KEVIN Durant practiced with the US Olympic basketball team on Friday, a major step toward getting him back on track for the Paris Games that open next week.
It was Durant 's first time on the floor with the team this summer. He strained his calf a few days before the July 6 start of training camp in Las Vegas and missed the team's first three exhibition games.'I've seen progress every day,' Durant told reporters before practice in London, where the US will play South Sudan on Saturday and Germany on Monday in its final two tune-ups before the Olympics.
And now the all-time leader in scoring for the US men's program at the Olympics — Durant has scored 435 points in Olympic play, 99 more than fellow three-time gold medalist Carmelo Anthony — seems on the brink of making an already-deep team even deeper.'More firepower, more leadership, more experience in the FIBA game,' three-time Olympic medalist LeBron James said. 'We welcome his return.
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