Jaden Ivey's season debut is finally around the corner for the Detroit Pistons.
The fourth year guard was listed as "questionable" on the injury report issued at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 21, ahead of Saturday's road game against the Milwaukee Bucks. It's the first time the third-year guard has been upgraded from "out" since he underwent arthroscopic surgery on his right knee on Oct. 26.
Tobias Harris also is listed as questionable after missing nine games with a right ankle sprain. He and Ivey were assigned to the Motor City Cruise earlier this week to participate in five-on-five scrimmages and ramp up their conditioning.
Teams commonly assign players who have missed significant time to the G League as a final rehab step before re-joining the parent club.
Ivey was at the Pistons' morning shootaround on Nov. 14 at the team's Midtown practice facility, before their NBA Cup group play game against the Philadelphia 76ers at Little Caesars Arena. He also went through pregame warmups at LCA on Nov. 14 and 16, leading up to their 127-112 win over the Indiana Pacers on Monday.
Ivey played 14 minutes in the Pistons' preseason opener Oct. 6 against the Memphis Grizzlies, but missed their remaining three preseason games with what coach J.B. Bickerstaff characterized as "discomfort." He's now 11 months removed from a broken left fibula suffered Jan. 1 at home against the Orlando Magic.
The Pistons are slowly returning to full health. Cade Cunningham and Ausar Thompson returned from three- and four-game absences, respectively, in a win over the Atlanta Hawks on Tuesday. Jalen Duren returned from a two-game absence Monday against the Pacers. Meanwhile, guard Marcus Sasser has yet to make his season debut while rehabbing a right hip impingement.
Through their injury woes, they've continued stacking wins. Tuesday was their 11th in a row, improving to an Eastern Conference-best 13-2.
The Pistons won't be the only banged-up team playing at the Fiserv Forum on Saturday (8 p.m., FanDuel Sports Network Detroit). The Bucks will be without star Giannis Antetokounmpo, who is out for at least the next two weeks with a low-grade left groin strain.
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