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• Wizards Sign Skal Labissiere, Waive Akoldah Gak
The Washington Wizards have signed big man Skal Labissiere to an Exhibit 10 contract, the team announced Monday. In a corresponding move, forward Akoldah Gak was waived to make room on the training camp roster. Capital City Go-Go Acquired Skal Labissiere’s Rights NBA insider Chris Haynes first reported in August that Labissiere would sign with […] The post Wizards Sign Skal Labissiere,...2025
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• Wizards Sign Skal Labissiere To Exhibit 10 Deal, Waive Akoldah Gak

The Washington Wizards signed Skal Labissiere to an Exhibit 10 contract, the team announced on Monday. Labissiere averaged 16.1 points and 7.9 rebounds for the Stockton Kings last season. The team also announced that they waived Akdolah Gak. Gak is expected to join the Capital City Go-Go....2025
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• Dunc'd On: Eastern Conference Over/Unders 2025-26

Nate and Danny examine the over/under season win totals for the Eastern Conference. Can Cleveland cruise to #1 again? How will Boston and Indiana respond to the losses of their best players? What about young midfield teams like Atlanta and Toronto? Can we make anything of the Sixers? We pick over or under for all 15 teams in the East, then make our 5 best bets for the league as a whole. Washingt...2025
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• Wizards Sign Leaky Black To Exhibit 10 Contract, Waive Jonathan Pierre

The Washington Wizards signed Leaky Black to an Exhibit 10 deal, the team reported on Thursday. Black averaged 7.9 points and 4.8 rebounds for the Capital City Go-Go last year. The Wizards also waived Jonathan Pierre, who is likely to join the Go-Go. The team now have a full 21-player preseason roster....2025
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• Wizards Sign Akoldah Gak To Camp Deal

The Washington Wizards have signed forward Akoldah Gak to an Exhibit 10 contract. Gak is expected to join the Capital City Go-Go of the G League after the preseason. In 12 games with the Go-Go last season, the 6-foot-11 Australia native averaged 4.7 points and 3.7 rebounds in 19.3 minutes per game....2025
• Wizards Waive Keshon Gilbert

The Washington Wizards waived Keshon Gilbert, the team announced on Tuesday. Gilbert, who signed for the team earlier this month, is likely to end up with the Capital City Go-Go in the G League. The team also officially announced the signing of Akoldah Gak to an Exhibit 10 deal. The 23-year-old, who played for the Mexico City Capitanes last season, averaged 4.7 points and 4.0 rebounds for the Wiza...2025
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• Bilal Coulibaly To Return First Or Second Week Of Season; Alex Sarr To Miss Start Of Camp

Washington Wizards GM Will Dawkins gave injury updates on a couple of players ahead of training camp kicking off next week. Both Bilal Coulibaly and Alex Sarr will be limited as the Wizards open the preseason, with one player out longer than the other. Coulibaly is expected to be out through the first week or two of the regular season. He's recovering from surgery to repair an injury to a ligament...2025
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• Wizards’ Bilal Coulibaly Undergoes Thumb Surgery To Repair Ligament Tear
Washington Wizards guard Bilal Coulibaly underwent surgery Friday in New York City to repair a ligament tear in his right thumb, the team announced on X. Bilal Coulibaly To Miss Start Of 2025-26 NBA Season Coulibaly is expected to miss the start of the 2025-26 regular season, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania. The 21-year-old sustained […] The post Wizards’ Bilal Coulibaly Under...2025
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• Sources: Wizards' Coulibaly has thumb surgery
Washington Wizards guard Bilal Coulibaly underwent surgery Friday to repair a ligament tear in his right thumb and is likely to miss time into the regular season, sources tell ESPN....2025
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• Malcolm Brogdon, Knicks Agree To One-Year Deal

Malcom Brogdon and the New York Knicks have agreed to a one-year deal. Brogdon spent last season with the Washington Wizards and will be entering his 10th NBA season. Brogdon is represented by Sam Permut. Brogdon has appeared in only 63 combined games over the past two seasons after winning Sixth Man of the Year in his lone season with the Boston Celtics in 2022-23. Brogdon is a career 38.8 perc...2025
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• Alex Sarr To Miss Remainder Of EuroBasket, Expected To Be Ready For NBA Season

Washington Wizards center Alex Sarr will miss the remainder of EuroBasket due to a calf injury. France ruled Sarr out of the remainder of the competition after he suffered the injury on August 30. Sarr is expected to be ready for the start of the NBA season. The injury will not require surgery for the second-year player. A starter for the Wizards, Sarr was coming off the bench for France at EuroBa...2025
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• John Wall Retires From Basketball At Age 34

John Wall has announced his retirement from basketball. Wall was the No. 1 overall pick in the 2010 NBA draft by the Washington Wizards and was a third-team All-NBA selection during the 2016-17 season. Wall was also an Eastern Conference All-Star for five straight seasons between 2014 and 2018. Wall's career was derailed by injuries beginning during the 2018-19 season where his heel surgery led to...2025
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• NBA’s 11 worst long-term team outlooks, ranked by who has the bleakest future

Photo by Tim Heitman/Getty Images Let’s rank the teams that just feel hopeless right now. Fortunes can change quickly in the NBA, and you only need to look at the two teams in the 2025 NBA Finals for proof. The Thunder ended the 2021-2022 season at 24-58 overall. The Indiana Pacers finished that season 25-57. Three years later, the two franchises played a Game 7 for the championship. That’...2025
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• Lakers Newcomer Marcus Smart: ‘We Stack Up There With The Best Of Them’

NBA veteran Marcus Smart is betting on a new beginning in Los Angeles. After two injury-plagued seasons with the Memphis Grizzlies, the former Defensive Player of the Year has signed a two-year, $11 million deal with the Lakers, who used their biannual exception to bring him aboard. Smart was traded to the Washington Wizards late […] The post Lakers Newcomer Marcus Smart: ‘We Stack Up ...2025
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• 9 best NBA rookies at Las Vegas Summer League 2025, ranked

Photo by Logan Riely/NBAE via Getty Images Let’s rank the best rookies at NBA summer league. NBA Summer League doesn’t really matter, but still one of the most fun events on the league calendar. Team personnel and diehard fans converge in Las Vegas every year to get a first-look at rookies, check-in on second-year players, and gossip about the state of the league. Along the way, journeymen...2025
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• Marcus Smart Agrees To Two-Year, $11M Deal With Lakers After Buyout With Wizards

Marcus Smart has agreed to a contract buyout with the Washington Wizards and intends to sign a two-year, $11 million deal with the Los Angeles Lakers. Smart will have a player option for the 2026-27 season to reenter free agency in 2027 when more teams have cap space. Luka Doncic personally reached out to Smart to recruit him to the Lakers. Smart made the playoffs in each of his first nine NBA sea...2025
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• NBA mock draft 2025: Instant projection after Mavs win Cooper Flagg sweepstakes

Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images The 2025 NBA draft lottery is settled. Here’s our instant mock draft. The 2025 NBA Draft lottery was always going to be one of the most meaningful of the 21st century. Teams at the bottom of the standings wrestled for position all season to increase their odds at landing the No. 1 overall pick and the rights to Duke super freshman Cooper Flagg. We now ...2025
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• Indiana Fever’s huge announcement puts pressure on other WNBA teams

Photo by Joe Buglewicz/Getty Images The Fever are the latest WNBA team to announce they are building their own state-of-the-art practice facility. The Indiana Fever announced on Thursday they will officially be building a $78 million, 108-square-foot practice facility in downtown Indianapolis. The facility — which will be ready ahead of the 2027 season — will include two courts, a weight ...2025
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• LeBron James made history yet again by breaking his own unprecedented record

Photo by Adam Pantozzi/NBAE via Getty Images LeBron James has been playing so long he basically only has his own records left to break. LeBron James breaks the NBA’s All-Time scoring record every single time he puts the ball in the basket, but that wasn’t the only history he made while leading the Lakers to a 128-123 win vs. the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday night in Los Angeles. In the v...2024
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• Boston Celtics wear all black to Game 6 against Washington Wizards
Up 3-2 and needing just one more victory to advance, the Celtics arrived for tonight's Game 6 (8 p.m., ESPN) against the Wizards in all black, a not-so-subtle hint that they intend to send their opponents on vacation....2017
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• Think You Know What the NBA's Morris Twins Are All About? Think Again
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• Why Oklahoma City Thunder Are the NBA's Most Unsolvable Puzzle
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• A Team Transformed: Inside LeBron James' First Season Back with the Cavaliers
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• Dwyane Wade's New Contract Is Perfect Scenario for Both Star SG and Miami Heat
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"The Houston Rockets are trading Cam Whitmore to the Washington Wizards for two second-round picks, sources told ESPN."

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"I wouldn’t be surprised if we see something similar on Saturday, when the Detroit Pistons host the Washington Wizards at Little Caesars Arena at 12 p."

2023
"Ted Leonsis, the owner of the Washington Wizards and Washington Capitals, is expected to unveil plans to move the two teams to a massive new development in Alexandria's Potomac Yard neighborhood, sources told ESPN."

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"While the Los Angeles Lakers ultimately ran away with the win thanks to LeBron James turning up his individual 2K sliders, that didn’t take away from what it all meant for the emerging Washington Wizards star."

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"It’s definitely a full circle moment for the Brodie, who looks to be in the best of spirits after being traded away from the Washington Wizards."

2020
"A three-team trade has unfolded involving the New York Knicks, Los Angeles Clippers and Washington Wizards, Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN reports."

2019
"The NBA has suspended Washington Wizards guard Isaiah Thomas for two games after he entered the stands in a verbal altercation with a fan on Saturday night."

2018
"Washington Wizards star point guard John Wall, who's been dealing with a persistent knee problem, will have a procedure that could sideline him for two months, a league source told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski."

2017
"Below is a running diary of the Lakers’ game against the Washington Wizards, with comments drawn from Mike Trudell’s @LakersReporter Twitter account."

2016
"After the first quarter of the Golden State Warriors' matchup with the Washington Wizards on Wednesday, reigning MVP Stephen Curry was on pace to hit the century mark all by himself."

2015
"It looked as though the Cleveland Cavaliers star was on his way to supplanting AI Friday night in a blowout victory over the Washington Wizards, as he entered that contest 31 points behind the Philadelphia 76ers legend, according to NBA TV on Twitter: LeBron dropped an impressive 28 points in 25 minutes, but he was lifted from the game early in the fourth quarter with the Cavs in complete control."

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"That's because the point guard broke down in tears after the Washington Wizards' 133-132, double-overtime win over the Boston Celtics, overcome with emotion when asked about what the game meant for him personally."

• Wizards Sign Skal Labissiere, Waive Akoldah Gak
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• Wizards Sign Skal Labissiere To Exhibit 10 Deal, Waive Akoldah Gak
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• Wizards Sign Akoldah Gak To Camp Deal
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• RealGM's NBA Roster Turnover Pages Show Complete Changes By Team

Ever wonder exactly who your team lost and gained during the offseason? RealGM's roster turnover pages break down every move in an easy-to-follow format that shows the full story of how rosters change between seasons. The pages display departing and incoming players side-by-side, complete with transaction details and exact dates. No more hunting through multiple news stories to piece together your...2025
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• Wizards' Two-Way Signing Of Sharife Cooper Fuels Ace Bailey Speculation

The Washington Wizards were the preferred landing spot for Ace Bailey, various rivals tell Marc Stein. Bailey is represented by Omar Cooper, who had an unorthodox approach to Bailey's draft process. The Wizards signed Sharife Cooper to a Two-Way contract last week. The signing adds intrigue to the theory of the Wizards for Bailey, as Sharife Cooper is the son of Omar Cooper. Cooper last played in ...2025
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• NBA 2025 Offseason Check-In: Washington Wizards

Hoops Rumors is checking in on the 2025 offseason for all 30 NBA teams, recapping the summer’s free agent signings, trades, draft picks, departures, and more. We’ll take a look at each team’s offseason moves and consider what might still be coming before the regular season begins. Today, we’re focusing on the Washington Wizards. Free […]...2025
• Isaac Bonga Could Draw NBA Interest During 2026 Offseason

Isaac Bonga could be poised for a return to the NBA after his strong performance for Germany in EuroBasket. Bonga received some level of NBA interest this offseason, but signed with Partizan Belgrade in Serbia after a real offer never materialized. Bonga could draw more serious interest during the 2026 offseason. Bonga was the 39th overall pick in the 2018 NBA draft by the Los Angeles Lakers. The...2025
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• Malcolm Brogdon Draws Interest From Warriors, Knicks, Wolves
Malcolm Brogdon has attracted interest from the Golden State Warriors, New York Knicks and Minnesota Timberwolves as teams navigate roster decisions and luxury tax considerations in the extended free agency period. The Warriors' pursuit of Brogdon remains tied to their ongoing restricted free agent stalemate with Jonathan Kuminga. Golden State's interest level will become clearer once they resolve...2025
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• Wizards, Skal Labissiere agree to training camp deal

Free agent big man Skal Labissiere has agreed to a deal with the Washington Wizards, according to NBA insider Chris Haynes. With 15 players already under guaranteed contracts, Labissiere is expected to join the team on a training camp deal. The Wizards also reached an agreement earlier Tuesday with guard Alondes Williams. Adding both players […] The post Wizards, Skal Labissiere agree to tra...2025
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• Wizards signing Alondes Williams to training camp contract

Free agent guard Alondes Williams has agreed to a deal with the Washington Wizards, according to NBA insider Chris Haynes. With 15 players already on guaranteed contracts, the move is expected to be a training camp deal. The signing brings Washington’s roster count to 19, two short of the offseason limit. Williams, 25, has appeared […] The post Wizards signing Alondes Williams to training ca...2025
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• Wizards Sign Skal Labissiere To Exhibit 10 Deal, Waive Akoldah Gak
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• Wizards Sign Leaky Black To Exhibit 10 Contract, Waive Jonathan Pierre
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• Wizards Sign Akoldah Gak To Camp Deal
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• Wizards Waive Keshon Gilbert
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• Alize Johnson, Timberwolves Agree To Camp Deal

The Minnesota Timberwolves and forward Alize Johnson have agreed to a training camp deal. Johnson will sign a non-guaranteed camp deal, and will likely play for the Iowa Wolves of the G League following the season. Johnson has played in 76 games over five seasons in the NBA. The 6-foot-7 forward has played for the Indiana Pacers, Brooklyn Nets, Chicago Bulls, New Orleans Pelicans, Washington Wizar...2025
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• Thomas Bryant, Cavaliers Agree To One-Year Deal

Thomas Bryant and the Cleveland Cavaliers have agreed to a one-year deal. Bryant gives the Cavaliers depth at center alongside Jarrett Allen, Evan Mobley and Larry Nance Jr. In 66 games last season with the Miami Heat and Indiana Pacers, Bryant averaged 6.5 points and 3.8 rebounds in 14.6 minutes. Bryant was the 42nd overall pick out of Indiana in 2017 and has had stints with the Los Angeles Laker...2025
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• Wizards' Two-Way Signing Of Sharife Cooper Fuels Ace Bailey Speculation
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• Wizards Sign Sharife Cooper To Two-Way Contract, Add Keshon Gilbert & Jonathan Pierre On Exhibit 10 Deals
The Washington Wizards signed Sharife Cooper to a two-way deal, sources told Michael Scotto of HoopsHype. Cooper last played in the NBA during the 2021-22 season. Cooper averaged 19.3 points and 8.0 assists for the G League's Cleveland Charge during the 2023-24 season. The Wizards now have filled all three two-way deals with Cooper, Tristan Vukcevic and Jamir Watkins. The Wizards also signed Kesh...2025
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• Isaac Bonga Could Draw NBA Interest During 2026 Offseason
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• Alex Sarr To Miss Remainder Of EuroBasket, Expected To Be Ready For NBA Season
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• NBA rumors on Al Horford, Jonathan Kuminga, Josh Giddey, Chris Paul

Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images Here’s the latest from the NBA free agency rumor mill. Al Horford just turned 39 years old, but he’s still effective enough to be ranked him as the best unrestricted free agent currently available on the market. The veteran big man continued to be a valuable piece for the Boston Celtics last season as a high-volume three-point shooter in the front court ...2025
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• Bojan Bogdanovic Retires From NBA After 10 Seasons

Bojan Bogdanovic has announced his retirement from the NBA after 10 seasons in the league. "Sometimes in life, you don't choose the moment. The moment chooses you," the 6-foot-7 forward wrote in a social media post. "After 14 months of battling a foot injury, two surgeries and countless efforts to get back on the court, the time has come to close a chapter." Bogdanovic spent the first 55 games of...2025
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• Ace Bailey 'Thrilled' To Play For Jazz, New Rep Confirms
Ace Bailey hasn't reported yet to the Utah Jazz, but he plans to do so before the start of Summer League training camp beginning on Monday. Bailey had reportedly preferred to be selected by the Washington Wizards at No. 6 and tried to avoid the Philadelphia 76ers, Charlotte Hornets and the Jazz ahead of them. Bailey's new representative cleared the air on his status amid speculation he may not rep...2025
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• Ace Bailey's Draft Stock Faces Questions After Workout Strategy

Ace Bailey has become a polarizing prospect among NBA executives, with questions about his preparation and feel for the game creating a wider draft range than initially anticipated for the 18-year-old out of Rutgers. Sources told ESPN that Bailey received negative feedback during interviews at the draft combine in Chicago. Teams expressed concerns about his lack of preparation and focus during the...2025
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• NBA mock draft 2025: Perfect picks for each team in the first round

Photo by David Buono/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Here’s an updated 2025 NBA mock draft projection. Evaluating the 2025 NBA Draft class has been the ultimate rollercoaster. This group entered the year looking like it could potentially be one of the strongest classes in recent memory, but much of that optimism faded by the midway point in the season. We are left with a draft class that ...2025
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• List of NBA Owners: Every Team Governor As of 2025
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• The NBA Draft lottery will never escape allegations of being rigged

Another year, another fix in. The endless debate over whether or not the NBA Draft Lottery is rigged has always been a logical vs. emotional affair — like all conspiracy theories tend to be. Logically speaking there’s no conceivable way it can rigged. Not only does that rely on an idea that everyone who oversees the lottery is somehow in on it and nobody leaked any information, but it also opens t...2025
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• NBA mock draft 2025: Instant projection after Mavs win Cooper Flagg sweepstakes
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• The NBA’s 11 best rookies this season, ranked

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images Let’s rank the best rookies in the NBA this season. The 2024 NBA Draft class will not go down in history for the top-end talent it produced, and that’s okay. Not every draft class can be full of franchise pillars: talent ebbs and flows through the years, with especially strong drafts like 2026 being balanced out by weaker years like this rookie class. J...2025
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• NBA mock draft 2025: Updated projection with 2 March Madness prospects rising, 1 falling

Photo by C. Morgan Engel/NCAA Photos via Getty Images March Madness has impacted our latest 2025 NBA mock draft. March Madness is the first time a big section of NBA fans check in on the top prospects in college basketball. This is a good year to do it: 19 of the 30 first-round picks in our last mock draft made the 2025 men’s NCAA tournament, and a bunch of them are still playing as the fi...2025
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• LeBron James Passes Allen Iverson on NBA's All-Time Scoring List
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• This Day in Kobe: The Black Mamba Drops 55 on Jordan
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• Running Diary: Lakers at Wizards (12/2/15)
Below is a running diary of the Lakers’ matchup against the Washington Wizards, with comments drawn from Mike Trudell’s @LakersReporter Twitter account to ensure you’re covered from start to finish....2015
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• Kevin Durant's Return Is Just What The NBA Needs In 2015-16
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• Wizards Star John Wall Donates $400,000 to Help Homeless Children in D.C.
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• Timberwolves' Flip Saunders Dies at Age 60
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• John Wall Gets Emotional, Dedicates Wizards' Win to 6-Year-Old Cancer Victim
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• A Team Transformed: Inside LeBron James' First Season Back with the Cavaliers
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• Washington Wizards 2024-25 fantasy basketball season recap: Alex Sarr, Bub Carrington provide hope for future
The Wizards made it clear from day one they would prioritize development, which allowed their young players to shine....2025
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• Washington Wizards 2024-25 season preview: A lottery team with a long rebuild ahead

Breaking down Washington's biggest question, best- and worst-case scenarios, and fantasy outlook....2024

• Wizards Sign Skal Labissiere, Waive Akoldah Gak
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• Alize Johnson, Timberwolves Agree To Camp Deal
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• Washington’s Bilal Coulibaly (thumb) to return in first or second week of the season
As a franchise, the Washington Wizards are trying to get over the hump. For the last seven seasons, the Wizards have been irrelevant in the East. They have just one playoff appearance in that time. Their 18-64 record in 2024-25 was the second-worst in the NBA, only to the Utah Jazz. Ahead of training camp […] The post Washington’s Bilal Coulibaly (thumb) to return in first or second w...2025
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• Bilal Coulibaly To Return First Or Second Week Of Season; Alex Sarr To Miss Start Of Camp
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• Wizards, Skal Labissiere agree to training camp deal
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• Wizards signing Alondes Williams to training camp contract
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• Clippers Sign Patrick Baldwin Jr, TyTy Washington Jr To Camp Deals

The LA Clippers have signed wing Patrick Baldwin Jr. and guard TyTy Washington Jr. to training camp contract. Both Baldwin and Washington will go to camp with LA, then will likely join the San Diego Clippers of the G League. Baldwin played for both the Clippers and Washington Wizards last season. In 23 G League games, the 6-foot-9 wing averaged 17.3 points, 6.8 rebounds and 1.4 blocks per game. Wa...2025
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• Wizards, Akoldah Gak Agree To Camp Deal
The Washington Wizards are signing Australian forward Akoldah Gak to an Exhibit 10 contract. Gak will join the Wizards on a non-guaranteed training camp deal. The 6-foot-11 forward played for Washington at Summer League. In three games, Gak averaged 4.7 points, 4.0 rebounds and 1.7 assists in 16.8 minutes per game. The 23-year-old big man also played in 12 games for the Capital City Go-Go of the G...2025
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• NBA’s 11 worst long-term team outlooks, ranked by who has the bleakest future
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• 9 best NBA rookies at Las Vegas Summer League 2025, ranked
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• Wizards' Two-Way Signing Of Sharife Cooper Fuels Ace Bailey Speculation
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• Heat Explored Terry Rozier Trades

The Miami Heat looked into trading Terry Rozier this offseason, sources told Marc Stein and Jake Fischer of The Stein Line. The team looked into a swap between Rozier and Marcus Smart with the Washington Wizards, though there was no consensus that the move was a clear upgrade. Rozier is currently under federal investigation for betting irregularities, though he has not been charged. Rozier has be...2025
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• 9 best NBA rookies at Las Vegas Summer League 2025, ranked
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• 6 NBA teams stuck in purgatory

Nick Turchiaro-Imagn Images These six NBA teams are going nowhere fast. What does it mean to be stuck in NBA purgatory? The easiest definition is a team that isn’t good enough to win a playoff series, but also won’t be bad enough to get a crack at a franchise-changing prospect at the top of the NBA Draft. In fairness, the flattened odds in the draft lottery have consistently failed to rewa...2025
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• Ace Bailey 'Thrilled' To Play For Jazz, New Rep Confirms
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• Instant NBA Draft 2025 grades for every pick, starting with Cooper Flagg to the Mavs

Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images Let’s grade every pick in the 2025 NBA Draft. The 2025 NBA Draft class has been endlessly debated over the last 12 months, with little consensus among the lottery prospects after Cooper Flagg and Dylan Harper come off the board with the first two picks. Finally, draft day is here, and the speculation about how certain players fit with certain teams will ...2025
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• NBA mock draft 2025: Perfect picks for each team in the first round
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• Wizards Predicted To Select 16.5-PPG Wildcard With No. 6 Pick in 2025 NBA Draft
The Washington Wizards are projected to draft a 16.5 PPG wildcard at No. 6 in the 2025 NBA Draft, sparking buzz over his potential and team fit....2025
• Sixers Zeroing In On VJ Edgecombe As Hornets, Wizards Also Interested

The Philadlephia 76ers are believed to be zeroing in on VJ Edgecombe with the No. 3 overall pick. Edgecombe visited the Sixers last week. "Edgecombe is said to have impressed with his work ethic, personality and interviews," writes Jake Fischer. Tyrese Maxey also flew in to meet with Edgecombe. The Sixers are bullish on how Edgecombe could help offset Maxey on the defensive end of the floor, whil...2025
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• Flagg, Harper, Bailey, Edgecombe, Fears Go 1-5 In ESPN's First Post-Lottery Mock Draft

The Dallas Mavericks won the 2025 NBA draft lottery Monday, shocking the basketball world by converting their minuscule 1.8% odds to secure the No. 1 pick. The Mavs now have the inside track to select Duke freshman Cooper Flagg, widely regarded as the consensus top player in this draft class. San Antonio jumped from their projected eighth spot to secure the No. 2 pick despite just 6.3% odds, while...2025
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