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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;After undergoing foot surgery last week, Kevin Durant told reporters Tuesday&amp;nbsp;that he wasn't&amp;nbsp;going to rush to return.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Oklahoma City Thunder star, who arrived to his press conference on a scooter, said that though he\u2019s been \u201Cantsy\u201D since the surgery, he likely won\u2019t come back sooner than his expected 6-8 week time frame.\r\n\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\"Nah, I\u2019m not going to rush it at all. That\u2019s one thing I\u2019m not going to do,\" Durant said. \"I\u2019m sure I\u2019ll feeI better in two or three weeks, but I definitely don\u2019t want to rush it. I\u2019m taking my time with it. I'm just blessed that it happened early in the season so I can get past it and hopefully by December I\u2019ll be ready to play.\"\r\n\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Durant underwent surgery Thursday to repair a Jones fracture, a broken bone at the base near the small toe. He was diagnosed with the fracture after experiencing discomfort in his right foot during practice on Oct. 11. The injury will be re-evaluated in six weeks.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The reining MVP will miss at least the first 16 games of the season. Durant said he told point guard&amp;nbsp;Russell Westbrook, \u201CStay who you are. You don\u2019t have to change what you do.\u201D\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Since his surgery, Durant has been shooting baskets in a chair at practice and updating Instagram with photos of his recovery.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Scooter boys. @mitchmcgary_33 #GetOutMeCar\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A photo posted by Kevin Durant (@easymoneysniper)&amp;nbsp;on Oct 10, 2014 at 12:24pm PDT\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Thunder play the Utah Jazz on Tuesday at home in their final preseason game. They will travel to Portland on Oct. 29 to play the Trail Blazers in the regular season-opener.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 &lt;strong&gt;TAYLOR: Kevin Durant's injury gives Russell Westbrook his long-awaited chance&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;- Danielle Zhu&lt;/i&gt;\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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