By Eurohoops.net/ info@eurohoops.net
As nola.com reported, Gentry said the veteran center has worked “extremely hard” to get healthy enough to start working out again and the team hopes to get him back in the rotation within the next few weeks.
“He’s getting really close, I think, to being able to play a few minutes here and there,” Gentry said. “Obviously, the guy’s been out since February. He hasn’t been able to run or condition or anything like that. Even when he’s released to play, it’s going to take a while for him to be able to play anything other than really short spurts.”
For several months after Asik came down with the illness, it was unclear to doctors what his diagnosis was, resulting in him losing a substantial amount of weight along the way. But his symptoms started clearing up during the summer once he began treatments for Crohn’s disease.
Last season Asik played in 31 games, averaging 2.7 points and 5.3 rebounds.