Washington Wizards point man John Wall apologized to head coach Scott Brooks after suffering a ruptured Achilles' tendon and expected to miss at least an additional 12 months after recovering from surgery in his left heel.

Wall, who is set to start the first year of his four-year, $170 million supermax deal, will likely miss around 15 months all around, unlikely to play at all next season.

“It was a bad day all the way around,” Brooks said Wednesday during an interview with the Sports Junkies on 106.7 The Fan, according to Scott Allen of The Washington Post. “I talked to [president] Ernie [Grunfeld] in the afternoon. They told me the news, and it was definitely a punch in the gut. It was a surprise. [Wall] was on his way. He had the surgery and was on his way to recovery… It was just a freak deal.”

Brooks then noted how Wall reached out to him, only feeling pain for not being able to be out there for his teammates.

“I feel bad for John,” Brooks said. “That guy loves the game, he competes, plays through everything, and this one he can’t play through. It hurts him. I did exchange a bunch of text messages and I felt bad. He actually apologized. He said, ‘I’m sorry coach,’ and that hurt me. He knows he wants to be out there, he knows it’s hard on all of us. You talk about one of the best players in the league, and he can’t play.”

Wall's injury is the latest in what has been a plethora of injuries that have either ended or presented complications at the end of the season. The dime maestro has had rousing postseasons when able to play, but this stretch of his career is a gut punch, considering he is in the midst of his athletic prime as a player.