MILWAUKEE – An hour before Sunday’s tip-off, Dragan Bender, dressed in workout gear, grabbed some weights outside the Suns locker room and went to work. Beside him, center Alex Len stretched with a trainer at the BMO Harris Bradley Center.
While Len prepared for his second consecutive start, Bender simply was trying to keep in shape. On Feb. 8, the rookie forward had minor surgery on his right ankle. Initial reports indicated Bender was done for the season. The Suns set the timetable for 4-6 weeks.
And so Bender – the NBA’s youngest player at 19 – worked.