Los Angeles Lakers icon Kobe Bryant says Brooklyn Nets superstar Kevin Durant has to be patient in his recovery from a torn Achilles tendon.

Bryant tore his Achilles during the 2012-13 season. The future Hall of Famer admits the rehab process is really boring and the Nets star can't grow inpatient and skip steps.

“Well, I think it's a lot of patience. I mean, it's different, you know, Achilles you're not dealing with a muscle where you can, you know, work it back into shape,” Bryant told ESPN. “You have to let the tendon heal and you can't rush it at all. So it's a lot of being patient and then paying attention to what the doctors are saying. You have to do the physical therapy every single day and it's boring. I mean, it's really boring.

“But you have to be able to find the small little challenges, you know, and kind of the everyday boring stuff because that is what will get you to where you wanna go.”

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