Hawks starting center Dewayne Dedmon moved a step closer to a return from a left tibia stress reaction when he was cleared to begin on-court activities on Wednesday, the team announced.

Dedmon received a follow-up CT scan at Emory Sports Medicine Complex that showed expected progress.

Dedmon has missed the past 13 games with the injury.

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