Dirk Nowitzki hopes to begin basketball activity within the next two weeks and is targeting a mid-December return to game action, the Dallas Mavericks star forward said Tuesday. The 11-time All-Star underwent arthroscopic surgery on his right knee Oct. 19, an operation that typically requires a recovery period of three to six weeks before resuming basketball activities. Nowitzki acknowledged that he expected to return at the lower end of that timetable and has been frustrated by the slow progress of his rehabilitation. "I guess after every surgery you have some ups and downs," said Nowitzki, a 15-year veteran who had never undergone knee surgery. "You have some good days and you do a little more and you have a couple bad days. "There were tons of bad days there a couple weeks ago. But it's getting better, and that's why we increased the workload starting yesterday." Source: ESPN
