Wizards point guard John Wall is scheduled to undergo a precautionary MRI Thursday in Washington on his left leg to find out what might be causing chronic soreness, The Washington Post reported.
Wall, 25, has played through the soreness in the VMO (vastus medialis obliquus) muscle just above his left knee, keeping alive a streak of playing in all 36 of the Wizards' games this season despite a string of nagging injuries. Wall expects the MRI exam to show the muscle is only bruised, yet the soreness makes it difficult for him to bend the knee.
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“I know you’re going to deal with nagging injuries throughout the year,” Wall said. “I’m perfectly fine with that. But it’s the ones that — I can’t even bend my knee without it being sore. So that’s the thing that gets frustrating.
“But other than that, just got to go out there and compete. But like I always tell you, when I step between those lines I make no excuses. If I play like (crap), I play like (crap). Some people can’t commit to that. But if I play like (crap), I play like (crap). If I felt like I couldn’t have done (crap), I wouldn’t have suited up.”
Despite the leg problem, Wall recorded his 21st double-double of the season in Monday's win in Chicago and is averaging 19.6 points and 9.6 assists per game.
The Wizards host the Bucks on Wednesday, and Wall's coach has a good idea who'll be in the lineup.
“He’s going to play. He doesn’t feel the greatest, but that’s who he is,” Randy Wittman said. “He loves the game. He loves playing. He doesn’t like sitting out and it took five broken bones to get him to sit out last year and then he still came back. And so that’s who he is and he’s obviously the motor for us. And when he moves the ball like that and sees the floor like that, it just makes everybody better. It makes everybody’s job easier.”
