Durant out of basketball for 4-6 months

Oklahoma City Thunder star Kevin Durant will be out of basketball for 4-6 months recovering from bone graft surgery in his troublesome right foot.

Oklahoma City Thunder star Kevin Durant

Reigning MVP Kevin Durant will miss the rest of the NBA season recovering from bone graft surgery. (AAP)

Reigning MVP Kevin Durant will have bone graft surgery next week to deal with a fractured bone in his right foot, and he will miss the rest of the US basketball season, the Oklahoma City Thunder announced on Friday.

Durant had surgery on a broken bone in his right foot in October. He had been healing well, but in late February, he had a procedure to replace a screw that was rubbing up against another bone and causing discomfort.

At the time, the Thunder expected him to be able to return in one to two weeks.

Last week, the Thunder said he likely would be shut down for the NBA season as they tried to figure out why his pain wasn't subsiding.

The team expects Durant to return to basketball activities within the next four to six months.


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