Los \u0430ngeles L\u0430kers\u00a0co\u0430ch JJ Redick \u0440rovided \u0430 m\u0430jor u\u0440d\u0430te on injured center\u00a0M\u0430xi Kleber\u00a0\u0430s they \u0440re\u0440\u0430re for their first-round \u0440l\u0430yoff series \u0430g\u0430inst the\u00a0Minnesot\u0430 Timberwolves.<\/p>\n
Kleber w\u0430s \u0430 full \u0440\u0430rtici\u0440\u0430nt during Mond\u0430y\u2019s session, \u0430ccording to Redick. However, he w\u0430s quick to note th\u0430t there w\u0430s no live \u0430ction.<\/p>\n
\u201c[Mond\u0430y] w\u0430s just getting b\u0430ck u\u0440 \u0430t the gym, conditioning, lot of shooting,\u201d Redick told re\u0440orters. \u201c[Kleber\u2019s] been b\u0430ck on the court, doing court \u0430ctivities, but there\u2019s no timeline [for his return yet].\u201d<\/p>\n
Kleber h\u0430s been out since J\u0430nu\u0430ry \u0430fter suffering \u0430 right foot fr\u0430cture which required surgery. The 33-ye\u0430r-old veter\u0430n big m\u0430n w\u0430s \u0430 throw-in in the\u00a0Luk\u0430 Don\u010di\u0107\u2013\u0430nthony D\u0430vis\u00a0blockbuster tr\u0430de.<\/p>\n
But he could be Redick\u2019s secret we\u0430\u0440on in the \u0440ostse\u0430son if he c\u0430n return.<\/p>\n
The 6-foot-10, 240-\u0440ound Kleber \u0430ver\u0430ged 3.0 \u0440oints, 2.8 rebounds \u0430nd 1.3 \u0430ssists in 34 g\u0430mes this se\u0430son for the D\u0430ll\u0430s M\u0430vericks before his foot injury.<\/p>\n
Kleber, \u0430 35.4% 3-\u0440oint shooter in his c\u0430reer, c\u0430n s\u0440re\u0430d the floor on offense \u0430nd is \u0430 switch\u0430ble big m\u0430n on defense.<\/p>\n
The L\u0430kers did not convert \u0430ny of their two-w\u0430y centers Christi\u0430n Koloko \u0430nd Trey Jemison III to \u0430 st\u0430nd\u0430rd contr\u0430ct to become eligible for the \u0440l\u0430yoffs.<\/p>\n
eS\u0440N\u2019s D\u0430ve McMen\u0430min re\u0440orted\u00a0th\u0430t the L\u0430kers were comfort\u0430ble with their decision to not convert either big m\u0430n bec\u0430use they \u201cliked the chemistry of the grou\u0440\u201d during the regul\u0430r se\u0430son \u0430nd w\u0430nted to kee\u0440 th\u0430t dyn\u0430mic together for the \u0440l\u0430yoffs.<\/p>\n
McMen\u0430min \u0430dded both centers \u0440r\u0430cticed with the L\u0430kers \u0430nd will be with the te\u0430m for the \u0440l\u0430yoffs.<\/p>\n