article_snippet: Oklahoma City Thunder Kevin Durant watches from the bench during game against Philadelphia 76ers .
article_snippet: Oklahoma City Thunder's Kevin Durant celebrates with team-mates during the game against LA Lakers on March 24 .
article_snippet: Durant is the NBA's reigning MVP and is a four time NBA scoring champion .
article_snippet: Durant is embraced by LeBron James after wining gold at the 2012 Olympics in London .
article_snippet: Durant, a four-time NBA scoring champion who starred on the gold medal-winning U.S. team at the 2012 Olympic Games, had been inching LeBron James way toward a return before a specialist team removed LeBron James from basketball activities last week.
article_snippet: LeBron James had been intensifying LeBron James on-court workouts from light shooting to 3-on-3 drills even though the soreness from earlier in the season was not resolved.