DENVER – Over the past few days, Warriors rookie Damian Jones, still recovering from an offseason pectoral tear, has been ramping up his court activity.

During Golden State’s Thursday afternoon practice, Jones was even going through some light post moves. Here is some quick video.

Warriors rookie center Damian Jones, still recovering from pec surgery, has been ramping up his court work pic.twitter.com/gGlVD7PZdX — Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) October 14, 2016

But the Warriors are remaining careful with their 21-year-old first rounder. Jones has progressed to 5-on-0 non-shooting drills and full speed conditioning. But he can’t compete in contact drills and the medical staff still won’t allow him to dunk.

“They don’t want him to torque the shoulder,” Steve Kerr said. “We’d like to get him out there as much as possible. He’s an intriguing young talent. Big, athletic, hoping he can develop into an important player for us.”

Nothing is for certain, but it seems unlikely Jones will morph into a rotation cog in his rookie season. He’s behind some veterans, already considered somewhat of a project and will miss all of training camp, a vital time for young players.

“We’ll be very careful with the shoulder,” Kerr said. “Won’t take any chances. Then the tough part for him is he’ll be way behind when he’s healthy. But we’ll try to get him out there when we can and get him more reps in practice, try to get him back to speed.”