Nets’ Day’Ron Sharpe says that his ankle is ‘about to be’ 100%

Brooklyn Nets center Day’Ron Sharpe said at shootaround on Monday that his ankle isn’t fully healed, but that it’s close to that.

Brooklyn Nets center Day’Ron Sharpe started this season hoping to solidify his role as the backup to Nic Claxton. However, Sharpe began this preseason in an unfortunate manner as he suffered an sprained ankle after just two minutes of play in Brooklyn’s first preseason game against the Los Angeles Lakers.

Sharpe, 21, was subsequently ruled out of the game against the Lakers and also missed the Nets’ preseason game on Thursday against Maccabi Ra’anana. However, according to Lucas Kaplan of NetsDaily, Sharpe spoke at shootaround before Monday’s preseason game against the Philadelphia 76ers.

Sharpe said that he’s able to be back on the court and that he’s been playing with the coaches, indicating that he’s able to participate in some type of basketball activity. Sharpe did also mention that his ankle isn’t fully healed yet, but that he’s close to coming back. Kaplan also noted that Sharpe said that he should be able to play on Monday or Wednesday, Brooklyn’s final preseason game against the Miami Heat, but that he doesn’t know for sure at this time.

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