After seeing a hand specialist Monday, C.J. Miles said he was planning to start practicing again next week, the final step in his return from left thumb surgery.

"I've been doing a lot, so hopefully it shouldn't take me but a couple practices before I feel like I can play again," Miles said at Tuesday's pregame shootaround.

Miles went through exercises to help stretch the ligament that he ruptured in the preseason. He was fitted for a splint and has gone through shooting drills in recent days with his thumb taped. The last thing for Miles is to see how his thumb will hold up in game action.

Kyle Korver, meanwhile, pushed his left knee in practice Monday and said it was "really sore" afterward before feeling better Tuesday. That wasn't necessarily a bad thing.

"It's just part of the process, is what they tell me," said Korver, who underwent arthroscopic surgery Oct. 28 to remove a bone spur. "It's just your knee trying to get back into shape. As long as it doesn't hurt too bad the next day, you're on the right track."

Korver wouldn't commit to any specific target date to resume practicing or make his return in a game, but did joke, "I'm running out of sport coats to wear to the games."

Mehmet Okur is expected to start against Oklahoma City after missing three games with flu-like symptoms. Okur practiced Monday and said he was "not 100 percent, but I felt good."

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