| NBA summer leagues shed more light on the draft |
Fri Jul 16 11:49:18 2010 EST |
| get a good feel of the skill and talent level in this setting. In watching these games, it wasn't difficult to come away with some of the steals and blunders of the draft. Here's some of the talent that stood out to me in good and bad ways: WASHINGTON WIZARDS: John Wall exhibited the talent that earned him the first overall pick, but the point guard will have to cut down on the high turnover totals that plagued him in college along with working on his perimeter game. PHILADELPHIA 76ERS: Evan Tur |
| Wizards sign C Armstrong |
Tue Jul 13 19:09:00 2010 EST |
| Washington, DC (Sports Network) - The Washington Wizards on Tuesday signed center Hilton Armstrong. Per team policy, terms of the deal were not announced. The 6-foot-11, 235-pounder has averaged 3.4 points and 2.6 rebounds in 224 career games (37 starts) over four seasons with New Orleans, Sacramento, and Houston. Armstrong was originally picked 12th overall in the 2006 NBA Draft by the Hornets. |
| T'Wolves finalize deal with Milicic; ink two first-round picks |
Mon Jul 12 20:59:17 2010 EST |
| all selection. In his only season at Syracuse, he averaged 16.5 points, 8.5 rebounds, 2.2 assists, 1.7 steals and 1.8 blocks in 35 games. Prior to transferring to Syracuse, Johnson spent his first two collegiate seasons at Iowa State. Hayward was taken by the Washington Wizards with the 30th overall pick before being dealt to the Wolves in a draft-night trade. He played in 138 games at Marquette, averaging 13.5 points and 6.6 rebounds. He is the second all-time leading scorer in school history. |
| Wizards' top pick Wall sits out with injury |
Fri Jul 9 12:11:00 2010 EST |
WASHINGTON (AP) -Washington Wizards top draft choice John Wall has missed practice after injuring his groin a day earlier during his first workout with the team. Coach Flip Saunders says the overall No. 1 pick in last month's NBA draft has tightness in his groin following a slip on the court during Thursday night's scrimmage. Saunders said Wall sat out Friday as a precaution, but he might practice with the team at night.Copyright © 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. The |
| Nets send Yi to Washington |
Tue Jun 29 13:58:50 2010 EST |
| Newark, NJ (Sports Network) - The New Jersey Nets have reportedly sent forward Yi Jianlian to the Washington Wizards for guard/forward Quinton Ross on Tuesday. The Newark Star Ledger is reporting that the move will be officially announced later on Tuesday. The trade was made by New Jersey to clear salary cap space for the upcoming free agency, as the team trims $3 million from its payroll with the deal. Last season with New Jersey, Yi averaged a career-high 12.0 points and 7.2 rebounds over 52 |
| Wizards' Blatche has foot surgery |
Sat Jun 26 11:25:05 2010 EST |
| Washington, DC (Sports Network) - Washington Wizards forward Andray Blatche is expected to be out of action for three months after having surgery on his right foot. The procedure, which was performed Friday night by Dr. Ed Magur at Sibley Hospital in Washington, repaired a fracture of the fifth metatarsal in the foot. The 6-foot-11 Blatche averaged a career-high 14.1 points and 6.3 rebounds in 81 games (36 starts) last season, his fifth in the NBA. |
| Inside the NBA Draft: CBA is league's biggest problem |
Fri Jun 25 04:15:36 2010 EST |
| e, and are given high draft picks or the siren's song that is cap relief. Perhaps it's pie-in-the-sky stuff but wouldn't be nice to see a league where everyone is trying to compete at a high level? 2010 NBA DRAFT PICK-BY-PICK ANALYSIS: 1. - Washington Wizards - John Wall (Kentucky), Point Guard (6-3, 195) - Wall, the first ever No.1 overall pick out of Kentucky, is the one can't miss prospect in the draft. He combines rare speed with the ball, along with the size and athleticism to be an elite p |
| Wizards, T'Wolves make draft-night deal |
Fri Jun 25 01:34:54 2010 EST |
| New York, NY (Sports Network) - The Washington Wizards acquired the draft rights of forward Trevor Booker and center Hamady N'Diaye from the Minnesota Timberwolves in exchange for the rights to Lazar Hayward and Nemanja Bjelica. "We are very pleased to add Trevor Booker and Hamady N'Diaye to our roster on an exciting night for our franchise," said Wizards president Ernie Grunfeld. "Trevor is a strong rebounder and hard-nosed defender with an aggressive mentality. He is a real competitor who wil |
| Wizards choose Wall with No. 1 pick |
Thu Jun 24 20:03:58 2010 EST |
| New York, NY (Sports Network) - The Washington Wizards selected Kentucky point guard John Wall with the first overall pick in the 2010 NBA Draft. The 6-foot-4 Wall, the first Kentucky player selected No. 1 overall, completed his first collegiate campaign with 16.6 points, 4.3 rebounds and 6.5 assists per contest for the Wildcats, who fell to West Virginia in the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament. The athletic floor general joins a Washington team that was plagued by bad play on the court and o |
| Report: Bulls agree to trade Hinrich to Wizards |
Thu Jun 24 19:30:49 2010 EST |
| Chicago, IL (Sports Network) - The Chicago Bulls have reportedly agreed to trade guard Kirk Hinrich and the 17th overall pick in tonight's NBA Draft to the Washington Wizards. The deal can only be viewed as a salary purge to open up room for the crop of high-priced free agents available this offseason. Hinrich was set to make $17 million over the final two years of a $47.5 million pact agreed upon at the start of the 2006-07 season. According to the Chicago Tribune, that would put the Bulls clo |
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