Utah Jazz coach Jerry Sloan is "feeling much better" one week after undergoing right knee replacement surgery in Salt Lake City.
Sloan, who is recuperating at home, had the surgery just three days after the Jazz were eliminated from the first round of the playoffs by the Los Angeles Lakers. "I'm starting to get better," he said. "I'm getting around the house a little bit. ... We're working through it."
Aside from "a few little chunks in the road" following surgery, Sloan believes his recovery is on schedule.
"It's strange," he said. "One day you feel pretty good and the next day you're thinking, 'Is this thing ever going to get healed up?' " ... [But] I'm getting a little better every day."
Sloan is 67. He just finished his 21st season as head coach of the Jazz . He is the fourth-winningest coach in NBA history.
Steve Luhm
