As University of Washington basketball players go through a two-hour practice, Mady Traore stands off to the side in Alaska Airlines Arena, exhorting on his teammates.
This has become standard routine for the 7-foot-1 Frenchman, who missed all of last season for the Huskies with a foot injury and now deals with a swollen knee, residue from a season-ending ACL tear in 2024 when he played for Maryland.
“For the most part, he’s able to practice,” UW coach Danny Sprinkle said this week. “We’re going to have to load manage him.”…