<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Early Return? Although he was expected to miss four to six weeks from his groin strain suffered Dec. 4, Kevin Martin said he "feels like it's healed" and is confident his return will be on the early side of the timeline. "Like a week or a week and a half," he said. "(The team's medical staff) said mid-January, but I'm trying to be a con artist and bank days (to get back sooner)," Martin said. "If I have a good workout, I'll say, 'Oh, I just now banked two days.' I feel like I'm getting there. I swear today I feel like I can go out there and play, but I know how dumb that would be, so I'm being cautious right now." -- Sacramento Bee</div>
No need to rush a return. Sacramento is in trouble whether he's in the lineup or not. They are not going to make the playoffs this year, so why come back too soon and risk further injury?
