It’s been a long and grueling uphill battle back to normalcy for Dwight Powell ever since the Dallas Mavericks’ center/forward ruptured his right Achilles tendon during a Jan. 21, 2020 game against the Los Angeles Clippers.
Powell underwent surgery on Jan. 28, 2020, and just recently started playing like his old self again.
“Recovery and rehab from this type of injury takes an amazing amount of determination, wherewithal, mental fortitude, etcetera, along with an incredible amount of physical work,” coach Rick Carlisle said. “The challenging thing for Dwight is he is such a go-getter and such a gung-go guy when it comes to these types of challenges that he had to wait several months before he could even get into the physical part of, and so that part of it had to be super challenging.