Tag: Washington Wizards
Coach (Scott) Brooks says Danuel House has a fracture in his right wrist. No surgery expected. I’ve been told at least six weeks Source: Chris Miller of CSNMA on Twitter
Boogie (DeMarcus) Cousins spoke briefly pre-game. Topic of playing with John Wall came up. Boogie brought it up. Source: Locked on Wizards on Twitter
Washington Wizards guard Bradley Beal was fined $15,000 by the NBA on Sunday for grabbing Orlando Magic swingman Evan Fournier’s throat. A foul by Orlando’s D.J. Augustin on a Beal dunk attempt with 7:40 left in the Wizards’ 94-91 road victory Friday night led to an altercation between both teams’ players. Source: ESPN
Salary cap guru Eric Pincus provides the latest information on the upcoming NBA trade season.
“The good teams hold each other accountable and we want to be a good team. Sensitive teams are not the good teams in this league,” (Wizards coach Scott) Brooks said. “You have to have individual pride and you have to have team pride where you can talk to the guys. The game is moving all […]
Salary cap guru Eric Pincus breaks down the current financial situation for each NBA team.
(Coach Scott) Brooks, in his first season in Washington, chalked up Wednesday’s loss in one word: Effort. Randy Wittman, who was fired at the end of a 41-41 season in 2015-16, mentioned it often. “The only way you win in this league is by giving maximum effort every time down the court, both ends of […]
After (Marcin) Gortat proclaimed the team’s reserves “one of the worst benches in the league right now” following Washington’s seventh loss in nine games Saturday against Chicago, (Wizards coach Scott) Brooks and Gortat stood together in front of the team before practice Monday. Gortat apologized, and Brooks preached unity to a team that can’t afford […]
Jason Smith’s road to the NBA almost makes it feel like anybody could make it. He went from “just another kid” to a star really quickly.
While (Marcin) Gortat lavished praise on the rookies ((Tomas) Satoransky’s basketball IQ and (Sheldon) McClellan’s fearless defense), he assessed the overall bench with blunt honesty. “What can we do? Well, we’ve got to play better. We’ve got to compete,” Gortat said. “We need energy. We need effort. We’ve got to make shots. I think there’s […]
