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UCLA swingman Shabazz Muhammad out to change perceptions before NBA draft

The Washington Post: Wizards Insider (Michael Lee) — This time last year, Shabazz Muhammad probably thought one year at UCLA would give him the chance to showcase his scoring ability and mature game, building upon his hype as the prohibitive...

13 hr 18 min ago

Spurs-Grizzlies Western Conference finals preview

The Washington Post: Wizards Insider (Michael Lee) — No. 2 San Antonio Spurs vs. No. 5 Memphis Grizzlies Why the Spurs Will Win in Seven: In order for the Spurs to return to the NBA Finals for the first time since 2007, they will have to contain the...

2 days ago
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Indiana’s Victor Oladipo: “I’m just abnormal”

The Washington Post: Wizards Insider (Michael Lee) — By the time Indiana junior and former DeMatha standout Victor Oladipo arrived at the Harrison Street Athletics Facility for the NBA draft combine, scouts and talent evaluators had known so much...

2 days ago
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Alex Len: ‘Ten years from now, I’ll be the best player out of this draft’

The Washington Post: Wizards Insider (Michael Lee) — Maryland sophomore big man Alex Len arrived at the NBA draft combine on crutches, unable to participate in any drills and limited to being a spectator after having surgery to stabilize a partial...

3 days ago
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Bradley Beal to represent Wizards at NBA draft lottery

The Washington Post: Wizards Insider (Matt Bonesteel) — Bradley Beal doesn’t consider himself to be very superstitious, but the Wizards are hoping that he can be a good luck charm next week. One day after it was announced that he was named to the...

4 days ago
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Wizards’ Bradley Beal named to NBA all-rookie team

The Washington Post: Wizards Insider (Michael Lee) — Bradley Beal carried himself with such maturity and poise throughout his rookie season that it was easy for his Washington Wizards teammates and coaches to forget that he’s just 19. His career...

6 days ago
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Former Wizards coach Eddie Jordan done seeking head position in NBA

The Washington Post: Wizards Insider (Michael Lee) — Eddie Jordan hasn’t been an NBA head coach since he was fired in 2010 after one failed season in Philadelphia. Three years later, Jordan is now a college head coach at Rutgers and hopes to help...

6 days ago
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Wizards’ Jan Vesely seeks to regain confidence this summer

The Washington Post: Wizards Insider (Michael Lee) — The red, spinning, blaring firetruck sirens of concern about Jan Vesely should’ve been set off in Charlotte in early November, when he willingly allowed Jordan Crawford to attempt free...

7 days ago
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Golden State’s ‘could’ve-been-Wizards’ making noise

The Washington Post: Wizards Insider (Michael Lee) — The Wizards have their back court of the future set with John Wall and Bradley Beal, but the back court that they could’ve had is already making noise in the present. Stephen Curry and Klay...

11 days ago
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Wizards’ Jason Collins riding the wave, not writing a book – yet

The Washington Post: Wizards Insider (Michael Lee) — Jason Collins continues to ride the wave of positive momentum since he came out as the first active openly gay athlete in one of the four major professional sports. Already this week, Collins has...

13 days ago
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Minnesota hires former Wizards coach Flip Saunders as president of basketball operations

The Washington Post: Wizards Insider (Michael Lee) — Former Wizards coach Flip Saunders has made his way back into the NBA, back in Minnesota, the place that has called home for most of the past 40 years. After weeks of speculation, the Timberwolves...

17 days ago
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Former Wizard Jordan Crawford exchanges words with Carmelo Anthony

The Washington Post: Wizards Insider (Michael Lee) — Jordan Crawford didn’t have to play in the Boston Celtics’ 92-86 win over the New York Knicks to dominate the tabloid back pages and Internet discussions the morning after his team forced a Game...

18 days ago
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Wizards’ Bradley Beal finishes third in Rookie of the Year voting

The Washington Post: Wizards Insider (Michael Lee) — Little more than a year ago, Bradley Beal was contemplating whether he should leave for the NBA or stay at Florida and take a shot at winning a national title. He counseled with his family and...

19 days ago
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Wizards’ Jason Collins discusses No. 98

The Washington Post: Wizards Insider (Michael Lee) — Every time he put on his No. 98 jersey this season in both Boston and Washington, Jason Collins knew he was making a silent but powerful statement to himself, his family and friends. But he also...

19 days ago
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Wizards never planned to bring back Jason Collins

The Washington Post: Wizards Insider (Michael Lee) — Jason Collins informed Wizards President Ernie Grunfeld and Coach Randy Wittman of his plans to go public with his homosexuality before his first-person cover story was published Monday on Sports...

20 days ago
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Jason Collins called teammate Emeka Okafor before article was published

The Washington Post: Wizards Insider (Michael Lee) — Michael Lee has been talking with some of Jason Collins’s teammates on the Wizards, and with head coach Randy Wittman, who said he spoke with Collins on the phone Monday morning. They ...

21 days ago
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Wizards backup Jason Collins: “I’m gay”

The Washington Post: Wizards Insider (Michael Lee) — Wizards backup center Jason Collins became the first active professional basketball player to announce that he is gay in Sports Illustrated this week. In a first person cover story written with...

21 days ago
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Report: Flip Saunders to run basketball operations in Minnesota

The Washington Post: Wizards Insider (Michael Lee) — Former Wizards coach and current ESPN NBA analyst Flip Saunders appears set to find a new home in his old neighborhood. NBA.com is reporting that Saunders is in negotiations to replace David Kahn...

24 days ago
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Wizards’ John Wall came back twice in his third season

The Washington Post: Wizards Insider (Michael Lee) — The debate over whether or not John Wall deserves a maximum contract hijacked the final weeks of his third season and overshadowed the more compelling aspect of his campaign: Wall made two...

25 days ago
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Wizards’ Ernie Grunfeld: “Our goal for next year is to…to put a team out there that can make the playoffs”

The Washington Post: Wizards Insider (Michael Lee) — Ernie Grunfeld had to wait until the 34rd game of the season to finally get the team that he envisioned last offseason on the floor together. John Wall made his season debut on Jan. 12 and led the...

27 days ago
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