No…..Not Possible!!!

Dr. Gonzo Reporting,

Just when I was feeling good about professional sports in this area, the Wizards go and tear my dreams apart.  Well not intentionally at least.

It was reported today that the much improved Brendan Haywood, will miss 4-6 months, not weeks, nursing a wrist injury.  WHY!!  First we lose Gil til January, then Jamison goes down in the first preseason game of the year, now this.  I can’t take it anymore.

Jamison’s x-ray yesterday revealed a knee contusion, but he vows to be back for the first game of the year in the phone booth against the New Jersey Nets.

Even if Jamison is ready to go by the home and season opener, losing Haywood may be a bigger blow than losing Gil.  Haywood improved his game by leaps and bonds last year, setting career highs in points, rebounds and blocks.  Haywood’s defense was much improved, and not having his 7 foot frame in the middle will be a serious handicap to the Wizards chances this season.

More troubling is the fact that injuries to the Wizards is becoming a huge trend.  It seems like Butler and Gil go down every year, but not Haywood and Jamison.  Jamison has been injury free for so long, this was bound to happen, I guess?  I’ve asked this before, but here goes: Is there something wrong with the Wizards training staff?

Why do we suffer so many injuries at the worst times?  Why are Wiz players sidelined for so long?  Who is in control?

Whatever the answers are to these questions, we may never know.  Instead we must focus on what we now have.  Blatche returns after a solid year in which he saw his minutes and production improve, Darius Songalia is back and healthy, Dominic Maguire is one year older, the rookie McGee is raw, but had 20 points and 8 boards against the Grizzles last night, and then there is the return of Etan.

They say Etan is in great shape, but he has a year of rust.  All signs point to him having a solid bounce back year and now he wont have to worry about sharing time with Haywood, who we know isn’t his best buddy on the team.

I’ve got my finger on the panic button.  The East has improved so much, the Bucks got better, the Raptors and Sixers got bigger, the Magic are tougher, the Heat are healthy and hungry and even the Bobcats and Knicks have better coaches who know how to win.  Oh yea, and I forgot to mention LeBron, the Pistons and that big three in Boston.  Where have all the cupcakes gone?

I pray we hear, “Dagger” rather than “No…Not Possible!!” all year.  But right now it doesn’t look good Buckhantz.