Wizards

The NBA’s extension deadline for fourth-year players came and passed on Halloween, ending without a new deal for many—including Otto Porter. But that doesn’t mean the Washington Wizards don’t want to keep him. They’ve made it clear that they do. As general manager Ernie Grunfeld said, per CSN Mid-Atlantic’s J. Michael: “We had conversations but [...]

Don’t worry about John Wall and Bradley Beal, Washington Wizards fans. They’re perfectly fine, according to Mr. Wall. From SI.com’s Andrew Sharp: Then we hit the other controversies from this summer. We talked about his relationship with Bradley Beal. “Not everybody’s going to have a perfect relationship with every great player on their team,” he [...]

Who needs Kevin Durant when you can pursue…Ryan Anderson? With the Washington Wizards firmly out of the Durant free-agent sweepstakes, CSN Mid Atlantic’s J. Michael says they have turned their attentions to more realistic targets, including the New Orleans Pelicans’ Ryan Anderson: Now that Kevin Durant has dropped from the wish list for the Wizards [...]

Back in May, the Washington Wizards announced that All-Star point guard John Wall underwent a pair of procedures on both his left and right knees. It was weird and unsettling. But, fortunately for Wizards fans, they needn’t worry anymore. Well, they needn’t worry as much. Owner Ted Leonsis says that Washington’s floor general will be [...]

Is Bradley Beal a max-contract player in today’s NBA? Bradley Beal sure thinks so. As he told the Washington Post‘s Jorge Castillo: “I want to be valued the right way,” Beal, 22, said from Japan, where he visited as part of a promotional tour for the NBA and attended a playoff viewing party with fans. [...]

It wasn’t long ago that Scott Brooks was being criticized for his uninventive offensive sets with the Oklahoma City Thunder. Now he’s wrapped up a brief, yet poignant tenure as one of the NBA’s top head coaching candidates. Taking one year off sure changes a lot, doesn’t it? In Brooks’ case, absolutely. He was always [...]

News came down Thursday afternoon that the Washington Wizards have officially hired their top candidate to fill their head coaching vacancy, Scott Brooks. [tweet https://twitter.com/WojVerticalNBA/status/723266137807552513] Brooks signed a five-year, $35 million contract with the Wizards. Scott Brooks was 338-207 in 7 seasons coaching the Oklahoma City Thunder, including three trips to the western conference finals [...]

Kenny Atkinson is in Brooklyn. Tom Thibodeau is in Minnesota. Scott Brooks is in Washington…if he wants to be. With other teams scooping up available coaching candidates like crazy, the Wizards have apparently offered Brooks their head coaching gig, according to The Vertical’s Adrian Wojnarowski: Washington Wizards general manager Ernie Grunfeld met with Scott Brooks [...]

Heads will roll once the Washington Wizards officially wrap up a disastrous 2015-16 season. And it looks like head coach Randy Wittman will be the first form of collateral damage. Brian Windhorst of ESPN.com made an appearance on ESPN 980’s The Tony Kornheiser Show (h/t CBS Sports’ James Herbert), during which he painted Wittman’s exit [...]

It has finally happened: There is movement within the top-most part of our NBA power rankings. The Golden State Warriors and San Antonio Spurs still sit where they sit, and the Toronto Raptors refuse to relinquish fifth place. But chaos has been restored just about everywhere else, in large part because the Atlanta Hawks, Charlotte [...]