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Achille Polonara Returns to the Court for the First Time Since His Bone-Marrow Transplant

The brief shooting workout signals progress in rehab, with full-contact training planned after the summer.

Overview

  • A short video he posted Monday from Sassari’s PalaSerradimigni shows his first on-court shots since the September 2025 transplant.
  • In a Tuesday interview, he said he is doing only individual, non-contact work and plans to start contact practice after the summer.
  • He was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia in June 2025 and underwent a stem-cell transplant at Sant’Orsola in Bologna on September 25th using a roughly 90% matched American donor.
  • On October 16th, he suffered a brain embolism, was placed in a medically induced coma for about ten days, and later described reduced mobility in his right arm.
  • He said he began experimental pills in Valencia last week to cut relapse risk, which points to a longer rehab timeline and suggests any game return would come next season.