Tim Povtak of the Orlando Sentinel writes that in his first public scrimmage since surgery 10 months ago to repair a damaged ankle, Grant Hill affirmed what he and his Orlando Magic teammates have been saying for weeks, that this six-time NBA all-star indeed is healthy again.

"He looked like the old Grant Hill out there," said point guard Darrell Armstrong. "He is the old Grant Hill again. I've known it for quite awhile. Now everyone else can see it, too."

Hill was the only one of the Magic's 16 players who played all 21 minutes of the scrimmage at the University of South Florida, where an estimated 2,200 fans watched. Magic Coach Doc Rivers asked him three different times if he wanted to come out of the scrimmage. And each time Hill shook his head and smiled.