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OKC Thunder: Mitch McGary diagnosed with a concussion

On Saturday, the second-year forward was diagnosed with a concussion, per a Thunder spokesman. He can't return to action until he passes the NBA's mandated concussion protocol.

Per NBA.com, here is the league's return to participation protocol:

Return-to Participation Protocol:

  • The return to participation protocol involves several steps of increasing exertion -- from a stationary bike, to jogging, to agility work, to non-contact team drills.
  • With each step, a player must be symptom free to move to the next step. If a player is not symptom free after a step, he stops until he is symptom free and begins again at the previous step of the protocol (i.