Kevin Durant Injury Update: Twitter Reacts to Star's Season-Ending Foot Surgery

The Oklahoma City Thunder announced Friday superstar forward Kevin Durant is going to miss the rest of the 2014-15 season because of a foot injury that's going to require surgery.  

Durant has been sidelined for over a month due to the ailment. He originally tried to start gearing up his basketball activity, but the team shut him down after he failed to make notable progress. Now, the Thunder have decided to end his season and get the problem completely fixed.

Marc J. Spears of Yahoo Sports provided the team's timetable on the recovery:

Royce Young of ESPN.com passed along some further details:

CJ McCollum of the Portland Trail Blazers, Chris Paul of the LA Clippers and Dwyane Wade of the Miami Heat voiced their support and well-wishes:

Damon Bruce of 95.7 The Game is worried about the star's long-term future:

SportsNation summed up the reaction of most basketball fans in the form of Dwight Schrute:

SportsCenter highlighted the injury-plagued year it's become for Durant:

The Elias Sports Bureau (via ESPN Stats & Info) provided some perspective based on his MVP triumph last season:

Cassidy Hubbarth of NBA Tonight discussed the Thunder's playoff hopes:

Jason Romano of ESPN.com talked about Durant missing out on a peak year:

Jason McIntyre of The Big Lead is already looking forward to 2016:

After some hope Durant would be able to make a triumphant return ahead of the playoffs, this is obviously a sobering day for the Thunder. Guard Russell Westbrook has been outstanding, but if they do qualify for the postseason, not having a top-tier scorer is clearly a major setback.

Based on the initial timetable, Durant should be back on the court working out in late September at the latest. That would leave enough time for him to get ready for the start of next season. That's all assuming there are no setbacks, though.

As much as it's a loss for Oklahoma City, it's also a disappointment for the NBA and its fans.