<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">CLEVELAND - For months, all Larry Hughes got was bad news. That is starting to change. The finger injury that has dogged him since October finally is close to being healed, and his return appears to be in sight. Hughes had another positive exam from Dr. Thomas Graham at Curtis National Hand Institute in Baltimore on Tuesday, where he had a second surgery on his right middle finger in February. Staying realistic, the Cavs are sticking to their original timeline that would keep the guard out another two weeks at a minimum. The always-optimistic Hughes has told his teammates that he hopes to be back by next week. What is sure is that doctors cleared Hughes to take part in practice and, most importantly for the Cavs, he's on pace to play in games before the end of the regular season. That will prepare him for the playoffs. Hughes had his most recent surgery six weeks ago. He wore a cast for two weeks, then a brace for two more. For the last two weeks, he has been taking part in light conditioning and shooting drills. Cavs coach Mike Brown, though, said he's not entertaining the thought Hughes will be back soon -- if at all. ``I don't want to get slammed like the last time,'' Brown said. Hughes has missed 42 games with the injury.</div> Source
Good, because I missed Larry Hughes, he was one of the players I liked just because he's cool. The Cavs missed his defense and scoring, especially when they were stuck with A. Pavolovic or whatever his name was, but luckily they had Flip Murray to hold the fort down. Pretty cool how Hughes suddenly developed a 3 point shot this season.
pretty good for the Cavs, they finally got their 2nd scoring option back in Hughes. Its going to be intresting how Flip and him are going to share minutes.
