Colts hold Luck out of team drills at camp, cite Durant's NBA Finals injury

The Indianapolis Colts don't want a repeat of Kevin Durant's devastating NBA Finals injury, so they're limiting their star quarterback early in training camp.

Andrew Luck missed the Colts' OTAs and minicamp after he suffered a calf injury similar to the one the former Golden State Warriors and current Brooklyn Nets forward sustained in this year's NBA playoffs.

Citing Durant's injury as a cautionary tale, Colts head coach Frank Reich will likely have Luck participate exclusively in individual drills for the next 7-10 days.

"I was certainly thinking (about Durant's injury)," Reich told reporters Thursday, according to ESPN's Mike Wells. "I didn't have that conversation with (general manager) Chris (Ballard) or any of our trainers. But that's this business. When you see something like that happen, you're like, 'Oh yeah, that's why you do what we're doing.' It was kind of like unspoken truth. That's why we're being cautious.

"He didn't do anything this spring but ... we don't want him to get out there and have a setback," he continued. "We're so process-orientated ... if we've learned anything, when I walked in the door through the first injury he had, let's just make sure we're taking the right steps. We're getting ready to play the (Los Angeles) Chargers (in Week 1), that's where our mindset is right now."

Durant injured his calf in Game 5 of Golden State's second-round playoff matchup. He returned for Game 5 of The Finals against the Toronto Raptors and promptly tore his Achilles tendon.

After battling shoulder injuries for the better part of two years, Luck returned to form in 2018. He completed 67.3 percent of his passes for 4,593 yards, 39 touchdowns, and 15 interceptions.

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