part about his ankle:
Decision to Have Surgery
Normally I would plan my offseason workout and what I am going to do to improve and this and that, but all of last season I was kind of dealing with ankle issues. So I talked to different doctors and had a bunch of pictures taken to decide whether or not to have surgery in the offseason or try to go through another season and hope it wouldn’t be as bad the next year. After my agent and I talked to enough people, we decided it would probably be best to at least try to clean it up. I had the surgery done in July on my right ankle. From July until just a few weeks ago I’ve just been rehabbing. Now I’m at the point where I’m trying to get ready for the preseason. I go to physical therapy pretty much five or six days a week.
Where I’m at Physically
I’m cleared as far as my ankle being healthy enough to start playing. I’m not going to re-injure it. It’s just now getting it strong enough, getting all the flexibility and range of motion back and all that stuff. We’re probably aiming at a week to two weeks into training camp before I can be 100 percent doing every activity. Right now I’m just mainly doing straight ahead running and exercises for the ankle. But as we all know, five on five basketball requires a lot more than just running.
Trying to be Smart About My Return
I was planning on working extremely hard this offseason on my game. I’m obviously behind schedule. I go into the practice facility in El Segundo every day and see my teammates playing five on five and that’s what I want to be doing. But because of the injury I’m not at that point yet. I know it’s a long season and it’s about being healthy throughout the season. I’ve come to realize that there is no point to rush it back to be at the first day of training camp when it might put my health in jeopardy.
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