Pelicans' Omer Asik could be back in the rotation within the next few weeks

Omer Asik of the Pelicans is out since February but he may be back on the court within the next few weeks.

Per Nola, Gentry said the veteran center has worked "extremely hard" to get healthy enough to start working out again and the team hopes to get him back in the rotation within the next few weeks.

For several months after Asik came down with the illness, it was unclear to doctors what his diagnosis was, resulting in him losing a substantial amount of weight along the way. But his symptoms started clearing up during the summer once he began treatments for Crohn's disease.