Point guard Trae Young, who has missed extended time this season due to a right knee MCL sprain and quad contusion, was recently reevaluated, the Wizards announced today in a press release (Twitter link).
According to the team, the four-time All-Star is making positive progress in his recovery and will ramp up his on-court activities. Another update on Young will come in one week.
The Wizards also provided an injury update on forward/center Anthony Davis, who is sidelined due to ligament damage in his left hand. The 10-time All-Star was checked out over the break and is “progressing as expected.”
However, Davis has not been cleared for basketball activities and is out at least two more weeks, which is the next time he’ll be reexamined, per the team.
Young has been limited to 10 games played this season due to his right leg issues, while Davis has appeared in just 20 contests due to a variety of ailments, including the hand injury.
Washington acquired Young in a trade with Atlanta and Davis in a deal with Dallas, but neither player has made his Wizards debut yet. Based on today’s update, it certainly sounds like Young is closer to returning than Davis.
The Wizards are currently 14-39, the second-worst record in the NBA.
I thought they were both out for the season? I guess they really don’t want to get fined by silver
I think Davis himself or Rich Paul maybe said he was ‘done for the season’, but that was clearly posturing from them because they don’t want him to stay there it seems. It definitely smells like a plea to avoid the tanking wrath that’s so popular recently.
Trae was never out for the season and if we’re being real here, Trae has been healthy for 3 months now. The Wizards are just getting away with it.
Wizards are 3 weeks away from a bottom 3 lock. After that there is no incentive to tank. You might as well give them reps so they can see what they got next year because they’re going to be trying to compete next year.
AD has to be the best tank player to trade for. Street clothes AD guarantees a team. Will tank fir a better pick. Every year the team who wants to land a top 5 pick. In the following year’s draft. Can just trade for AD and sit him.
Time will tell how next years wizards look but if AD and Trae are healthy with a top 3 pick, and Sarr and Tre Johnson and George, that could automatically be a top 2-3 seed in the east
Planning for AD when he’s healthy is like me planning for when I’m 7ft tall (I’m 5’10 on a good day). It’s just not going to happen!