John Wall himself hasn’t been that swift and ferocious he is known to be while on the court. The guard has appeared in 32 games and averaged 20.7 points, 8.7 dimes in 34.5 minutes of play per game.
And now the blow that has come Wizards’ and Wall’s way is rather disastrous than what they’ve seen so far. Wall is undergoing surgery on his left heel next week. This surgery will sideline him for 6-8 months of basketball action. Wizards’ reserve guard Tomas Satoransky will start in Wall’s place while he is out.
Wizards made it public through their website on Saturday night:
The Washington Wizards are facing some serious turn of events this season. The John Wall episode is going to be a major setback to their playoff hopes. In the John Wall and Bradley Beal era, the Wizards have made it to the playoffs four times in last five years.
They have not been able to build a good supporting cast around Wall, Beal and Porter Jr. Dwight Howard has been out with injury. Marcin Gortat was traded for Austin Rivers, who was supposed to be the back-up for Wall; but then Rivers and Kelly Oubre Jr. were traded to Phoenix for Trevor Ariza.
Wizards are ready to put all their assets on the table in order to revamp the franchise. The five-time All-Star awaits his fate which is indeed entangled with that of the Wizards. It is going to be interesting how they work out the math and who will be the faces to represent the franchise when the dust settles.
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