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Sam Presti says Andre Roberson is through the hardest part of rehab
Thunder wing Andre Roberson is progressing well in his rehab.
While he has not yet been cleared to begin playing again, Thunder general manager Sam Presti said on Thursday that the team believes he won't be out very long to start the season.
"He's going to go through parts of training camp with us; non-contact," Presti said. "You will probably see him shooting. He's got to work himself from the non-contact part to contact and obviously, he has got to get back to performance which would be game situations. We don't think we're going to be without him very long. … He's doing a lot more this week than he was doing last week. He's through the hardest part of this recovery process."
As the team understandably would like to have Roberson ready by the start of the season, the update on Thursday seems to be rather positive as Roberson initially said he may not return until December.
Of course, as Presti pointed out on Thursday, he is not a doctor and some things can happen during the recovery process to prolong his return, but it sounds like Roberson is recovering very well.
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