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Kings forward Chris Webber, who returned from a checkup last week in
Birmingham, Ala., on his surgically repaired left knee, remains unclear
when he'll be able to return to practice, much less regular-season action.
Webber's return date is of interest as far away as Tasmania, as shown by
an e-mail from the southernmost state of Australia.
However, because Webber said he does not know, even residents of Tasmania
must wait.
Webber said Monday that renowned orthopedic surgeon Dr. James Andrews told
him he could increase activity but did not clear him to return to practice.
Nor did Andrews, Webber said, give him a projected date of returning to
play.
"Right now," Webber said from Grant High School, where his foundation and
TLC Soup Kitchen hosted a holiday party for 200 at-risk youth, "we're just
going to increase the activity and see what happens. Whatever activities
(trainer) Pete （Youngman） and the doctors will let me do, I'll let them
monitor it from that standpoint, then call back and forth (to Alabama) and
see what else the doctors will let us do."
Webber's face was one big smile while he entertained the kids, who received
bags of gifts. But when discussing his knee, his face showed disappointment
about not being cleared to practice.
Disappointment has become a familiar emotion, so he is dealing with that as
he has since injuring his knee against Dallas in the second game of the
Western Conference semifinals.
Webber and coach Rick Adelman indicated the All-Star power forward could
return to practice in limited fashion next week. Then again, it could be
the following week.
"Hopefully, in the next couple of weeks or something like that," Webber
said when asked when he might be able to practice. "It depends on how I
feel and what the doctors say.
"I felt like I had to listen to the doctors. I felt like you want help from
the best, and when you get it, you've got to listen to it. I believe that
what they are telling me is correct, so I just have to follow the protocol."
Webber recently went one-on-one against Jabari Smith and Brad Miller, then
chatted with Adelman.
"We'll take it day to day," the coach said. "Hopefully, fairly soon he can
start practicing a little bit. I don't know what that means exactly. We'll
have to find out, but he's coming along fine. He's been shooting, some
light one-on-one. But nothing with the team. Hopefully, next week he might
be able to do that."
"Hopefully" is the operative word regarding Webber at this point.
Geoff Petrie, the Kings' president of basketball operations, said he was
pleased to hear Webber continues to progress.
"There is still no timetable for him to return," Petrie said, "but he will
be able to get onto the court more and do more basketball activity. He's
been in an unending series of agility drills and strength stuff and running
on the treadmill.
"But ultimately, it's going to come down to how he says he feels,
conversation with him, Pete, the doctors and （assistant trainer）
Manny (Romero), who conducted an extensive portion of Webb's rehab."
Webber referred to his non-basketball activity as "doing the Carl Lewis
workout every day."
"That gets tough. It's a lot harder than playing ball, the type of
exercises and strenuous activities I'm doing, so hopefully, I can just
get back to having fun and playing basketball in some capacity."
Webber said he needs to continue jumping off his rebuilt knee.
"I'm working on that," he said. "My double-legged jumps are good, and I'm
working on everything else. I've been trying to improve and get more
comfortable with that jumping off my left leg."
Webber said Andrews further educated him last week on the nature of his
injury.
"I was just made aware of how serious the injury was, even more so than I
really realized. From that standpoint, I'm happy to be progressing, and
I'm just going to listen to the doctors."
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