Is it possible that they are refering to 100% being like brand new, so the chance of reinjury is greatly less than before? Im not a doctor, but taking my personal experiences into account (tyger will be so dissapointed) i sprained my thumb playing softball a few years ago, it swelled up extremely bad. I waited for the thumb to get better, it took about 3-4 weeks before it seemed to me like 100%. When i was playing basketball i got hit in that same thumb and it swelled up again and i was out for another 2 weeks before my thumb seemed fine. Luckily this was near the fall, so winter eventually came and for a about 4 months there was no basketball or sports for me. When spring finally came and i began playing basketball the thumb was much better and still that whole summer i took alot of caution when playing with that thumb, putting pads and bandages over it when i did play. Now i can play without those precautions and the thumb doesnt hurt that much anymore (ironically i ended up injury my left hand thumb 3 years ago and havent given it the same care so that one is still bad)

SO thus i figure that all this time off was to not only let dengs fracture heal, which i think it probably did near the end of the regular season, but to also give it tons of conditioning to make it stronger and less likely to reinjure as opposed to just letting it heal enough that he cna play on it. SInce he is relatively young i can see that being a plan, and he has his contract so he doesnt have to worry about him losing money.

That might be a reason why that bulls doctor won doctor of the year….

Hopefully Deng will heal fast enough to encorporate a three point shot into his game before the summer is complete.