Dampier cleared for full practice

Erick Dampier is supposed to have his first full contact practice tomorrow. He’s been cleared by the team doctors to test his surgically repaired left shoulder.

Avery Johnson didn’t put a timetable on his return. In the past, though, Johnson has required players coming back from injury to participate in several full practices without any setbacks before suiting up for a game.

“His body will tell us,” Johnson said of Dampier’s return. “We’ll go from there. The main thing is we don’t want to rush him back.”