MDStar wrote:Man, it seems like a lot of overreaction in this thread. Veterans miss training camp all the time. It's not like he's been out completely since the end of last season. He played in the Olympics through the 1st part of August. That was only about a month and a half ago. Let the dude rest, get closer to 100% before going full bore, because we need him for 82 games, not just the start of training camp.
The team is just being cautious and I have no issues with that. Let the young ins get all the burn this month, they need it a lot more that Nene does.
LOL You don't say.
Thing is, it's just speculation and it is based on very little facts. Not that there is no information.
But it does depend on how you want to view it. As it says in my sig, Nene barely missed any games for 3 years. Then in a strike shortened year, he missed a good chunk of games. So some people are very focused on last year.
Now we are approaching preseason and the Wiz are saying they want to rest him and take it slow to ensure the foot is healed. EG said he should be ready for the season. Whit comes out and says since he has been getting treatment after the Olympics, things have progressed quickly and he is moving well.
Yet, people take the statement that he will not be going full out in training camp and run with it with stuff like, Denver got over on us by selling us damaged goods. Nene will miss 25 games, etc.
They have 30 days before the season starts. This is the beginning of Stage 2 of the rebuild. They are focused on the long run. Its still a very young team. They have a important piece top 3 pick in Beal to get established. They have an entire roster to gel.
Yeah they want to focus on winning more this year and they would like to fight for the playoffs, but they are not going to force things in the short term at the cost of the long term. If Nene is ready at the start of the season.. great. If not, they will take the extra time and wait until he is fully healed. That is the right approach. Its more important that he plays more games over the next 2, 3, 4 years then if he starts the season. And he still may do that.
Good news is that we will have real answer very soon. Start the season or not, I'm not worried yet. Its just to soon to do that IMO