PHOTO: Durant takes in Thunder-Rockets, tells ESPN's Simmons to let Harden trade go

The struggle is real for Kevin Durant, who, after undergoing season-ending foot surgery, has been relegated to watching his Oklahoma City Thunder, be-hooded, from the bleachers. 

As former teammate James Harden - now an MVP candidate for the Houston Rockets - torched the Thunder in the first half, Durant could only look on in misery and resignation. 

Before the game, Durant responded to a series of tweets from Grantland editor-in-chief Bill Simmons picking apart the now-three-year-old trade that sent Harden to Houston (well-trod ground for Simmons).