Dirk Nowitzki: Knee surgery recovery ‘longer than we expected’ - Basketball Forum : Professional and College Basketball Forums

**Basel** · 11-14-2012, 03:14 PM

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Mavericks star Dirk Nowitzki, who continues to rehab from arthroscopic surgery on his right knee, said the recovery process is taking longer than he expected.

Nowitzki spoke for the first time since shortly after the Oct. 19 procedure during the Mavs’ broadcast Monday night of their game against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Fox Sports Southwest. Team doctors initially said Nowitzki would be able to resume basketball activities in six weeks.

“At this point, I’ve got stay patient and do what the doctors and trainers tell me; just keep rehabbing and see how long it is,” Nowitzki said. “When I originally heard three-to-six weeks, in my mind I’m thinking ‘in two weeks I’m back.’ But unfortunately, this is not how it happens. My first knee surgery of my career and unfortunately this stuff takes longer than we expected.

“So I’ve got to be patient, do the smart thing and keep working.”

The Mavs need the franchise’s all-time leading scorer, badly. Also without forward Shawn Marion (left MCL sprain) for a third consecutive game, Dallas (4-4) lost its third in a row, 90-82, to a limping, but game T’Wolves squad that played without J.J. Barea, Brandon Roy and Chase Budinger, and then lost center Nikola Pekovic to a sprained ankle in the third quarter. Pekovic led the Wolves with 20 points. Of course, Minnesota was already without stars Kevin Love and Ricky Rubio, yet is off to a 5-2 start.

Nowitzki was in the Mavs’ pre-game locker room briefly Monday between workout sessions. He said on the broadcast that he recently started running in the pool, adding the activity to riding a stationary bike. He said he was hopeful of increasing his exercises next week.

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kbdullah · 11-14-2012, 04:25 PM

If I'm reading correctly, his recovery is actually taking the same amount of time that the doctors expected, but that he was hoping he'd be back in two weeks, as opposed to the original 3-6. Right now it's looking more like 6 weeks, but if the Mavericks can stay afloat, I'm not overly concerned.

11-14-2012, 04:25 PM	#2 (permalink)
kbdullah Star Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 3,429 Rep Power: 1266257	Re: Dirk Nowitzki: Knee surgery recovery ‘longer than we expected’ If I'm reading correctly, his recovery is actually taking the same amount of time that the doctors expected, but that he was hoping he'd be back in two weeks, as opposed to the original 3-6. Right now it's looking more like 6 weeks, but if the Mavericks can stay afloat, I'm not overly concerned.

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