Anthony Davis, star player for the Los Angeles Lakers, was having an MVP-caliber season and seemingly on his way to avenging a previous season’s performance before suffering a foot injury.
Anthony Davis of the Lakers is no longer in pain after he worked out more on his own
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Even with Davis out for over a month, the Lakers have maintained a winning record. However, the Lakers are still in a position where they can’t make the Play-In Tournament without Davis, so his speedy recovery is crucial.
Darvin Ham gave encouraging news about his recovery just before Wednesday’s game against the Sacramento Kings, suggesting that he’ll be ready to play.
“With AD, he’s coming along as planned,” Ham said. “He’s getting more and more on-court work, doing 30, 45-minute, almost an hour workouts. Us having him go through those workouts, and they are intense, just to see how the foot reacts to those workouts. Lately, he’s been pretty much pain-free so once that continues for a little bit more time then we’ll see where he’s at and when he can be re-inserted into the lineup.”
Davis has always done his best to play through pain, and now that he’s been injured, he has to feel extra pressure to make a speedy recovery. Ham and the rest of the group are taking great care to treat him gently.
“You have to be smart about it. And there’s times where we definitely have to save a player from themselves and again, you have to be careful because feeling good after an individual workout, it’ll be a little different when you’ve got extra bodies on the floor and you’re banging, changing speeds, changing directions.”
“So we want to make sure, and our medial staff has done a tremendous job in that department, and all of us have communicated and everybody understands that as impatient as AD is, and it’s rightfully so because of the way he played and the way he wanted to attack the season even before the season started. So it’s understandable that he’s in that mindset but all the while we have to be careful because we don’t want a reoccurring theme as far as him being in and out because we didn’t manage this process the right way.”
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The star center has been very clear about his desire to play in as many games as possible, and he is aiming to make his return in early February.
It’s encouraging to hear that his recovery is proceeding according to schedule; the next step is to observe how his foot reacts to the rehabilitation exercises.
Darvin Ham has confirmed that Anthony Davis can only participate in solo practices
Ham has confirmed that Davis can run, jump, etc., but that his recent workouts have been limited to individual sessions before the game against the Philadelphia 76ers.
