Craig Stouffer

Published: Wed, May 1, 2013

After it looked for a time like Bradley Beal might just threaten Portland Trail Blazers point guard Damian Lillard for 2013 NBA rookie of the year, the Wizards shooting guard ultimately finished third after the latter portion of his season was racked by injuries. Lillard, meanwhile, was a...

Craig Stouffer

Published: Fri, Apr 5, 2013

Bradley Beal wasn’t going to let some discomfort in his ankles keep him off the court. But that determination to play through the pain probably helped to end his rookie season prematurely. Two days after the Wizards announced that he would miss the remainder of the season, Beal played blamed...

Craig Stouffer

Published: Mon, Mar 18, 2013

Bradley Beal looked like himself again in his first minutes back on the court in a 127-105 victory over Phoenix on Saturday following six missed games with a sprained left ankle. While it was curious that he was listed as day-to-day by the Wizards for an injury that kept him out for two weeks,...

Craig Stouffer

Published: Thu, Feb 28, 2013

There’ll be no more teasing with the standings after the Wizards lost, 96-95, to the Detroit Pistons. I’ll get to that in a sec, but first: *The John Wall crisis is real. Whatever the reason – the emergence of Bradley Beal, the upcoming contract extension negotiation (or lack thereof),...

Craig Stouffer

Published: Tue, Feb 26, 2013

With their 90-84 win at Air Canada Centre on Monday, the Wizards sort of vindicated the notion that who they are now is a team that’s better on the road than their record (5-22) would indicate. I say “sort of” because that was the epitome of ugly. But it was also a game in which the...

Craig Stouffer

Published: Sun, Feb 24, 2013

*Whatever the trade deadline and All-Star break did to disrupt the flow of the resurgent Wizards, they’re back. The idea of home wins over legitimate Western Conference teams Denver and Houston on back-to-back nights appeared daunting after the Wizards looked lethargic in their loss to...

Craig Stouffer

Published: Fri, Feb 22, 2013

I’m going to start one more post with Jordan Crawford even though he’s gone because there are some things about his departure that are applicable to the rest of the Wizards roster. If nothing else, he’s not the Washington player who has bounced in and out of coach Randy Wittman’s...

Craig Stouffer

Updated: Fri, Feb 22, 2013

With the Jordan Crawford situation taken care of, the Wizards can turn their attention back to the court, where Bradley Beal and Cartier Martin both aren’t expected to miss any time following a yucky face-to-face collision during Thursday’s practice. Beal had to head straight to the...

Craig Stouffer

Published: Fri, Feb 22, 2013

I caught up with Wizards coach Randy Wittman prior to shootaround this morning ahead of facing the Denver Nuggets tonight. Here’s what he had to say about trading away Jordan Crawford: “It’s just a situation, with John [Wall] coming back, the development of Bradley [Beal], the emergence...

Craig Stouffer

Published: Wed, Feb 20, 2013

That was some glorious return from the All-Star break for the Wizards, now wasn’t it? From the scoreboard that didn’t work, including the time and shot clock normally kept above the backboards, to Wale getting in a feud with the Toronto Raptors broadcasters, who called him a local rapper and...