Nobody will be happier to see that the preseason end than the Washington Wizards; when it had gone on any longer, they’d have run out of bodies entirely.
Together with Martell Webster already on the shelf after his third back operation in four seasons, the injuries just kept coming.
Bradley Beal fractured his wrist, Glen Rice Jr. wrapped his ankle, Kris Humphries ripped open his arm on the rim (since when are these things sharp?) , requiring surgery. John Wall was restricted with knee tendinitis.
Somehow, the Wizards’ oldest participant managed to survive the display slate unscathed. Paul Pierce, set to begin at small forward for the Wiz, provided some veteran outlook on the parade into the trainer’s table, per Jorge Castillo of The Washington Post:”It’s been tough. It’s been challenging. We have not had a full squad most of the preseason. The key is understanding it is a long season. The key is to become healthier.”
If the collective swelling recedes and all the stitches hold, Washington can still make great on the lofty expectations it set last season. Forty-four wins got people believing in D.C., and the Wizards confront a world in which anything less than a top-four seed will constitute a disappointment.
Demands like which are as refreshing as they’re daunting, especially for a company with so little success in its recent past. At 33-1, the Wiz are not totally out of the championship picture, but they are still a notch beneath the East’s elite.

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