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WASHINGTON -- Washington Wizards point guard John Wall called his upcoming absence because of a left knee injury "a minor setback. Wholesale Jerseys From China ." Team president Ernie Grunfeld labeled it "a bump in the road." However its described, Wall is expected to miss the first dozen or so games of the NBAs regular season after the Wizards announced Friday that their best player -- the No. 1 overall pick in the 2010 draft -- was diagnosed with the early stages of a stress injury to his left knee cap. The Wizards said the injury does not require surgery. If his rehab goes as expected, Wall will be sidelined for about two months in all, including about the first month of the regular season, which begins Oct. 30 for Washington. Wall said he "started feeling discomfort" about a month ago, and he got an MRI exam that Grunfeld said did not show any sort of problem. But Wall still was bothered by his knee while working out and went for a second opinion. He was examined Thursday in New York by orthopedic specialist Dr. David Altchek, and a new MRI revealed the injury. "Just something that happens when you work out very hard, thats all I can say," Wall said. "Its very tough for me," Wall added. He led the Wizards by averaging 16.3 points and eight assists last season. He also topped the team with 95 steals and averaged 4.5 rebounds. The Wizards finished 20-46 during the lockout-shortened 2011-12 season, the second-worst record in the league. "The good thing about this is that we caught it when we did. Its not going to be a best-case scenario, but we also have to look at this in a positive way. ... My expectations of what John can do this year, it being his third year, is not going to change. Hes just going to start a little later," Wizards coach Randy Wittman said. "We were lucky that we came and saw it before there was any type of fracture or anything of that nature." The Wizards open training camp Tuesday at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va. They also expect to be without their second-best player, Nene, for most of training camp. He has a foot injury. Until Wall can return to action, he said, "Im going to try to be there and be a coach and a mentor." But he also pointed out that he wants to "make sure I dont rush back." Grunfeld, meanwhile, said he will "look around, see whos available" and would consider signing a player to help fill out the roster while Wall is sidelined. "We have a deep roster right now, and we have a lot of players at a lot of different positions," Grunfeld said. "We have players that can pick up the slack, and its not going to be up to one player." And, as Wittman noted: "Obviously, were going to miss John." Wholesale Jerseys . Silva nearly earned a stoppage win over Franklin in the second round, when a right hand sent "Ace" tumbling to the canvas, and "The Axe Murderer" swarmed with hammerfists. 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Pitching coach Rick Honeycutt, third base coach Tim Wallach, first base coach Davey Lopes, bench coach Trey Hillman and bullpen coach Ken Howell will return in 2013.Back in 1999, I was fortunate enough to be at the final All-Star game of the last Century at Fenway Park in Boston. During the festivities, The Major Leagues unveiled their " Team of the Century". The promotion involved a special panel of experts assembling a list of their top 100 players of all-time. The next step was to have the fans vote on the top 25 from that list. Then another expert panel added another five players considered to be legends of the game. The top vote getters at each position, were designated the starters, and included Johnny Bench behind the plate, Lou Gehrig at first Jackie Robinson at second, Mike Schmidt at third, Cal Ripken Jr. at short along with Babe Ruth, Hank Aaron and Ted Williams in the outfield. The top right hand pitcher was Nolan Ryan who had the most votes overall and the number one lefty was Sandy Koufax. No relievers specifically closers or designated hitters were named. Were just 12 years into this century, but it got me wondering who the front runners might be for the next edition of this team for the following 100 years. Lets give it a go. The catcher could well be the Giants Buster Posey whos helped San Francisco to win two of the last three World Series. Pudge Rodriguez, Jason Varitek and Jorge Posada would at least have to merit some consideration. First base would have to belong to Albert Pujols. However Joey Votto and Prince Fielder are still early enough in their careers to build up some impressive numbers before theyre all said and done. The Yankees Robinson Cano would appear to have the edge at second base. Roberto Alomar is one of those players who gets shortchanged a bit by having a career that bridged two decades. His best years came in the 90s, but he did play in the 2000s which should count for something when putting together a team for this ceentury. Wholesale NFL Jerseys. . Bostons Dustin Pedroia is another possibility. At shortstop, Derek Jeter of the Yankees get the nod hands down. There are other quality shortstops, but none can approach what Jeter has done in personal performance and World Series victories. Third Base is one of the deepest positions in terms of greatness. Alex Rodriguez would appear to lead the way unless you want to disqualify him for admitting to dabbling with steroids while he was with Texas. If you do, then you cant go wrong with Evan Longoria, David Wright, Adrian Beltre and another player whos career bridged two decades, Jeff Kent. If you choose a DH, youd have to go with David Ortiz fo the Red Sox. Youd get plenty of arguments about the outfielders, if you include PEDs in the equation. The top three, if you put all that aside in two of these three, would be Barry Bonds, Manny Ramirez and Ichiro Suzuki. Its hard to pin down the top pitchers since 2000. From the right side, Roy Halladay and Justin Verlander would appear to head the list, though Halladay has had the longer career so far and thus more impressive numbers. From the left you have the likes of Randy Johnson, Johan Santana and C.C Sabathia. The closer, no question about it is the Yankees Mariano Rivera. Interesting to note, in what was strictly a fan vote, both Mark McGwire and Pete Rose made the original "Team of the Century", though McGwire has been noted in the Hall of Fame at Cooperstown, while Rose continues to be banned for life. Unless there are some incredible medical advances, none of us will be around when the next "Team of the Century" is announced. It will be interesting to see how the game has changed by then and how many of these players mentioned will actually make the grade. ' ' '
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