Wizards coach Eddie Jordan said yesterday that he and the team's medical staff is considering having Caron Butler almost entirely scrap rehabbing in hopes that rest will help the forward's strained left hip flexor heal more quickly.
Today when the Wizards took to the air for back-to-back road games at New Orleans (tomorrow) and Houston (Tuesday), they left Butler behind. Butler has missed the last eight games, and 11 of the last 13, with that hip injury. Nearly every day, however, he has taken the court to test it, either with light calisthenics or light shooting. He still remains far from returning, so now the Wizards are trying a different course of action.
Last night Jordan wouldn't speculate as to when Butler, or Gilbert Arenas, would return, but indicated that it will still be a while for both players.
From Houston, the Wizards fly to Chicago, where they'll play the Bulls on Friday. They return to the District where they'll play host to New Orleans next Sunday.
-- Mike Jones
Comments (1)
The Wizards are lucky to have EJ as their coach,even though he has gotten little or no support from his GM when Caron was healthy he had them playing five hundred plus,no Gilbert no Etan and no help from the D league except for one ten day contract for "what his name" Eddie has a lot of paitience,He should be raising holy hell but he has too much class for that, here's hoping he will be rewarded with a contract thats worthy of his ability.
Posted by dargregmag@aol.com | February 25, 2008 7:08 PM