"CLEVELAND -- Despite being one of the co-favorites to win the Eastern Conference this season, the Cleveland Cavaliers head into their season with two starters -- All-Star point guard Darius Garland and swingman Max Strus -- recovering from offseason left foot surgeries and likely to miss time when the regular season begins on Oct. 22. However, there was varying levels of optimism from the two players on their respective roads back to the court."
""Everything is good," Garland said Monday at Cavs' media day. "Summer went really well. Rehab has been going really well. I'm back on the court, moving around, I'm ramping up for the season. So everything's been good. It's been a really good off season. Everything's been looking great, the doctors been saying everything's been looking great, so I'm happy where I'm at right now. "I'm going to keep working, keep aggressive, working on conditioning and cardio right now, so happy to be back on the court.""
The Cleveland Cavaliers are regarded as co-favorites in the Eastern Conference but begin the season with two starters recovering from left-foot surgeries. All-Star point guard Darius Garland underwent surgery in June for a turf toe injury and has been back on the court working out for about a month. Garland reports positive rehab progress, says doctors are pleased, and is ramping up conditioning and cardio while still expected to miss some early regular-season time. Cavaliers president of basketball operations Koby Altman noted that restoring Garland's conditioning will take time. Max Strus is also recovering from an offseason left-foot procedure, with differing optimism levels between the two players.
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