Durant Injured Again

It's been clear that foot injury suffered back in October has been nagging Kevin Durant this season. He still has been playing good since he has been back since the first surgery earlier this season. But, in the All-Star game we could really start to see the foot has been bothering his game being almost nonexistent in the game. Then his first game back after All-Star break vs. the Dallas Mavericks he only scored 12 points and shot a horrendous 4-14 from the field. Before Durant starting feeling pain from his foot again he was averaging 25.4 points per game, 6.6 rebounds per game, and 4.1 assists per game in the 27 games he has played this year.

Kevin Durant has not played a game since last Thursday. Durant underwent minor surgery to repair his nagging pain in his right foot. Durant should be re-evaluated sometime next week.  Thunder GM Sam Presti stated, " That the screw that was inserted into Durant foot to repair Jones fracture in his right foot from October is rubbing against another bone in his foot which is causing Durant soreness and discomfort. To help alleviate the pain they have inserted a new screw in his foot. We will see if this helps the nagging injury in Durant's foot subside.

With the Oklahoma City Thunder making all those moves at the trade deadline you would of thought the Thunder were destined to make a championship run this season. But, without Durant in the lineup this can hurt not only their chances of being a contender for a championship but hurt their chances of even making the playoffs. Especially since the Western Conference is so stacked this season that a small slip up can have you knocked right out the playoff race in the snap of a finger. Hopefully the rumors of Kevin Durant only sitting out for two weeks is true because if he has to sit out any longer then that their playoff chances could become very slim. Even with the Thunder being on a 6 game win streak they're only 2 games ahead of the Phoenix Suns for the 8th seed so 3 losses can have them right back on the outside looking in for the playoffs.