Denver Nuggets guard Christian Braun has now suited up for four games since making his return from a left ankle sprain.
The injury had sidelined him for close to two months, and an earlier effort to rejoin the lineup last month proved premature.
He managed to appear in only three games in January before the lingering ankle problem forced him back out.
Looking back, Braun admits he attempted to return before he was truly ready.
“I think the biggest (factor) was, ‘Can I jump in the air?’” he told Bennett Durando of the The Denver Post.
“Obviously, they do all their tests (on an injury) and they do a really good job, but truthfully, I couldn’t jump. And if everybody has seen me play, I jump off my left leg a ton. So I’m just navigating, like, ‘Before I come back this next time, I need to make sure I can jump. I can run full speed and I can jump.’ It sounds really elementary and really basic, but that’s the truth. The explosion just wasn’t there.”
Braun has played 4 seasons for the Nuggets. He has averaged 9.2 points and 3.8 rebounds in 255 regular-season games. He has won 1 NBA championship.
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