ORLANDO — Ausar Thompson the return is close to.
The second-year ahead is listed as “AVAILABLE” for Saturday’s away sport in opposition to the Orlando Magic, opening the door for him to return after a blood clot compelled him out basketball.
He performed his final sport on March 9 and was cleared by the NBA’s Health-To-Play panel on November 11.
“It’s superior,” Thompson stated on the time. “The final seven to eight months have been quite a lot of work and I’ve had all of the help from my household and my group. It feels good to have the chance to go on the market and play once more.
Extra: Ausar Thompson will give the Detroit Pistons a lift, however they are not speeding his return
Thompson, 21, averaged 8.8 factors, 6.4 rebounds and two mixed steals and blocks per sport as a rookie. He rapidly grew to become the group’s finest perimeter defender and held his personal in opposition to gamers like Luka Doncic and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.
He was unable to play five-on-five basketball till he was cleared and the Pistons wished him to get again into form earlier than making his debut. Along with practising with the group, Thompson labored out after their shootout in Toronto on Nov. 15 and practiced with the Motor Metropolis Cruise through the Pistons’ off day Tuesday.
“He’s a man who can take down the opposing group’s finest gamers,” JB Bickerstaff stated. “Any time you add that to the system and this system and the best way the fellows have purchased into it, it simply offers you an additional enhance. He can change, he can maintain a number of positions. We’re delighted to have him again, that is for certain.
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