Trail Blazers coach Nate McMillan met with center Greg Oden recently and came away impressed with the player's mindset entering the summer.

"I like where his head is at," McMillan said. "We talked about where his mind is, and what he needs to do to get back, and the thing is, he knows how to get there. But I liked what I heard."

Oden is embarking on a summer of rehabilitation. He fractured his left kneecap in the first quarter of a Dec. 5 game against the Rockets.

He is scheduled to start running in early to mid-July and should start playing 2-on-2 or 3-on-3 by mid-August.

"A big part of it is going to be mental ... him trusting (the knee)," McMillan said. "But he's been through this before and I thought last year he came into camp and his mind was right."