Nuggets forward Michael Porter Jr. is expected to be cleared for on-court contact within the next week, setting him up to return for the final stretch of the regular season and the playoffs, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowksi.
Porter has been out for the last three months after undergoing lumbar spine surgery. The operation has allowed the former first-round pick to return to the court and shoot in recent weeks, making on-court contact work the next step in his recovery.
So long as he suffers no setbacks, Porter is poised to make his return in March, his agent Mark Bartelstein told Wojnarowski on Sunday.