Oklahoma City Thunder star Kevin Durant will be sidelined for 6-8 weeks after fracturing his foot. The injury, according to the Thunder's press release, is a Jones fracture - a broken bone in the small toe.
Durant made the team aware of the injury after Saturday's practice and was later diagnosed with the Jones fracture.
"After practice yesterday, Kevin made us aware of a discomfort in his right foot. We proceeded to perform the necessary imaging studies to determine the cause of his discomfort. At this stage, Kevin has been diagnosed with a Jones fracture," the Thunder said Sunday in a statement released on the team website. "Traditional treatment of this injury requires a surgical procedure and recent NBA cases have resulted in a return to play in 6-8 weeks.
"We are in the process of collaboratively evaluating the most appropriate next steps with Kevin, his representatives, and Thunder medical personnel. Until a course of action is determined, we are unable to provide a timeline specific to Kevin's case."
As the statement points out, surgery is the usual course of action for a Jones fracture. As of now, though, it's unknown if a date has been set.
Thunder general manager Sam Presti spoke to media on Sunday and said they were fortunate to catch the injury so soon.
"Because it's a stress injury, it happened over time," Presti told reporters, via ESPN. "The fact that Kevin mentioned it when he did is a real fortunate piece of this because if he had continued to play on it, it would continue to get worse. So that is was identified when it was identified, and that the pain, or the achenes (sic), was enough to mention it, is a positive."
Presti called the fracture the most common surgical procedure performed on NBA players as of late, and he sounded confident Durant would make a full recovery. The Thunder open their season on Oct. 29 at Portland.
