Thunder: Westbrook may return on Thursday vs Miami

[MeloHype]

The Oklahoma City Thunder are hopeful that injured guard Russell Westbrook will return for Thursday's game against the Miami Heat, a source to Yahoo Sports.
The Thunder announced on Dec. 27 that Westbrook had surgery on his right knee for the second time since late October. He was projected to be out until after the NBA All-Star break without a specific return game. The source said Westbrook will be re-evaluated on Tuesday in Oklahoma City, which could open the door for a return against the visiting Heat.

Westbrook averaged 21.3 points, 7 assists and 6 rebounds in 25 games. The Thunder are 22-8 without Westbrook, mainly due to Kevin Durant playing on an MVP level.

"This whole group, they are resilient," Durant said. "We persevered through everything and just stayed together. We had faith no matter what. We are looking forward to having Russell back and make it seem less of a transition for him."

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/source--thunder-optimistic-russell-westbrook-will-return-thursday-against-heat-062113658-nba.html

[Venti Quattro]

Just return in March and don't aggravate the injury

[apalisoc_9]

Good news for spurs..

he'll just aggravate his injruy with this rushed return..

[Killakobe81]

Just return in March and don't aggravate the injury

This, I don't get the rush they playing well already

[djohn2oo8]

This, I don't get the rush they playing well already

Sam Presti. Dude is arrogant as .

[elmanutres]

This, I don't get the rush they playing well already

When was his original expected return date anyways?

[Bulaien999]

Just return in March and don't aggravate the injury

Said that last time, and Thunderup proclaimed, "are you a doctor etc" edit it was OKC

[gnsf0946]

and against Miami no less

[ElNono]

right now, anything that takes the ball away from Durant is good news for the rest of the league, tbh...

[CitizenDwayne]

I apologize to Thunder fans for the inevitable decrease in efficiency and overall team play.

[kobe4life]

Unfortunately this is great news for the Great Satan. The thunder become much more easier to defeat for the Great Satan with Westbrook's return.

[Katherine Robinson]

Westbrook feels his position as the alpha male is in jeopardy so he will make a return to mount Durant and re-establish dominance.

[Clipper Nation]

Durbeta must be loving it, getting his team's alpha back and once again having a convenient scapegoat for all Thunderef losses

[spurs10]

This is good news for all NBA fans if you have been sick of them winning every game.

[thunderup]

We'll be alright without you for the meantime Russ. Keep resting that knee youngblood.

[Bulaien999]

nothing personal but what the do you even know about westbrooks knee? You think they just rolled the dice and decided to let him play? Come on. This isn't the first ligament tear in professional sports. They have this down to a science in terms of when a player is ready to play.

[Thread]

This, I don't get the rush they playing well already

- "Fighters fight."

- "Marie" - "Rocky Balboa"

[Rogue]

Unfortunately this is great news for the Great Satan. The thunder become much more easier to defeat for the Great Satan with Westbrook's return.

the biggest potential threat to Satan will still be the pacers imho, since the MeThunder ain't guaranteed to come out of the west facing tough challenges from other western contenders such as Spurs, Clippers and Mavs. Meanwhile, both the Lockets and the Guest team have the potential to be dark horses imho.

But i agree it's good news for Satan because frog mutant coming back to meThunder's lineups will significantly limit Durant's shots and hence increase Satan's chance to win the scoring champion le.