In the first week of training camp, Sharpe suffered a small labral tear in his left shoulder, the exact same injury that cut short his Summer League two years ago. At the time, the team said he would miss four to six weeks, putting his season debut somewhere in early to mid-November.
All indications are that Sharpe is making good progress. After spending one week with his arm in a sling, he’s now been cleared for non-contact basketball activities and has been shooting and doing ballhandling drills in practice. Based on that, it’s reasonable to expect he could be back in that time frame.
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