Wizards Announce 2009 Preseason Schedule
The Washington Wizards announced their eight-game 2009 preseason schedule today, highlighted by the team’s first-ever preseason game at the Siegel Center in Richmond, VA, on the campus of Virginia Commonwealth University. Washington will host Rudy Gay, OJ Mayo and the Memphis Grizzlies in Richmond on Oct. 6 at 7:00 p.m. before returning to DC to play Dirk Nowitzki and the Dallas Mavericks on Oct. 9 at 7:00 p.m. in their lone preseason game at Verizon Center.
“We’re eager to get the 2009-10 season underway and for our fans to have the chance to get their first look at this new era of Wizards basketball during our preseason games in Richmond and Verizon Center,” said Wizards President Ernie Grunfeld. “We’ve enjoyed the first-class facilities and hospitality at the Siegel Center during our last five training camps, so we’re very excited to officially begin the preseason there this year.”
In addition, Washington will travel to play Toronto (Oct. 11), Detroit (in Grand Rapids, MI, on Oct. 13), Cleveland (Oct. 14), Atlanta (Oct. 19), Philadelphia (Oct. 20) and Chicago (Oct. 23) in preseason action. The Wizards’ 2009-10 regular season begins on Tuesday, Oct. 27, in Dallas, while the regular season home slate commences on Saturday Oct. 31 vs. New Jersey at 7:00 p.m.
Fans looking to see the Wizards in action at Verizon Center can purchase a variety of ticket plans for the 2009-10 season. For more information, fans can call the Wizards sales office at 202-661-5050 or visit WashingtonWizards.com.
Washington Wizards 2009 Preseason Schedule
Date Opponent Venue Time (ET)
October 6 Memphis Grizzlies Siegel Center (Richmond, VA) 7:00 p.m.
October 9 Dallas Mavericks Verizon Center 7:00 p.m.
October 11 at Toronto Raptors Air Canada Centre 3:00 p.m.
October 13 at Detroit Pistons Van Andel Arena (Grand Rapids, MI) 7:00 p.m.
October 14 at Cleveland Cavaliers Quicken Loans Arena 7:00 p.m.
October 19 at Atlanta Hawks Philips Arena 7:00 p.m.
October 20 at Philadelphia 76ers Wachovia Center 7:00 p.m.
October 23 at Chicago Bulls United Center 8:00 p.m.
Posted: August 11th, 2009 under Wizards.
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Comment from SportzWiz
Time August 11, 2009 at 1:20 PM
wizfusion i havent seen training camp dates yet, but the wizards might still be in richmond for camp when they play their first preseason game.
Comment from Tom Mandel
Time August 11, 2009 at 1:39 PM
Yup, Rondo is a good one — taken 3 picks after… Oleksiy Pecherov!
Leon Powe is a good one too — taken 1 pick after… Vladimir Vereemenko!
Comment from neal
Time August 11, 2009 at 6:15 PM
I trust we’re done with tall, skinny European forwards that shoot from the perimeter.
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Comment from wizards_fusion
Time August 11, 2009 at 1:10 PM
So, the Wizards officially have 2 home games in pre-season (if you consider Richmond a home game – but it is still a 2.5 hour drive from the nation’s capital).
Is it fair that only 1.5 out of 8 are at “home”? Knowing pre-season games matter little from a statistics point of view but matter a great deal when a team is coming off a disasterous 19-win season with major parts supposedly all shined up and ready to go, how can this schedule be fair?
Anyways, Leon Powe is now a Cavalier. It has been confirmed but just not nationally reported by ESPN yet.
And in regards to fearing Boston – there is only one person you need to cut off for them to fail and that player is Rajon Rondo. Rondo makes them tick now and he’s the key. When Rondo gets like 9 turnovers in three quarters of play, the Celtics don’t win unless Ray Allen makes 14 threes.