Martell Webster has a partially torn labrum in his right hip and that injury forced him to miss all of the preseason and the first game of the regular season. Here is an update from Jorge Castillo of The Washington Post:
- "The swingman said he probably could’ve logged '5-10 minutes' in Wednesday’s game despite not having played in the preseason, but the setback (at the end of Tuesday's practice) has clouded his immediate future. ... Webster, 28, said he will try to proceed without surgery but if the ailment does not improve, he would undergo a procedure to repair the hip. He said surgery would sideline him 4-6 months. The operation, he insisted, would not be career-ending, but it would be another significant setback in a career that has included three back surgeries in four years."
Webster recently traveled to Nebraska to seek a second opinion regarding the injury and he received an interesting answer to the problem.
- “Come to find out, I wasn’t using my left glute, and I was letting my right side do all the work,” said Webster. “So this is the result of that. I didn’t know that. It didn’t feel that way. But mechanics show that, so these glasses push me back over to the left and help me use my left side of my body so right now we’re trying to exhaust that. The only thing after that is surgery.”
Webster is signed through 2016-17, however only $2 million of $5.84 million is guaranteed if he doesn't play in 70 games this season. There is a very good chance the Washington Wizards are going to waive Webster in June, if he doesn't hit the 70 game benchmark, to increase their cap room in July to go after a top free agent.
