<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">The Washington Wizards open the regular season at Cleveland on Wednesday night, but the team is still waiting to get a look at its major offseason acquisition, forward Darius Songaila. Songaila, who signed a five-year, $23 million contract this past summer, remains out with a pinched nerve in his lower back. A team source, who spoke about Songaila's injury on the condition of anonymity, said the team is preparing to play without Songaila through November and possibly well into December. Neither he nor the team has established a timetable for his return. "I think there's going to be some decision in the near future about how much the treatments are helping him and how much he is just staying the same," Wizards Coach Eddie Jordan said. "I think in the next few days or in a week or so, we're going to have to see where he is." Songaila's agent, Mark Bartelstein, said Songaila has consulted several doctors and has continued to work with the team's trainers in hopes of returning. Songaila has not seriously considered surgery yet, but that could become an option if his back does not improve, according to Bartelstein.</div> Link Well, at least we know's only listed as questionable and that he's going to be out for a while, leaving the Wizards wondering how they are going to play without him. With him also being out since the beginning of training camp, he didn't really have a chance to practice with the team and adjust to their princeton offense, so it might be awhile until he'll produces effectively.
