<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'></p> <div class="bi"> Hoping To Play Next Week</p> </p> </div> <div> <span style="font-style: italic">Oct 12</span> - Nuggets forward Kenyon Martin has pledged to be patient in his recovery from microfracture surgery, and that's how he is staying. But the itch to play is there. Now, there may be a date as well.</p> .</p> Martin is tentatively pointing toward Wednesday's game against Detroit for his first action since injuring the knee last season.</p> </p> Asked Thursday when he'll play, Martin said: "Probably toward the end of the week. Probably the last one next week, maybe. But it'll only be one next week. We've got three of them; it'll be one out of the three probably." -- <font color="#000000">Denver Post</font></p></div></div>
