Xavier Henry (knee) was able to play some 5-on-5 last week but hasn't been fully cleared for practice, the Orange County Register reports.

Henry (knee) was able to play some 5-on-5 last week but hasn't been fully cleared for practice, the Orange County Register reports.

Analysis:

Henry holds the goal of active status on opening night -- Oct. 28 versus the Rockets -- but with only a whisper of 5-on-5 work to date, he'll be hard-pressed to uphold such a forecast. Once cleared, though, he'll enter a competition with Nick Young, Wes Johnson, Jordan Clarkson, and Wayne Ellington for reserve run on the wing. In the long run, Henry will have to fend off his perpetual bout with injury, which has capped him at 50 games in any of his four seasons.