03-11-2009, 12:58 PM
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Year Of The Basel
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Al Jefferson Injury Update
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Rarely, do you witness a clumsy athlete.
Al Jefferson shuffled into the Minnesota Timberwolves media room on crutches and murmured the words, "Man my armpits hurt."
The Wolves leading scorer and unquestioned franchise player struggled to reach the press table to explain his journey in the past three weeks after successful ACL surgery. After dropping the crutches on the table and the microphone, it was clear that Jefferson was more comfortable on the hardwood court.
"I've never had a season-ending injury like that," Jefferson said. "I remember telling Kevin [Love], telling coach, and I just felt like I let myself down, let my team down even though I know it was a freak accident. "I just can't stand that they're playing without me and that I can't be there to support them and be the backbone for them."
On Wednesday afternoon, Al Jefferson addressed the media for the first time since injuring his right knee in the contest against New Orleans on February 8.
" Right now it's all about building this muscle back in my knee, just trying to get it stronger and basically teach the knee. So, from the beginning, just teach the knee how to work to get that muscle stronger around the knee to get off these crutches in the next two weeks,"
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http://www.nba.com/timberwolves/news...4449-1193.html
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