Baron Davis is getting closer and closer to returning from a herniated disk and a person familiar with the situation said the guard will take a big leap in his rehab this week by starting full running drills and some contact basketball drills.

Davis doesn’t want to get his hopes up.

“Once I get that approval, I’ll be ready to go,’’ Davis said. “I need to get the OK from the trainers. The approval will come when it’s the right time. I don’t want to be too optimistic. I want to take it day to day.

“But I can honestly say I’m making new strides and improvement. I want to focus in on that and that’s all I can control.’’