Michael Carter-Williams underwent shoulder surgery on May 6, and after some confusion about his expected recovery timetable the Philadelphia 76ers have finally thrown out an important date. The second-year point guard is cleared to practice with contact on Nov. 6, six months after he went under the knife, Sixers coach Brett Brown told CSN Philly's Dei Lynam on Saturday.
Michael Carter-Williams cleared to return from shoulder injury on Nov. 6
After reportedly being put on the trading block and then some confusion over his return date, the reigning rookie of the year finally has an expected date he will be cleared to practice.
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That puts Carter-Williams at the front end of the expected recovery timetable of six to nine months. Brown said it will be a “gut” feeling about when Carter-Williams can return, but the practice clearance date is nonetheless important. The Sixers coach doesn’t think it will take his point guard long to return once he begins working with the team.
Carter-Williams averaged 16.7 points, 6.3 assists and 6.2 rebounds for Philadelphia last season. With the Sixers expected to be careful to protect their injured young players (a.k.a. assets) during what should be another losing season, Brown said that the team still isn't pushing Carter-Williams to make a return to game action on Nov. 13 against the Dallas Mavericks, as was reported on Thursday by ESPN's Jeff Goodman.
If Carter-Williams does return to game action by Nov. 13, he will have missed the first seven games of the year.
The confusion over Carter-Williams’ return date -- early reports indicated Carter-Williams would only miss two-to-four months -- wasn’t the only newsworthy bit of the summer for the reigning rookie of the year. Grantland’s Zach Lowe reported the Sixers were shopping their youngster during the 2014 NBA Draft and may continue to feel out the market for him.
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