A report from the Washington Post on Wednesday put the timetable on Haywood's return at four-to-six months, putting his entire season in jeopardy. The Wizards will not report on a timeline for recovery until after surgery, which is yet to be scheduled.
The surgery will repair a torn dorsal scapho-lunate ligament in his right wrist. Haywood visited two hand specialists earlier Wednesday, both of whom concluded that surgery was necessary. He suffered the injury during training camp last week.
Haywood averaged a career-high 10.6 points and 7.2 rebounds last season for Washington and matched a career-mark with 1.7 blocks per contest. The UNC product also set a new career-high for average minutes played with 27.9 per game and competed in 80 of 82 games.
The news comes one day after Washington forward Antawn Jamison hurt his right knee in the first quarter of Tuesday's preseason opener against the Dallas Mavericks.
Meanwhile, Blazers swingman Martell Webster was diagnosed with a stress fracture in the fifth metatarsal of his left foot on Wednesday.
The injury occurred in Portland's preseason game Tuesday against Sacramento. X-rays taken Tuesday night showed the injury, and further tests on Wednesday confirmed it. Webster will be re-evaluated on Thursday to determine a treatment and timetable for his return.
Webster has spent each of his three NBA seasons with the Trail Blazers, and in 2007-08 posted career-high averages in points (10.7) and rebounds (3.9) in 75 games (70 starts).
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