James Singleton determined that he would have more to gain (such as money and playing time) in leaving the NBA than sticking around for another shot next season. Singleton, a throw-in from the Wizards’ trade deadline deal with Dallas last February who emerged as a regular rotation player, said on Monday that he signed to play next seaso [...]
Andray Blatche assured me in a text message today that he will be ready when training camp begins on Sept. 28. Blatche had his boot removed about 10 days ago and has been moving without discomfort, Wizards President Ernie Grunfeld said on Monday. Grunfeld would not commit to a time when Blatche would be back on the court. If all goes well, we [...]
I hope I can do this again in Turkey. (Reuters Pictures) Yi Jianlian’s inflamed left Achilles’ tendon was feeling better on Monday, but he is still expected to be a game-time decision on Tuesday, when China faces Lithuania in the knockout round of the FIBA world championships in Turkey. The Wizards’ lone representative in Tu [...]
JANUARY Huh, I get a do-over? (Photo by Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE viaGetty Images) GAMES (Home, Road, Back-to-backs): 16 (8,8,5) OVERALL: This could be a very emotional month for the Wizards, with Gilbert Arenas returning to the scene of the crime (FingerGunGate) and Josh Howard likely playing in Dallas for the first time since he was traded l [...]
Editor’s note: Before he went on vacation, Michael Lee broke down the 2010-11 Wizards’ season, in six parts. DECEMBER We get the Wizards twice in a week! (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images) GAMES (Home, Road, Back-to-backs): 15 (7,8,2) OVERALL: The Wizards will have another challenging month, with eight road games. They hav [...]
Editor’s note: Before he went on vacation, Michael Lee broke down the 2010-11 Wizards’ season, in six parts. OCTOBER-NOVEMBER We go head-to-head for the first time on Nov. 2. (Photo by Jennifer Pottheiser/NBAE via Getty Images) GAMES (Home, Road, Back-to-backs): 16 (8, 8, 3) OVERALL: John Wall gets an intense welcome to the league [...]
I’ve got this — so far. (Getty Images) He’s done pull-ups on the rim, stared down the opposing bench after a vicious slam and pummeled opposing big men to dunk on them. The lone Wizard playing in the FIBA world championships in Turkey has been putting up one of the better individual performances through the first two games o [...]
Take it for what it’s worth, but the Wizards recently made an obligatory call to the Denver Nuggets to check on the availability of all-star forward Carmelo Anthony, a league source said on Friday. The source added that the Wizards were simply doing their due diligence and that the same phone call was made by “29 teams. Carmelo is [...]
Here’s to you and me, kid. (Ned Dishman/NBAE/Getty Images) For the third time this week, a member of the Wizards has been singled out for his stellar play — or a stellar play — in a pickup basketball game. Ted Leonsis raved about Gilbert Arenas after seeing him scrimmage at Verizon Center against NBA players such as Chris Pa [...]
No. 1 overall pick John Wall stays on the move. After wrapping up a week in New York, where he participated in the NBA rookie photo shoot with Panini and the rookie transition program, Wall is in Los Angeles this week for the Boost Mobile Elite 24. Wall and fellow Elite 24 alum Brandon Jennings of the Milwaukee Bucks will serve as assistant c [...]
Gilbert Arenas has maintained an extremely low profile this offseason while training mostly in Chicago with Tim Grover, but there still remains a high level of interest in how the former face of the franchise has been coming along. Owner Ted Leonsis fills in that void with a short post on his personal blog, Ted’s Take, in which he write [...]
Kwame, I always knew that in nine years, I’d own a team and we’d be together. (Washington Post file photo by Joel Richardson) The best thing about the reunion of Michael Jordan and Kwame Brown with the Charlotte Bobcats is that both men are in completely different places right now. Jordan isn’t trying to scratch a final itch [...]