Washington Wizards Blog

In his latest blog entry, Gilbert Arenas touches on a wide range of topics, including Penny’s return, a visit to Beyonce’s concert, the “Interview of the Century,” his rivalry with Richard Jefferson and so on…
On Penny’s Comeback: “I’m one of the happiest guys around now because my favorite player is coming back to play… That’s [...]

The Washington Wizards released today their eight-game 2007 preseason schedule in preparation for the 2007-08 NBA season. The Wizards’ 2007 preseason schedule includes a home game against Zalgiris Kaunas (Lithuania), as well as a match-up with the Dallas Mavericks at the nearby Patriot Center on the campus of George Mason University. In addition, Washington will [...]

Washington Wizards President Ernie Grunfeld announced today that the team has signed forward Dominic McGuire. Per team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed. McGuire, 6-8, was drafted 47th overall in the second round of the 2007 NBA Draft, out of Fresno State.
“We were very pleased with what we saw from Dominic during [...]

Charley Rosen, an author and long-time friend of Lakers coach Phil Jackson, just posted his thoughts on why USA Basketball has failed to meet expectations in recent years. One of the main reasons? Our apparent infatuation with statistics and the ball-centric nature of the NBA game.
“The trouble is that all of the [...]

In a post completely unrelated to anything going on in Washington, I saw news this morning that Southeast rivals Miami Heat signed veteran ({cough}really old{cough}) guard Penny Hardaway yesterday. While his signing is apparently non-guaranteed according to the Sun-Sentinel, the thought of Penny and Shaq together brought back a ton of memories of a [...]