The Washington Wizards have a relatively healthy roster, but they’re not as deep on the wing as they hoped at the beginning of the off-season.

Alan Anderson, Jared Dudley and Martell Webster have all missed a significant amount of time. All three players were expected to compete for minutes, and now, Randy Wittman is just left with Otto Porter, a recovering Dudley and rookie Kelly Oubre.

Anderson underwent his second ankle surgery a few weeks ago and won’t be ready for quite some time. Washington hoped Anderson would fill the scoring void created by Paul Pierce‘s departure. Anderson has all the tools that the Wizards were looking for in a potential sixth man: he can score in a number of ways and he’s a great locker room guy.

Webster went through training camp. but began dealing with a hip issue a couple of weeks ago. Today, he announced that he could potentially miss 4-6 months — which is the duration of the entire regular season — if he opts to get surgery:

“When it gets to the point that nothing’s happening, the hip’s not getting better … I don’t know just go back to the drawing board and see if surgery is the best solution after exhausting all avenues…

Webster is going to wear corrective glasses that will help improve his balance. However, I don’t know how effective that’s going to be.

Surgery seems to be the best option for Webster, but he’s in the final fully-guaranteed season of his contract. If he doesn’t play in 70 games this season — and that seems very unlikely at this point — he’s only going to make slightly over $2 million next year, which is less than half of the mid-level exception he got a few years ago.

All of this is unfortunate, really.

I spoke to Webster this summer and he put in a ton of work to contribute this season. He lost a lot of weight and felt good. When Webster is healthy, he’s undoubtedly one of the best players the Washington Wizards have on their roster.

He’s a fantastic three point shooter and he does a terrific job of finding open looks. With John Wall on the floor, Webster is an instant threat. There’s a reason why he got the mid-level exception and beat Trevor Ariza for a starting spot in 2013.

Webster, though, hasn’t been able to stay healthy. It’s bad luck, to put it bluntly. Whenever he’s gotten ready, something else popped up. This hip issue seems to be serious and I don’t know if he’ll be able to play through it.

From a business standpoint, the Washington Wizards could potentially buy out his contract next season. Webster was already put in a tough situation in terms of playing time. Porter, Anderson and Dudley were all presumably ahead of him in the rotation.

We’ll see if Webster could play through it, but now it’s just a matter of weighing the options. Is playing worth the long-term risk? That’s something he’ll have to decide soon.