Jackson recovering from hamstring surgery

Mar 26, 2013, 4:03 PM | Updated: Mar 27, 2013, 1:01 am

SYDNEY (AP) – Lauren Jackson says she has no plans to play basketball until she returns to the Seattle Storm next May for the 2014 WNBA season, and that she’s experiencing no pain for the first time in three years.

Jackson, who has won four Olympic medals with Australia, including a bronze last year at the London Games, underwent surgery on her right hamstring in January, a chronic injury which she says nearly forced her to retire.

The three-time WNBA MVP told Australian media that “now I’m running up hills, doing everything I can, pain-free.”

Jackson has not played a full WNBA season since 2010, when Seattle won its second league title. In nine games last year after the Olympics, she averaged a career-low 10.2 points.

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