Coach Erik Spoelstra said Tuesday that Johnson (shoulder) hasn't been given a timetable for his return following surgery, Jason Lieser of the Palm Beach Post reports.

Coach Erik Spoelstra said Tuesday that Johnson (shoulder) hasn't been given a timetable for his return following surgery, Jason Lieser of the Palm Beach Post reports.

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While the doctors who performed the left shoulder procedure on Johnson last week may generally have an idea of how long he'll be out, Spoelstra said the team didn't want to put a definitive timetable on the guard, who might have been influenced to rush back too quickly if that were the case. Instead, the Heat plan to let Johnson recover at his own pace until he's 100 percent, and the team seems to be bracing for the possibility that he could be sidelined for the remainder of the regular season.