<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Forward Nick Collison will meet with Dr. Russ Warren, who performed two surgeries on his shoulders, on Monday in New York in hopes of receiving clearance to play for the Sonics' summer-league team next month. Collison, who sat out his rookie year last season because of the injuries, said yesterday that he received encouraging news on his previous visit with Warren. He's also preparing for the worst-case scenario, which would push back his return to the court until August. Regardless of the decision next week, Collison expects to be fully recovered in time to participate in training camp, which opens in September. "If it's not 100 percent, then I won't push it," he said. "That just doesn't make sense. No sense in coming this far and waiting this long just to reinjure it again. I know I'm not all the way back yet, but I'm pretty close. "It's still a little tight. ... I'd like to play (for the summer-league team) to get as much court time as I can before the season starts. Those six games may not seem like a lot, but for me, I haven't been on the court since October. Any games I can get, I'll take them."</div> <font size="1">Full Story courtesy of Dwayne Casey and the Seattle Times.</font> Such a mature head on those shoulders (no pun intended), hopefully he is able to get some Summer League action so he isn't rusty coming into training camp. Full game contact is the only way to test those shoulders.
