Mourning Focuses on Rehab; Not Ruling out a Comeback

2008/01/22 11:16:05 @NBA.com: News

In the ORLANDO SUN SENTINEL, Ira Winderman writes "before he can consider whether he will run again in NBA competition, Alonzo Mourning first must walk. In his first detailed comments since shredding the tendons around his right kneecap in a Dec. 19 game at Atlanta, the 37-year-old Heat center said Monday he has not closed the door on a return, but first faces months of grueling therapy. ‘The thing about it is Dr. [Harlan] Selesnick said, 'Even if you don't come back to play, you have to rehab this like you are going to come back to play,'Mourning said outside the Heat locker room before the team faced the Cavaliers at American Airlines Arena. ‘He said this is your focus right now, just being able to walk and get your strength back.”
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