07-02-2025, 11:49 AM
(07-02-2025, 09:57 AM)SleepingHero Wrote: It's happened only very few times before for someone to return sub ~300 days from an achilles injury. Billups, Kobe, and Elton Brand to name a few.
Lillard tore his achilles on 4/27/25. The ASB next year will be about 295 days from then. So is it possible? Yes. Unlikely? Very much so.
Wes Matthews beat that timeline, but obviously he wasn't the same player as he was before the injury.