Washington Wizards
Washington Wizards Articles
Washington Wizards Stats and Payroll
Washington Wizards Schedule and Results
Back to Team Pages
-
Washington Wizards: 5 Best Moments In 2012-13 -
Washington Wizards: Grading Each Part of John Wall’s Game -
NBA: Jason Collins Becomes First Openly Gay Active Player In Major Sports -
Washington Wizards: Ranking Best Players By Position In Team History
-
NBA: Ranking the 10 Worst Shooting Guards in the NBA -
Washington Wizards: Why 2013-14 Will Mark a Return to the Playoffs -
NBA: One Player Each Team Can’t Do Without -
Washington Wizards: Where Does John Wall Rank Among League’s Best PGs? -
Washington Wizards: The Surprising Value Of John Wall
-
Washington Wizards: John Wall’s Breakout Game and Huge Month of March
Washington Wizards: 5 Best Moments In 2012-13
When a team finishes 29-53, places 12th in the Eastern Conference, and misses the playoffs for a fifth straight season, it may seem strange to talk about things that went right–but this is what I will set out to do here in the case of the Washington Wizards. The purpose of looking back on this season gone wrong is to find a silver lining to show that success might be just around the corner. There were certainly some bright spots for the Wizards this year and promising signs heading into next season. With that said, here are my top five...
read moreWashington Wizards: Grading Each Part of John Wall’s Game
John Wall is a recognizable name in the NBA despite playing for the Washington Wizards, who have not been to the playoffs in his three seasons as a pro. The next step for Wall is to turn his team into a contender, while also demonstrating to the Wizards that he is deserving of a maximum contract extension when his current deal expires after 2013-14. Here is a look at Wall’s game heading into what will be an important year for himself and the franchise. Overview Position: point guard Height: 6’4″ Weight: 195 lbs Experience:...
read moreNBA: Jason Collins Becomes First Openly Gay Active Player In Major Sports
Jason Collins, center for the NBA’s Washington Wizards, has become the first openly gay active player in the four major men’s North American sports. It’s a terrific day for equal rights, but the work has only just begun and has been in motion for decades. We must celebrate Collins, but understand (and hope) that this is just the first of many. Collins has had a long basketball career, playing four years at Stanford University before being drafted No. 18 overall in the 2001 NBA Draft by the Houston Rockets. He was...
read moreWashington Wizards: Ranking Best Players By Position In Team History
The Washington Wizards have gone through many changes during their history, starting out as the Chicago Packers in the 1961-62 season. Then in the 1962-63 season, the Packers became the Chicago Zephyrs before moving to Baltimore, where they became the Baltimore Bullets in 1963, there was a slight relocation to Landover, Md., in 1973-74 and the name was changed to the Capital Bullets. The Bullets changed their name to the Washington Bullets for the 1974-75 season and the Washington franchise remained the Bullets until the 1997-98 season when...
read moreNBA: Ranking the 10 Worst Shooting Guards in the NBA
Today teams in the NBA are constructed carefully and tactfully. Ranking the best shooting guards in the league is no easy task. Some of these players are not full-time starters and are filling in due to injuries. Other teams have great point guards and do not need a backcourt partner next to them that is better than average. Without further ado, these are the 1o worst starting shooting guards in the NBA today. 10. Rodney Stuckey, Detroit Pistons On Wednesday, April 10, the Pistons were without Jose Calderon. They made do and actually won the...
read moreWashington Wizards: Why 2013-14 Will Mark a Return to the Playoffs
The Washington Wizards have been playing solid basketball since the return of John Wall. It was not long ago that Jordan Crawford was given the responsibility of running the Wizards’ offense in Wall’s absence and was subsequently running it into the ground. However, for Wizards fans those painful memories feel distant and are quickly being forgotten. When you have a budding star like John Wall running your team it is easy to forget such memories and look to the ever-brightening future. In fact, fans of teams such as the Charlotte...
read moreNBA: One Player Each Team Can’t Do Without
The phrase “franchise player” gets thrown around a lot. Teams usually have a player that encapsulates what the franchise is about. They help sell tickets, bring in new fans and most importantly — win games. Let’s look at one player each team in the NBA couldn’t manage without. Atlanta Hawks: Al Horford Al Horford is a very underrated player. A very skilled big man, Horford doesn’t get the attention of frontcourt mate Josh Smith — perhaps due to J-Smoove’s dunks — but he is definitely more of an elite performer....
read moreWashington Wizards: Where Does John Wall Rank Among League’s Best PGs?
With John Wall in the lineup, the Washington Wizards have been a pretty good team and had he not missed so much time at the beginning of the year, there’s a good chance they’d be a playoff team right now. In any event, Wall is having the best season of his young career and has silenced many of the doubters who were starting to view him as a bust. The excellent play of Wall this season begs the question of where he ranks among the top point guards in the league. Based on how he’s played recently, he just might be one of the...
read moreWashington Wizards: The Surprising Value Of John Wall
Here’s a question I’m pretty sure no one thought would be considered at any point this season: Is John Wall the most valuable player in the NBA? Now, some of you probably think I’m crazy, but hold your horses. I didn’t say Most Valuable Player–that would be LeBron James this year–and no sane person is going to deny that. I’m not going to give MVP honors to someone who missed more than 30 games and neither would anyone else. Rather, I said most valuable player, as in the individual player who is most...
read moreWashington Wizards: John Wall’s Breakout Game and Huge Month of March
When John Wall entered the 2010 NBA Draft, he had displayed a rare combination of size, elite athleticism and skills that made him the unquestioned No. 1 overall pick. As a freshman at Kentucky, Wall became must-see television with an endless supply of fast breaks, thunderous slams and highlight-reel passes. The Washington Wizards were ecstatic to bring in what appeared to be a sure-fire superstar to a team in desperate need of a franchise player. Through his first two seasons, Wall had shown flashes of the player he had been at Kentucky, but...
read more
