You know I want to give you good news about the Bullets, don’t you? I mean, you know that, right? ‘Cause I would. I really would. Nothing I’d like better, in fact. Alas…
Don’t look for Caron Butler in a Bullets uniform any time soon.
The Wizards announced earlier tonight that injured forward Caron Butler has a small labral tear of his left hip joint. Butler has missed 10 straight games and 13 games on the season with what had been calling a strained left hip flexor. He did not make the current three-game trip.
Clearly, he hasn’t been right since he originally hurt the hip in a loss at Milwaukee on Jan. 27 (he was a monster that night, scoring a career-high 40 points). He missed the next three games, then returned for a game against the Lakers on Feb. 3 but aggravated the injury two days later at Philly and hasn’t played since.
Obviously, this injury is far worse than originally diagnosed. [Yet another triumph for the Bullets medical staff! What a roll they are on!] Clearly, Butler should not have played against the Lakers or the 76ers. It might be some time before we see Caron Butler on the court during a real game. It might be some time indeed.
As you can see by looking slightly to your left on this screen, the Bullets are 4-10 this season without Butler in the lineup. It must be Washington’s hope to stay in 6th place in the conference [where they are now] until Arenas and Butler return. Whether or not that will be possible, of course, is another matter entirely. They’re going to need more upsets, such as the one they pulled off in New Orleans earlier this week. They’ve got Chicago this Friday.
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