Clippers rookie forward Blake Griffin may finally join his teammates in practice later this week.

However, Griffin would only be running and shooting, according to coach Mike Dunleavy.

Griffin is still waiting to make his debut after suffering a stress fracture in his left kneecap.

"I think he's capable of about everything except he hasn't taken the step of really exploding up and having to land," Dunleavy said. "That is the last hurdle that he'd have to get through to get to contact" practice with other players.

"It's probably still very conservative, but that's the way we're doing it."