We’re edging dangerously close to absurdity here at the Verizon Center, where the Wizards have suffered another couple of injuries, one minor, one slightly more so. First off, Gilbert Arenas was held out of practice with some soreness in his left calf. Second, guard Mike James, who jammed his left hand in practice on Satuday — one day after 6 points and 3 assists in his season debut during Washington’s loss at Indiana — found out this morning that the fourth metacarpal in his left hand is broken. Emerging from the locker room with his left hand in a cast, he’s set to miss 4-5 weeks.
The casualty list was already a long one: Antawn Jamison (shoulder), Mike Miller (shoulder), and Javaris Crittenton (foot surgery). The plan is for Jamison to perhaps return to full practice on Thursday, and Miller was only set to be out 7-10 days, so both of them, in theory, could be back on the floor when the Wizards host Detroit on Saturday night.
