Utah Jazz shooting guard Alec Burks has been out since December when he broke his fibula and underwent surgery.
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Burks Close to a Return
Saturday, April 2
Sources told Tony Jones of the Salt Lake Tribune on Saturday that Burks will return to the Utah lineup this "coming week."
Burks underwent surgery in late December to repair a fractured left fibula he suffered during a game against the Los Angeles Clippers. He has missed the past 48 games. Word of Burks' ankle surgery trickled down almost exactly a year after the Jazz ruled him out for the remainder of the 2014-15 season with a left shoulder injury.
But when he hasn't been limited by severe ailments, Burks has been one of the league's most compelling young guards, and Miami Heat superstar Dwyane Wade referred to Burks as the NBA's most underrated player on Twitter shortly after the Jazz scorer underwent surgery.
In 28 games this season, Burks is averaging 14.3 points per contest on 40.9 percent shooting from the field and 38.7 percent shooting from three-point range. And ...
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