<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">NEW YORK ? A familiar figure walked into the locker room Tuesday wearing a suit and tie. And he wasn't limping. Lakers center Chris Mihm is with the team for its eight-game trip, elated that his ankle rehabilitation has gone better than expected and that he might return later this season. "My ankle is coming along really well, ahead of the schedule I was given by the doctors," Mihm said. "I've still got quite a ways to go on it, but my sights have been set on coming back and playing this year. It's been pretty exciting to me. It keeps me motivated and working hard every day." Mihm has undergone two operations since tearing ligaments in his right ankle last March against Seattle. He is listed on the injury report as being out for the season but is making steady progress with a routine that includes swimming and upper-body weightlifting. "We're just watching him with some kind of amazement that he's back out and doing work," Lakers Coach Phil Jackson said. "He's not jumping up and down and shooting the ball and running, but he's back out doing things that make him look athletic again." There is no new timetable for his return, but Mihm said he was at least a month away from on-court contact, which would be a key factor. He will begin lower-body work next week using an exercise bike and elliptical machine. Mihm, in the last year of a contract that pays him $4.2 million this season, averaged a career-best 10.2 points and 6.3 rebounds last season. He underwent surgery last July and again in November.</div> Source
Get the parade route ready, because if Chris Mihm comes back, then the Lakers have the championship locked.
<div class="quote_poster">Bobcats Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Get the parade route ready, because if Chris Mihm comes back, then the Lakers have the championship locked.</div> Sarcasm? I hope he takes it slow, last thing we need is him coming back when it isn't fully healed.
I hope he takes it easy. He's going to leave the Lakers next season so he should think about his career. Good luck to him.
Hey where did my post go? Well like I said before, I hope Mihm takes it slow. I don't want him to come back when it is still "tender". He needs to come back when he is truly confident that it is 100%. This is great news though, he is ahead of schedule and everything seems to be going in a positive direction.
