When Wendell Carter Jr. rolled his left ankle after stepping on somebody’s foot and team officials suggested Carter sit out the rest of Tuesday’s practice, the second-year center pleaded his case to keep playing.
That didn’t happen, but Carter returned to practice fully on Wednesday. After thumb surgery limited his rookie season to 44 games and offseason surgery repaired a longstanding core muscle injury, Carter has missed enough time and is raring to play.
“Energy has been good. Everybody has been coming in ready to work. Everybody is in early getting in extra work and staying after practice getting up shots,” Carter said.