Wizards analyst Glenn Consor emailed me his thoughts on the selection of Nick Young. Here’s what he had to say: Every Draft someone slips, and with a little luck, you get the player you thought would be off the board. When Philly picked Thaddeus Young at 12 and Detroit picked Rodney Stuckey at 15, Nick [...]

7:50AM: It is the morning after the draft and I can tell you I left a very happy Wizards President Ernie Grunfeld last night–getting a player you want will do that to a basketball guy. And we can probably have more confidence in knowing that Ernie received several phone calls from teams that wanted that [...]

The Wizard selected Nick Young with the 16th overall pick of the 2007 NBA Draft. Young, a 6-6 200 pound guard, averaged 17.5 points last year for the USC Trojans. Career Highlights: Earned First Team All-Pac-10 honors his sophomore and junior seasons. Also earned All-District honors from the NABC and USBWA both years. Finished collegiate [...]

We’re done! Thanks to everyone who participated and congrats to our winners! Tonight’s Winners: Game Shorts (Road) – GoWiz07 Long Sleeve Practice T-Shirt – wiz3terps3 Game Shorts (White) – BulletsFever78 Retro Bullets Cap – aznzero Short Sleeve Practice T-Shirt – JakeTheSnake & actionmann50 2007 Draft Cap – Tules In addition, Matthew W. from Silver Spring [...]

6:00 PM: Hey gang Dave Johnson here in the Wizards draft room. It’s quiet now..only one in the row save for internet gurus Eric Hernandez and Will Fan. There is a big projection screen tuned to ESPN in front of a U shaped table and another projection screen showing the draft order for both rounds [...]