Numerous injuries have occurred since the beginning of the preseason. It all started with Gilbert Arenas' knee surgery (hopefully his last) and then came Monta Ellis, mo-ped accident, and so on.
News about injured players haven’t stopped coming for a while now; sprained ankles, injured knees, torn ligaments, bone spurs, poked eyes and much more. Duration of these injuries may vary from days to months. There are some unfortunate cases wherein the player may even miss the whole season; a problem Washington Center Brendan Haywood may possibly face along with Philadelphia Bigman Jason Smith and Portland Forward Raef Lafrentz.
Right now, there are more or less 90 injured players on the NBA’s injured list and players listed as day-to-day. Some of these players include Stars like Gilbert Arenas, Steve Nash, Antawn Jamison, Allen Iverson, Manu Ginobili, Michael Redd, Baron Davis, and Monta Ellis.
These injuries are unavoidable in basketball. That is an unfortunate truth. It is sad that with the season starting in a few days, there will be players who will be missing games. Now, all we can do is wish the players well; stay away from injury and to those injured, get well soon.
This season, I believe, may be one of the most unpredictable seasons especially with the offseason moves of teams like Golden State and Philadelphia.
If you would like to view the injured list, just click the link below (as of October 17, 2008):
NBA.com
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