Dwight Howard says he will be ready for regular season

After two weeks forced to watch the Rockets play and practice without him, Dwight Howard took the court on Wednesday.

He did not stay on the floor when the full practice began, but ran through a few on-court drills, took a little contact and declared himself close to returning to full participation in plenty of time to be ready for the regular season.

“I’m feeling pretty good,” Howard said. “Today I did a lot of stuff on the court, a lot of conditioning, a lot of stuff with a little contact. The main thing is making sure I’m in great shape, good enough shape to where I can come back and play as many minutes as I can.”