It's been eight weeks since Dirk Nowitzki has had ankle surgery and although the recovery has been slow and has had some setbacks, he isn't concerned about being ready for his 21st NBA season.

On Friday, the doctors had to do a probe on his ankle because of the swelling that was appearing. The doctor said it was normal though, and it was only a minor setback.

Via Sports Day:

“I saw the doc (Friday) morning,” Nowitzki said. “Everything is on schedule. This week was a little bit of a downer. There was a little more swelling again, so we took it a little easier. The doc said it's completely normal.

“There will be days when it's great but there obviously was an invasion in there and they had to go in and drill a little bit. He said there will be good days and bad days. So if it reacts a little more, do a little less. But the good thing is I don't have to get ready for a season right now.

That is the good thing for the Mavericks and Nowitzki, that the surgery was done before the last season was over because it gives the future Hall of Famer some extra time to heal.

Although Nowitzki says he will be completely healed, hopefully, this isn't the type of injury that is going to bother him throughout the season.

The last thing that Nowitzki would want is to have to be forced to retire because of an ankle surgery, especially since it was considered pretty minor at the time.