As you know, Caron Butler has missed the last 13 games [and 16 of the last 18] with a hip injury. When he gets back is anyone’s guess and there appears to be no timetable for his return. Gilbert thinks Caron will be back before he is, but that could be just one of those things Gilbert says. Who knows?
Caron on how he plans to proceed: “My body is going to send me a message about whether I’m going to be able to play. My body feels great and It’s getting better gradually so we’ll see how it plays out.”
More on that: “I have to get some practices under my belt and see how my body responds to the practices, get some type of basketball rhythm back and see how it all plays out.”
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More on that: “The only reason why I thought about shutting it down was, we didn’t know what it was. Once we did more research, we found out what it was and it’s not as serious as it once was thought to be.”
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On the possibility that the tear was always there: “That is a possibility and then with what happened to me in Milwaukee (on Jan. 27), I aggravated it. That’s what we’re hoping that I just aggravated it and muscles and things tensed up but now I’m back to normal and I can procede.”
Okay, I know what you’re thinking. Yeah, yeah, but when will Caron be back in uniform? Before the playoffs begin? This month? When?
“I have to get some practices under my belt, see how my body responds to the practices, get some type of basketball rhythm back and see how it plays out,” Butler said yesterday. He has not played since a Feb. 5 loss at Philadelphia and has not practiced since Feb. 18, when he experienced a setback. “My body is going to send me a message about whether I’m going to be able to play or not. The sooner the better, I hope.”
I wouldn’t expect to see Caron playing a real game for some time to come. Could be weeks. In the meantime, the Bullets need to just hang tough in that 6th spot, hope the Sixers and the Nets can’t string together some wins, steal a win or two now and then and get their two best players healthy by April. That’s what it comes down to for Washington right now. Limit the damage playing without Gil and Caron does, hope the competition is as bad as it seems, and get [and keep] Gil and Caron healthy by early Spring.
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