The Washington Wizards point guard hopeful that his knee responds well to the treatment; not thinking about missing the whole season…..
When Washington Wizards announced in late September that their star point guard has suffered an injury in his left knee, they projected a timetable of six weeks for his swift return. However more than eight weeks on, Wall is still
unsure when he takes back to the court. The best thing which has happened for him so far is that he has been allowed to ramp up the physical activity once the swelling subsides.
"I'm still waiting for my pain and swelling to go down to see what I can do on the court, but just trying to stay strong," Said Wall, who visited his doctor in New York on Friday and got three lubricating injections.
"That's a 50-50 chance you've got," Wall said. "You never know how it's going to go. Hopefully, it heals the right way."
Without Wall on the floor, the Wizards have slumped to a league worst 3-18 record so far, and with the way they are playing, a comeback doesn’t seem likely. For all purposes the season is lost, and it’s time for the Wizards to
plan for the next season.
A part of that planning should allow maximum time off to Wall, even after he recovers, so that there is no relapse. Wall however shrugged off the idea that he will miss the entire season, but admitted that whenever he returns,
he won’t be afforded many minutes;
"I don't think I'll have to be heroic, because I'm still going to have to be playing a certain time limit if I come -- whenever I come -- back, because I'm not going to be fully in the best of shape or play 40 minutes a game like
I was used to doing," Wall said.
The Wizards will take on the raging Atlanta Hawks in their next game, at home, and barring a miracle they are slated to crash to their loss number 19. Coach Randy Wittman has seemed helpless with resources at hand, and when asked
about Wall, he admitted the frustration of not knowing when his star player will return.
"If anybody knows an exorcist that can come into this building -- I don't believe in that stuff, but I'm not going to stop it," Wittman said.
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