In a preseason in which just about everything he does will be given the milestone tag, Brandon Roy achieved another one Thursday. He woke up from his first NBA game after a year off due to knee problems, didn’t feel particularly sore, and took full part in practice.

Another step.

“Came out of it good,” he said after playing 24 minutes in the Timberwolves’ preseason opener, a victory over Indiana on Wednesday night in Fargo, N.D. “It’s just a bunch of steppingstones. I was looking forward to the first game, we got a little live practice in today, felt good, went through everything. Just continuing to try to build on everything.”

via Kent Youngblood of the Star Tribune