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Rodney Hood On Returning From Injury, Coming Back A Better Player And Having Fun With Rehab

As is often the case for players after suffering a serious injury, Trail Blazers forward Rodney Hood has kept a low profile for the last few months. After rupturing his left Achilles tendon in a loss to the Lakers at the Moda Center on December 6, the 6-8 forward out of Duke has mostly been out of the public eye, save for a few posting on social media. But nearly two months after undergoing surgery to repair his left Achilles, Hood has become more of a fixture at Trail Blazers games and practices as he continues his rehabilitation. He recently traveled with the team to Los Angeles for a game versus the Lakers, has started to attend home games and has joined fellow injured players for workouts at the team's practice facility in Tualatin.