Updated throughout the day with quick takes from staff.
"I'm not in that much pain right about now," Jamison said. "Initially, it hurt like heck. This ice is doing wonders for me." ... Jamison on the play: "It gave out on me. I didn't hear a pop or feel a pop so I didn't think anything was torn but it just felt like somebody tapped it with a hammer. It was painful but once I calmed down and walked around a little bit, the pain went away."Maybe I'm just a wuss, but ice never does anything for me, and my injuries are a lot less serious. Still, keep an eye on this one. More unsettling is the unfolding Brendan Haywood situation. Say what you will about the man some have ambivalently dubbed "Brenda," but dude's solid. And while there's always Etan Thomas, no one in D.C. can be stoked about Haywood maybe missing 4-6 months from wrist surgery. Also from the Washington Post:
The injury was originally diagnosed as a sprain but Haywood, who shoots with his right hand, has continued to experience pain and discomfort in the wrist ... "The decision hasn't been made yet but we'll know more," Wednesday, [a] source said. "The best-case scenario is that he won't need the surgery and he'll be out for a couple of weeks. The worst-case scenario is that he needs the surgery and he'll miss four to six months."We've seen players elect not to have procedures like this before, with mixed results. I do know, though, that without Jamison's rebounding, hocus-pocus scoring, and leadership, or Haywood's relatively respectable big man game, this team is most definitely not going places. Because unless you're counting on Andray Blatche suddenly matching Antawn's rock-solid production, or JaVale McGee actually being ready, the Wizards are a bunch of crazies with Caron left to shake his head at the mess.
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Sure….you are completely right about McGee not being ready, but you may be doing an about face on the "Blatche suddenly matching Antawn’s rock-solid production" statment before all is said and done.
And as a Wizards fan/blogger, that’s about as opitmistic as I can be right now.
by Truth About It Dot Net on Oct 8, 2008 12:10 PM EDT reply actions
I am so pro-Blatche it’s disgusting. However, Jamison just does too many things, between having SF and PF qualities, and being able to operate inside and outside. Blatche is not your ordinary big man, but he’s not going to hold the team together like Antawn does. It probably makes more sense to compare Haywood and Blatche, since that’s who Andray fills in for, and going small with a mature Blatche in the middle isn’t such a bad option. Oh, and Haywood’s the one with the more obviously rough injury.
I guess my thinking was this: If Jamison has problems, Blatche is the next best thing around, which is hardly a perfect fit. If both Jamison and Haywood are down, then Blatche becomes the sub for Jamison’s production by default. In a roundabout way, that proves how much I like the guy!
by bethlehemshoals.tsn on Oct 8, 2008 12:19 PM EDT reply actions
There is probably a simpler way to say this: Blatche will be good, but Jamison is much better. And while Blatche and Jamison could work, that’s basically playing two idiosyncratic forwards. I’m still not convinced that Blatche is ever going to be that man-in-the-middle, even if you’re going small.
by bethlehemshoals.tsn on Oct 8, 2008 12:26 PM EDT reply actions
The Wiz will be in a lot of trouble with three major parts of the team possibly being out for some time. They have some good young talent but not near enough to compete in what is an improving eastern conference where it is going to be hard to nail down a top 4 spot
by funnydave on Oct 8, 2008 3:22 PM EDT reply actions
The Wizards are now officially in trouble
2 are now down and we’re only in preseason
A season of hope and promise begins to fade
It would be a great time for the rest of the guys on the team to surrprise us fans
We can only hope
by Ravenwalker on Oct 8, 2008 8:39 PM EDT reply actions
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