John Wall Injury: Wizards guard participates in 'dummy' drills Thursday

John Wall practiced in "dummy" drills for the first time all season on Thursday.

John Wall hoping for late November return from injury

Washington Wizards' point guard John Wall received positive news after visiting a doctor, and is targeting a late-November return.

John Wall injury: Wizards' guard to visit doctor, no timetable for return yet

John Wall will be visiting a doctor on Wednesday to receive an update about his injured knee. As of this time, he has no timetable for a return.

Wizards sign Jannero Pargo to bolster backcourt with John Wall injured

The Wizards agreed to a deal with veteran point guard Jannero Pargo, who will help fill in while John Wall is hurt and possibly provide a serviceable backup even after his return.

John Wall injury: Point guard had felt discomfort for nearly a month

Wizards point guard John Wall said Friday that he had been experiencing discomfort in his left knee for almost a month before a New York doctor diagnosed him as having a stress injury that would not require surgery, but would force him to miss eight weeks, including the first handful of games in the 2012-13 season.

Wizards general manager Ernie Grunfeld said that Wall had undergone an initial MRI three weeks prior to Friday's announcement and that the organization had made a collective decision to send Wall to Dr. David Altcheck for a second opinion.

Wall played all 66 games of the lockout-shortened 2011-12 season, but missed 13 games in his rookie season (2010-11) with injuries to his left foot and right knee cap injuries.

As for potential replacements, Grunfeld said that he would consider signing another point guard to take Wall's place on the depth chart alongside Shelvin Mack and A.J. Price, but as Grunfeld put it "we feel good about the players on the roster."

John Wall injury: Washington guard could miss ten games, potential 'backbreaker' for Wizards

With the announcement on Friday that Washington Wizards point guard John Wall has developed the early stages of a non-traumatic stress fracture in his left patella comes the reality that the team's season may be in jeopardy before it ever begins.

Projected to miss approximately eight weeks, Wall's return would come some time in November and potentially see him miss at least 10 games, which for a borderline playoff team could be a backbreaker. This is especially true considering Wizards head coach Randy Wittmann's comments on Wednesday where he explained that Wall was the pivotal piece in the fast break offense the team hoped to run this season.

His final sentiment was that as long as Wall was in the lineup, the team was going to have an advantage. Well, now they won't have Wall in the lineup and will certainly be at a disadvantage.

This leaves A.J. Price, Jordan Crawford or Shelvin Mack to attempt to fill the void while Wall is out.

This story was originally published on SBNation.com.

John Wall injury: Wizards' point guard hurts knee, out 8 weeks

The Washington Wizards announced on Friday afternoon that point guard John Wall is expected to miss approximately eight weeks with the early stages of a stress injury to his left patella.