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According to the Twitter of Royce Young, Kevin Durant has been cleared to play. Durant is playing without limitations, and is participating in full-team scrimmages. Obviously, this is excellent news for the upcoming season.
Here's a handy timeline of KD's foot recovery:
- Oct 13th, 2014: Durant gets a fracture in his right foot, and will miss at least the first month of the season.
- Oct 16th, 2014: Durant gets surgery to repair a Jones fracture in his right foot, and will be re-evaluated in six weeks.
- Oct 21st, 2014: Durant insists that he will not rush his first return from surgery.
- Dec 2nd, 2014: Durant returns to the lineup, against the New Orleans Pelicans. It's roughly along the original timetable of six weeks. He is given a 30 minute per game restriction.
- Dec 18th, 2014: Durant rolls his ankle in a game at the Golden State Warriors. It is ruled a "mild" ankle sprain, and keeps Durant out of action for six straight games.
- Dec 25th, 2014: In an interview, Durant describes his ankle situation. "I mean, it hurts. I don't want to throw anybody under the bus. But it's not worse than what's happened before. It's not like I might have surgery or my foot is messed up. It's just I have a bad ankle sprain and it's the same foot that I had surgery on so it's kind of lingering over the top of the foot a little bit. So it's hurt."
- Dec 31st, 2014: Durant makes a return against Phoenix, again with a 30 minute a game restriction.
- Jan 26th, 2015: During warmups, Durant's toe is more sore than expected. He proceeds to miss two games.
- Jan 31st, 2015: Durant returns to the lineup for a single game against the Memphis Grizzlies.
- Feb 2nd-4th, 2015: Durant doesn't feel comfortable, and sits out two games due to the sprained big toe.
- February 6th, 2015: Durant returns to the lineup, against the New Orleans Pelicans. In an interview, Durant calls the injury, "by far the worst he's ever had".
- February 15th, 2015: Durant participates in the 2015 All-Star Game. Shows frustration with the media during pre-game interviews.
- February 19th, 2015: Durant leaves a game against the Dallas Mavericks in extreme foot pain. He was changing shoes throughout the night.
- February 23rd, 2015: Durant has a "minor procedure to reduce pain and discomfort" carried out upon his right foot. Durant is expected to return in a week. However, Durant would not return to the lineup for the entire season.
- March 3rd, 2015: Durant is "progressing well" and will be re-evaluated in another week.
- March 11th, 2015: Durant is still "progressing" and had a good workout. But Durant will not return for another week to two weeks.
- March 19th, 2015: Durant is held out of practice due to soreness.
- March 21st, 2015: Durant is "not making the progress" Presti expected. Durant is officially removed from basketball activities.
- March 27th, 2015: Durant is declared out for the season, will undergo surgery.
- March 31st, 2015: Durant has surgery successfully completed on the third metatarsal of his right foot. Durant is expected to resume basketball activities in 4-6 months.
- June 26th, 2015: Durant releases video of himself going through exercises on an anti-gravity treadmill and taking flat-footed three pointers. His projected return date is August 1st.
- July 4th, 2015: Durant is now taking jump shots, but still cannot run or cut. Expected to return by August.
- July 21st, 2015: Durant takes part in a charity softball game.
- August 11th-12th, 2015: Durant takes part in Team USA practice in Las Vegas, but opts to sit out the public showcase on the 13th.
- August 14th, 2015: Durant reveals that the reason for the second procedure was due to a second crack in his right foot, rather than a regression of the originally repaired crack.
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