FINDING THE PERFECT shoe was one of the final steps in Desmond Bane's frustrating return from injury.
Bane visited multiple doctors after suffering a Grade 2 sprain of his right big toe during the Memphis Grizzlies' Nov. 11 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves. What was originally expected to sideline Bane for two or three weeks kept him out for most of December, after an injury to the sesamoid, a small bone in the joint of the big toe that Bane will likely need to get surgically repaired this summer, complicated matters.