Tony Parker was injured as a bystander in a nightclub brawl, receiving a shard of glass that came "two millimeters" away from causing him to lose his eye.

“Life can change pretty fast,” he said.

The incident has made Parker more cautious.

“It’s so funny, because I just had my best year in the NBA and in one night it can change,” said Parker, who will wear protective glasses during the Olympics. “It just puts life in perspective and you think, ‘OK, next time I have to be careful,’ but at the same time you can’t stop living because then you don’t even cross the street.

“You don’t want to dramatize too much, but it still puts it all in perspective.”

Ricky Rubio returns to Colorado next week for another examination of his knee.

"I hope by September I can start running again," Rubio says.

Rubio is unable to participate in the 2012 Olympics due to the torn ACL that ended his rookie season in March.

"Hard watching basketball and not being part of it, especially a game like that this week," Rubio says."I felt like somebody was going to have to come grab me, because I'm going to jump out there at any time and try to play.

"But in my mind, there's a goal, and the goal is recovering 100 percent and making sure I'm never going to get hurt again in that knee."

Xavier Henry underwent successful arthroscopic surgery on his right knee for a lateral meniscus tear on Friday. 

Henry appeared in all five games (all starts) for the Hornets in the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas last week, averaging 12.2 points, 4.8 rebounds and 2.2 assists.

The procedure was performed by Dr. Neil ElAttrache in Los Angeles.. He is expected to make a full recovery and be ready for training camp this fall.

Austin Rivers underwent successful surgery on Friday to clean up bone spurs in his right ankle. 

The tenth overall pick in the 2012 NBA Draft, Rivers’ injury flared up during the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas last week.

The surgery was performed by Dr. Brian McKeon in Boston.  He's expected to make a full recovery and be ready for training camp this fall.

The Bulls are anticipating Derrick Rose to be out until March.

Chicago's front office has made a series of cost-cutting moves as they anticipate the 12-13 season as one where they stand pat as Rose heals.

Dion Waiters is still dealing with an ankle injury sustained during a workout before the draft.

Waiters averaged 12.3 points on 30 percent shooting during three Summer League games with the Cavaliers.

"I think his week was OK," Byron Scott said. "We all wish he would have played a little bit better and shot the ball better. But we knew he was coming off an ankle injury before he came here and [had] a couple little nagging injuries. He hurt the knee when he went up to dunk, so we held him out as a precautionary move.”

Waiters sat out Cleveland’s final two games as the team finished with a 3-2 record.

"We still feel pretty good about where he is,” Scott said. “He's still got a ways to go. We talked about his conditioning and losing a few pounds. But we feel he's going to be in great shape when training camp comes."

Derrick Rose posted a 45-second clip on YouTube on Friday, marking his first public comments since tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee on April 28th.

"Thank you for all your support, your prayers, cards, messages, emails, just checking up on me," Rose said. "I know I haven’t been out there but I appreciate everything. I appreciate you all who have been watching this video. I just been having therapy, going to therapy every day.

"Hopefully, you all will see me back out there. My biggest concern is don’t worry about me. I know I’m going to be all right. I know that I’m healthy. I know that I’m positive. I believe in God. So I should be back on the court soon. I hope that you support not only me but the Bulls."

LaMarcus Aldridge said he is "98 percent" healed from March surgery on his right hip and is one week away from being cleared to resume all basketball activities.

"I'm working out, I can run, I can jump, I can shoot," Aldridge said. "One more week and I can go five-on-five. I feel great." 

Aldridge endorsed the moves Neil Olshey has made since taking over as general manager and praised the draft selections of Damian Lillard and Meyers Leonard. 

Aldridge is particularly excited about the addition of Lillard.

"Going to be really good," Aldridge said of Lillard. "He definitely makes good passes, makes good reads, That's going to be big for us. I think every guy has ups and downs, but I think he's going to be good. He has a really good pace to his game and he's smart." 

Thunder center Kendrick Perkins underwent a successful procedure to repair a ligament tear in his left wrist, the team announced today.
 
Perkins suffered the injury during the 2012 Western Conference Finals.  Following a scheduled postseason evaluation, it was determined a procedure was necessary.  The nine-year NBA veteran is expected to be ready for the 2012-13 season.
 

Austin Rivers missed Wednesday Summer League game against the Phoenix Suns because of a sore ankle and foot. He sustained the injury in Monday night’s game against the Milwaukee Bucks.

New Orleans listed Rivers’ injury as lower leg soreness and said holding him out is just precautionary.