Top NBA Teams lose out on their star players this season

Both Miami Heat and New Jersey Nets will have two of their star players missing this season. While the Heats will miss the service of guard Dwayne Wade, the Nets will lose area guard Deron Williams.

“Wade was given a break for one day for his injury on his right ankle that has caused him a couple of times”, said Erik Spoelstra, the coach of Miami Heat.  Wade had been suffering with an ankle injury which has been causing him a lot of trouble for the past few months, so the rest was very much required for him.

In the games not started by Wade, Miami Heat is 11-1.

Deron Williams is out due to the injury to his right calf he sustained during the Saturday night losing game to Boston. Things were not well for the Nets as even the backup for Williams; Jordan Farmar was out with a groin injury. The Nets had Sundiata Gaines starting out for them. Nets has been going through a tough time and losing a lot of matches.

Even Minnesota lost their forward Kevin Love. He missed the game against Indiana Pacers owing to a neck strain he suffered. This is the third straight game he missed. Love ranks fourth in NBA having 26 points per game. The game was tough and competitive.

The lack of Love was felt in the Timberwolves camp, with them losing both games. Minnesota has lost by 95-82 in their home game held on 12th April the Los Angeles Clippers. On April 14 they lost again at home to Oklahoma City 115-110. Times are indeed bad for them as they are going through a losing streak for the last consecutive nine matches.

The Washington Wizards granted leave to Roger Mason Jr., who had a surgery on his broken finger and is out for the season. Wizards have signed in guard Morris Almond as a replacement. Almond is an experienced player and has been playing in the NBA development league for four seasons. He averages 24.5 points playing there.

Meanwhile Boston Celtics lost three of its stars players Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen in their game against the Bobcats. Coach Doc Rivers decided to rest Garnett and Pierce while Allen is nursing a sore ankle. So the team was totally weak and had a fewer chances to win. “Having all three of them out obviously hurts our offense,” Rivers said.

Bobcats coach Paul Silas supported the decision and said, “I’d do the same thing if I were in his situation.”