Perry Jones Injury: Updates on Thunder Forward's Knee and Return

The Oklahoma City Thunder have had perhaps the most accursed injury luck of any NBA team early in the 2014-15 season.

Already without their two superstars in Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook, one youngster who was filling the void nicely, Perry Jones, went down with a right knee injury in Tuesday's game against the Toronto Raptors.

The Oklahoman's Darnell Mayberry provided further details:

After OKC's 100-88 loss, ESPN's Royce Young and Mayberry provided updates on Jones:

Bleacher Report medical expert Dave Siebert weighed in on Jones' ailment:

Although the Thunder had struggled to a 1-3 start prior to Tuesday's showdown at the Air Canada Centre, Jones has been a bright spot on the shorthanded squad.

The 28th overall pick in the 2012 NBA draft was leading Oklahoma City in scoring among those who had played in all four games with 18.5 points per contest. That promising progress will hopefully not be undone, because the Thunder have a scant number of options to turn to on offense.

For that matter, coach Scott Brooks now has a mere seven players left to work with, so it will take quite a juggling act just to keep OKC respectable in the talented Western Conference.

Such a task has proved to be challenging, but it will be especially so if Jones is out for an extended period of time.