Orlando Magic forward Paolo Banchero's torn right oblique muscle is "healed," he told reporters in the Magic locker room before Friday's game. Now, with his return ramp-up process advancing through more stages, he's getting closer to being back on the ...

All-Star forward Paolo Banchero is inching ever closer to his return to the court. “Just been doing a lot of rehab and a lot of ramping up, just trying to get my body back to playing shape,” Banchero told a small group of reporters inside the locker room prior to Friday’s game vs.

Paolo Banchero is getting closer to a return, with the Orlando Magic forward hoping he might be able to play again sometime within the next couple of weeks. The Magic said Friday that Banchero -- an All-Star last season -- has entered the "return to competition reconditioning" phase of his recovery from a torn oblique,

Orlando Magic forward Paolo Banchero has been making significant strides in working to return from a torn right oblique. While still out Friday, his designation changed from "torn right oblique" to "return to competition reconditioning.