Injuries, Rebounds & All Stars
A quick rundown of 3 stories as we sit right before the all star break and trade deadline.
The All-star teams have been announced and Washington gets two players Magic and Beal however neither of them are starting. John Collins we thought had a chance, but just narrowly missed the cut. His stats at 17 & 7 just aren't quite good enough. Despite Washington having the best record historically 3 people on 1 team don't make it. You could also argue Rodman deserves to make it now that he is averaging 14 rebounds a game. Clint Capela makes the list over them in the final spot as his 12 points, 17 rebounds and 62% shooting was just too high to leave off. Two Eastern locks missed the game this year because they didn't have enough games to qualify Chris Webber and Jason Tatum.
The biggest injury of the year just happened backup SF and defensive ace Bruce Bowen broke his wrist and will miss 4-6 weeks. It happened after the previous trades were made, but before the deadline. The initial thought is Washington will just ride it out and not make a trade and will either go smaller or bigger for his minutes. It is good timing for it with the all star break coming up.
The only name the team is looking at is Grizzles Dillon Brooks. He is on a expiring deal and Memphis is in last place. The trade exception and one player should work from the $ side of things. They can throw in the two future 2nd round picks they got from Kennard who by the way is having a good year in Utah. Dillon is averaging 8.5 points in 22 minutes on shooting splits of 41/30/85. Dillon does have A+ defense, but not much athleticism or steals. The player is the tricky part Vanderbilt and 2nd year stretch 4 Rhodes are needed for emergency C play. This years 1st round pick Sasser is to much for a rental player.
Rodman had a memorable game grabbing 26 rebounds which is the 2nd most in franchise history.
