The stage is now all his, not that Kevin Durant wants it. Not yet, anyway. The second pick in the NBA draft and the supposed teenage savior of the Seattle SuperSonics is still getting over the loss of Greg Oden, the other half of the twin rookie stars of the Northwest. Oden, the No. 1 choice drafted by Portland, is out for the year after major knee surgery two weeks ago.

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