No. 3 overall pick Otto Porter back on practice court with Wizards

When Otto Porter went down with a right hip flexor strain Sept. 13, he knew it would be a while before he got back on the court with the Wizards. He just didn't anticipate that it wouldn't be until Monday that he'd finally practice again.

"The way it happened, I knew something was wrong right then and there. I knew it wasn't a one-week, two-week type of thing," said Porter, the Wizards' No. 3 overall draft pick in June. "But I really didn't know it was going to be this long."

Porter participated fully, as did Chris Singleton (left foot surgery) and Trevor Ariza (right hamstring strain). Al Harrington, who has been out since Nov. 13 with right knee soreness, did not.

Coach Randy Wittman didn't expect to see Porter, who had what the team called right hamstring "tightness" that kept him out of most of the Las Vegas summer league, on the court Monday.

"More bodies," Wittman exclaimed. "I thought we were having tryouts or something down there. … I knew he was doing more and more. ... Doctors looked at him said it was fine. I didn't know it would be today. I thought Chris might go today. I thought Trevor might be back today. I'm pleasantly surprised that it was today (for Porter)."

-- J. Michael, CSNWashington