After last year's unfortunate season ending injury Oklahoma City Thunder point guard Russell Westbrook isn't making any guarantees about when he'll be back on the basketball court, but the All-Star does guarantee improvements for when he does.
"I'm going to come back and be better" Westbrook said Monday.
Westbrook has yet to be cleared to resume full basketball activities and neither he nor team officials are providing an adequate timetable for when that final hurdle will be overcome.
"We expect him to take part in parts of camp and work his way through different parts until he's ultimately cleared for unrestricted activity" Thunder general manager Sam Presti said. "But it's all going to be contingent upon how his body reacts to the additional load that he'll be carrying."
Westbrook has spent most of the offseason building his body back to top form, with the focus being on strengthening his leg.
"I tried taking it one day at a time and not (worry about) the timetable" Westbrook said. "Just take it one day at a time and try to find a way to strengthen myself and make sure I'm ready to go when it's time."
Westbrook also elaborated on regaining his rhythm after such a long layoff, saying that bouncing back from such a setback is no different from any other.
"That's just part of rehab" Westbrook said. "You have an injury. Whenever you twist your ankle or anything minor you still need to find a way to keep your rhythm and gain your rhythm back."
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