While at Team USA minicamp in Las Vegas Thursday, Celtics point guard Kyrie Irving said he has been back on the court for the last few months, though he has not been cleared for five-on-five basketball.

Boston Celtics point guard Kyrie Irving missed his team's run to the Eastern Conference Finals after undergoing knee surgery in April, but had he not gone under the knife, things could have been much worse after it was revealed he had an infection.

Irving, who expects to be ready to participate in training camp, went into detail about his treatment as he described the recovery process as "a long, long f—ing two months."


"For the last two months, it was a long, rigorous process, trying to get that infection out and make sure I was safe," Irving said, via ESPN. "And then rehabbing from there. So I have been rehabbing probably for the last month and some change where I can actually do something without much restrictions."

"I mean, you ask anybody with an infection, they will probably try to downplay it," Irving said. "It's a personal thing because your body is going through it. I was fighting an infection in a specific place in your body where you can't necessarily reach with your hands. You got to go in there and kind of see what's going on, and what happened for me was, the metal wiring and the screws that I had in there, the infection was on that, so I had to remove that and then be on antibiotics for about two months.

Irving is itching to get back to work with his teammates and finally have a chance to play with Hayward. For now, though, he needs to make sure he is fully recovered before he steps back on the court.