The Washington Wizards have certainly been a bit of a disappointment so far this season as they are 12-14 and currently on the outside looking in in the Eastern Conference, but a lot of that can be blamed on injuries. The Wizards have six players who are dealing with ailments that have kept them out of games, and even some of the guys that are playing probably shouldn't be, including star point guard John Wall. Wall is dealing with an ankle injury, and although he has been playing through it he is considering resting it to make it feel better, according to J. Michael of CSN Mid-Atlantic.
It is hard to pinpoint when Wall initially suffered the ankle injury, but he said he has tweaked it on a number of different occasions. Wall knows he needs to rest the ankle, but he is playing through it because he knows the team needs him on the floor, especially considering how many other players are already out.
"All my trainers know what it is. All I know it's a real, real bad sprain, I've sprained it like five, six games in a row so it wasn't getting no better. A high ankle sprain, I probably should take time off but when we start getting a couple guys back I'll see how it feels and make a decision," said Wall, who did have an MRI on the ankle.
As of now, the Wizards don't even have enough healthy bodies to be able to go through a practice, and they are particularly injured in the backcourt where Bradley Beal has missed the last six games, Gary Neal missed the last game, Alan Anderson has yet to play this season and Otto Porter has missed the last two games.
Wall and Ramon Sessions are the only two Wizards to have appeared in every game this season, and Wall's scoring has fallen off in the past few games as he nurses the ankle injury. The 25-year-old point guard has been racking up the assists, but his shooting has taken a hit as he has made just 34 percent of his field goal attempts in his last four games.
Wall said he will wait until other players are healthy before he officially decides whether to rest the ankle, so for right now he is going to play and the Wizards need him to in the short-term as they are already in a hole. Long-term, though, it may be best for Wall to rest the ankle so he is 100 percent even though he insists he is in no danger of making the injury worse. Wall is a tough guy who has played through plenty of different injuries in his career, and this is no different as he is playing through a lot of pain because the Wizards just don't have enough healthy bodies.
