When Paul Millsap tore ligaments in his left wrist in mid-November the Denver Nuggets knew it was bad. He had to have surgery to repair it and took over three months for the wrist to repair enough that he could play with it.
When he returned to the court in late February, it was expected that he was fully healthy and the wrist wasn't bothering him at all.
He played the rest of the regular season but his stats were all down. It almost seemed like something was still bothering him from the surgery.
In his exit interview with the media, after being eliminated from playoff contention on Wednesday night, he finally did admit that his wrist wasn't 100 percent and it still needed to do some healing.
Millsap said he never got to 100% with his surgically repaired left wrist.
He will continue to rehab through the summer.
— T.J. McBride (@TJMcBrideNBA) April 12, 2018
According to TJ McBride of MileHigh Sports, the wrist injury was actually worse then what most people believed.
“It sounds like Millsap's wrist injury was worse than originally thought. Millsap said his surgically repaired wrist never felt 100% and that his doctors said it could be up to a year before he is fully healthy.”
For Millsap and the Nuggets, it's important that he is fully healthy by the time that next season rolls around so they can take that next step forward and make the playoffs.
On the season Millsap played 38 games, averaging 14.6 points, 6.4 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game. The biggest drop this year was in points scored. Last year with the Atlanta Hawks, he averaged 18.1 points, 7.7 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game.
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