If only for a moment, let’s break away from the madness surrounding the 100+ comment thread regarding “La Bomba” and watch this video featuring a player that will be here next season: Wizards first round pick Nick Young, who was interviewed by J. Davis the day after the draft.

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 [...]