Clippers won’t be seeing OKC’s Kevin Durant in playoffs, nor will anyone else

Kevin Durant

Kevin Durant/Photo courtesy of Oklahoma City Thunder,  NBA.com

 

The Oklahoma City Thunder on Friday announced that reigning MVP forward Kevin Durant is out for the season and will not be able to resume playing basketball for four to six months because he will need bone graft surgery on his right foot.

Dr. (Martin) O’Malley will perform the bone graft surgery early next week in New York,” Thunder general manager Sam Presti said in a statement on the team’s website. “He has extensive bone grafting experience amongst athletes and has been consulting on the case throughout. Kevin will miss the remainder of the 2014-15 season and is expected to return to basketball activities in the next four to six months.”

Oklahoma City (41-31) is currently in line for the eighth and final playoff spot available in the Western Conference. The Thunder in 2013-14 eliminated the Clippers in six games in the conference semifinals.