After it has ended, it is fairly unclear how much stock can be taken out of this year’s Washington Wizards preseason. As usual in preseason games the stars generally saw limited minutes, particularly at the end of the game. When the Wiz played the Cleveland Cavaliers they did not have to deal with Lebron James and the Wizards had to cope with a “swine-flu backcourt” for several games. It was ironically against those same Cavaliers that workhorse power forward Antawn Jamison endured a shoulder injury that could prove onerous in the beginning of the season. Flip Saunders remarked that Jamison’s injury is better to occur at the beginning of the regular season rather than the end. That’s a glass-half-full perspective but far from appeasing for a fanbase that is sick and tired of injuries plaguing promising seasons. As fans we could revert to what’s become an old adage, that “at least it will give time for the young players to develop,” but after three essentially lost seasons, that contrived positivity has run its course. It is hard to believe that the trio of Arenas, Butler, and Jamison hasn’t played a regular season game together since April 1, 2007.
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