring Kevin Durant in a sign-and-trade and signingKyrie Irving, but the two haven't been able to share the court. Durant ruptured his right Achilles tendon with the Warriors during Game 5 of last year's NBA Finals and had planned to sit out the '19-20season. Irving played in 20 games this season before suffering a shoulder injury that forced him to have surgery on March 1.NBA RETURN PLANS: A Durant return became realistic when the NBA voted to end its COVID-19 hiatus on July 31. KD was injured onJune 11, 2019 meaning nearly a full year Kadarius Toney T Shirts has pa sed, which is roughly the normaltimetable for recoveringfrom an Achilles injury. Given that it will have been more than 13 months since the injurywhen plays resumes, it seemed entirely plausible that he might be able to give it a go.But Durant shot down that po sibility in an interview Julian Love Jersey with on Friday."My season is over," Durant said. "I dont plan on playing at all. We decided last summer when it first happened that I was just going to wait until the following season. I had no plans of playing at all this season."Durant said that the rehabilitation proce s has been going well for himand he' Riley Dixon Jersey s "feeling like a normal player again." But he isn't in any rush to play again."Its just best for me to wait," he said. "I dont think I'm ready to play that type of intensity right now in the next month. It gives me more time to get ready for next season and the rest of my career."Irving's return was always going to be Shane Lemieux Jersey doubtful. According to , he said on a National Basketball Players' A sociation conference call Friday that he will not return to the court, though he may join the team as an inactive player to support his teammates.