Although Houston has decided against surgery, a decision will not be made until he consults with team doctors. Isiah Thomas and Coach Wilkins would like that decision to come sooner than later.

"You just want to know as quickly as possible. If anything is required we'll handle it early as opposed to handling it late," Thomas said. "Right now we're pretty sure with what we're dealing with. But if anything is done - and I say 'if' - it won't be one of those situations where it's done in September. We'll try to find out early and get it done so that we have the whole summer to continue and rehab it."