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He had some help. He owes that guy dinner lol

Holy shit.

Had some more therapy this morning (Thursday) and got cleared officially to start lifting and playing! Woohoo! So I went and shot around and played some pickup tonight. Jumper is a little off, handles aren't as tight as usual but felt pretty good. Had one twinge while shooting a free throw (weird I know lol) but otherwise I felt fine. A little uncomfortable but no real pain even on spin moves so I played a few games of 3v3 and 21. Had two dunks in the games so I don't think I've lost much if any vertical. Very awesome. Had one lob dunk after the games that I crushed, was flying on that jump. Light weights tomorrow if I have no adverse affects from playing. great to be "back"!!!!

Weird. I wrote an update yesterday and it seems I didn't post it. :/ oops.

Quick recap + new crap then!

Got a call yesterday saying that rec league starts this week instead of late November so screw getting a few weeks to build back some basic strength and polish up my skill set. Yay. Not sure whats going on but our first game was supposed to be Wednesday then it wasn't? Who knows, so I'm taking it a day at a time. :/ Team is stacked anyways this go around so me missing a game or two to get fully healed shouldn't be an issue. My PG buddy and I decided we we're going to try and win this time so we picked up two 6'4" wings and a 6'8" post that started all 4 years in college.

So...therapist recommended I try some BW exercises and maybe some light weight stuff. Warmed up, no problem. Tried some light jumps, ok. 135lb squats were ok, 225lb had some discomfort so I stopped there. Any unilateral work afterward (even BW) was uncomfortable so I quit and did some upper body stuff but just wasn't in it mentally. Shot some free throws afterward and stretched/iced. I go for more therapy Wed and am going to skip weights for another week and just shoot/dribble some. Hopefully this heals up quickly. I want to play!

On the same token however I doubt he's at a 42" SVJ now. Most NBA players have very low SVJ, they just aren't built for it. Iirc, the average SVJ in the NBA is mid 20s and the 3 step was low 30s?

Except that he can get tested at any time by the NBA while under contract, even on the injured reserve or whatever.

Had knee checked out Wednesday (almost a full week off of it, no activity save walking around) and after some tests and junk it turns out it wasn't my knee after all. I have a slight strain of the quad where it attaches just above the knee. Was told to stay off it for a few more days and try some BW movements and progress back into light weights.

Well, I'm a stubborn dumbass so I decided I'd test it on Thursday. Plan was just to get up some jumpers, no running, cuts or max jumps. I shot for about 30 mins and it felt very good. No pain, weird twinges or anything. I was about to pack it in and got called out for a 2v2 game....

So I played. I tried to take it easy but this one kid was talking alot so I said f it and tried a full speed crossover-stepback move. Knee felt uncomfortable (unstable-ish) on the stepback but didn't hurt. So I just went for it. Quick game to 11 by 1s and 2s, we won 11-5. Game winner was unexpected, I crushed a one hander on the kid talking crap and got fouled. Felt GREAT!

Knee area got a little stiff afterward so I stretched it out and it felt good after about 10 mins. Since I'm a curious individual and that dunk felt way to easy, I tried one dunk after stretching and I think I'm jumping HIGHER after a week of nothing?! Very easy to get a clean two hander.

Anyway that's my 'server crash update' lol! Going to take another few days off and try light weights Monday. Thinking of playing in a rec league in November as well.

Awesome!!! Another inch or more practice is all it'll take!