It’s been 15 days since Los Angeles Lakers starting point guard D’Angelo Russell received a PRP injection in his left knee and was given an estimated minimum two weeks timetable to return. Russell has since been cleared for on-court activity (as of Tuesday) and participated in all of the non-contact parts of Thursday’s practice.
Russell told reporters on Thursday that he had already started cutting and running and that now it was all about “knocking the dust off,” before he gets into a game. Russell has been ruled out for Friday’s game against the Phoenix Suns and a return on Sunday against the New York Knicks is unlikely.