The Washington Wizards defied improbable odds — 4.79 percent — at the NBA draft lottery on Tuesday in New York, hurdling five teams to snag the third overall pick for the second year in a row. Now the franchise finds itself with two enviable choices: hold on to the pick and select a top [...]
Posted by Inside Hoops Apr 23 On Nov. 26, the Wizards lost a home game to San Antonio, 118-92. It was the 12th straight loss to start the season, and the postgame locker room for the Wizards was an emotional scene. On Thursday, a tale told by Martell Webster revealed for the first [...]
Posted by Inside Hoops Apr 15 Tired of maintaining a mummified look as plantar fasciitis in his left foot never fully healed and as soreness in his right knee worsened, Nene has decided to sit out the Wizards’ final two games, Monday in Brooklyn and Wednesday in Chicago. For Nene, making it through [...]
Ted Leonsis sits courtside during a Wizards-Cavaliers game. (G Fiume/Getty Images)Before the Washington Wizards organization celebrated the 35th anniversary of the then-Bullets’ 1978 NBA championship run this past weekend, the Washington Post published a feature by Dave Sheinin on that often overlooked title team. Sheinin opened the feature with an anecdote about the 1978 Larry [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The idle Big Three became a quartet Wednesday night, with Udonis Haslem joining LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh among those not suiting up for the Miami Heat’s game against the Washington Wizards. Haslem sat out because of a sore right ankle after recording his first double-double of the season in [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The idle Big Three became a quartet Wednesday night, with Udonis Haslem joining LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh among those not suiting up for the Miami Heat’s game against the Washington Wizards. Haslem sat out because of a sore right ankle after recording his first double-double of the season in [...]
Posted by Inside Hoops Apr 7 Jordan Crawford will face his former team, the Wizards, for the first time since being traded in February. “Who?” Crawford asked before practice Saturday when the issue was broached. Washington, he was told. You’ll be playing Washington. Your old team. “I don’t recall playing for Washington,” Crawford [...]
Posted by Inside Hoops Apr 6 On a night when the Washington Wizards celebrated the 35th anniversary of the franchise’s only championship, John Wall played like someone who might someday carry on that legacy, scoring 37 points in a display of speed and flair Saturday to lead the Washington Wizards to a 104-85 [...]
Notebook: Wizards 104, Pacers 85 Posted Apr 6, 2013 11:34 PM By Benjamin Standig, for NBA.com THE FACTS: For the second straight night, the Indiana Pacers needed a victory to clinch the Central Division title. For the second straight game, the Pacers came up short, this time at the hands of John Wall and the Washington [...]
by Chris Chase, USA TODAY Sports Before it was placed in a gleaming trophy case at the main entrance of a sparkling downtown arena, the Washington Bullets 1977-78 NBA championship trophy was sitting in the bottom of a closet at the former home of a deceased team employee. I get it. I wouldn’t have wanted [...]
Washington Wizards couldn’t find NBA championship trophy See where the Bullets’ 1977-78 trophy was finally discovered. Posted! A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. Sent! A link has been sent to your friend’s email address. (AP) Before it was placed in a gleaming trophy case at the main entrance of a [...]
Kyrie Irving and Emeka Okafor are not enjoy the turn of spring (Getty Images) Kyrie Irving, for a few quick minutes on Wednesday night, was thought to have just about had it with Cleveland Cavaliers coach Byron Scott. Following Cleveland’s 113-95 thumping at the hands of the Brooklyn Nets, Elyria Chronicle-Telegram Cavs scribe Rick Noland [...]
Posted by Inside Hoops Apr 3 The Washington Wizards announced today that guard Bradley Beal will miss the remainder of the season with a stress injury in his right fibula. He is expected to resume basketball-related activities in approximately six weeks. Beal, who was selected with the third overall pick in the 2012 [...]
Bradley Beal celebrates a game-winning jumper to beat the Thunder on Jan. 7. (Ned Dishman/NBA/Getty Images)A look around the league and the Web that covers it. It’s also important to note that the rotation order and starting nods aren’t always listed in order of importance. That’s for you, dear reader, to figure out. C: Wizards.com. [...]
Notebook: Wizards 90, Bulls 86 Posted Apr 3, 2013 12:00 AM Benjamin Standig, for NBA.com THE FACTS: John Wall scored 27 points and Emeka Okafor‘s dunk with 45 seconds left put the Wizards up for good as Washington won its eighth straight home game with a 90-86 victory over the Chicago Bulls on Tuesday night. Wall [...]