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Lottery success brings new options, decisions for Wizards
Craig Stouffer
Updated: Wed, May 22, 2013
Lottery success brings new options for Wiz Leapfrogging forward to the third pick in the 2013 NBA draft is certain to reduce the volume of player evaluations required by the Wizards coaching staff and front office in the coming weeks before the big event takes place on June 27. But it won't...
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Wizards claim third pick in NBA Draft
Craig Stouffer
Updated: Tue, May 21, 2013
With last year's No. 3 overall pick Bradley Beal as their lucky charm, the Wizards jumped forward in the NBA draft lottery to claim the same selection in the 2013 NBA Draft.
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Wizards have small chance at top lottery pick
Craig Stouffer
Updated: Mon, May 20, 2013
Wizards could fall as far as eleventh pick Wizards president Ernie Grunfeld's preferred refrain when it comes to the NBA Draft goes something like this: "We can only choose the players that are available to us." Unless the Wizards make a rare jump forward when the winners of the 2013 NBA...
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Wizards guard Bradley Beal gets NBA all-rookie first team honors
Craig Stouffer
Updated: Tue, May 14, 2013
Joined on first team by Lillard and Davis Wizards rookie shooting guard Bradley Beal was named to the NBA all-rookie first team, earning 28 of a possible 29 first-place votes from NBA coaches. Beal, the third overall pick in last year's draft, tied with Pelicans forward Anthony Davis for the...
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Wizards denied all-defensive team honors despite strong season
Craig Stouffer
Updated: Mon, May 13, 2013
Allen, James lead the way; three Grizzlies recognized Wizards players were denied votes for the NBA all-defensive team despite one of the franchise's best seasons statistically in more than two and a half decades. Memphis guard Tony Allen (53 points) and Miami forward LeBron James (52...
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Thom Loverro: Constant questions surrounding Robert Griffin III and Stephen Strasburg put D.C. fans through hell
Thom Loverro
Updated: Sat, May 4, 2013
If one were to describe Washington sports hell, it might simply be called being a Washington Wizards fan. But I'm not sure that is true sports-fan hell -- to be a Wizards fan is to be indifferent at best, numb at worst. Now, if Dante were covering sports in Washington, he might say hell is...
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Thom Loverro: Jason Collins' coming out as gay is just the first step toward tolerance and acceptance in sports
Thom Loverro
Updated: Mon, Apr 29, 2013
Jason Collins didn't have much impact at the end of the bench for the Washington Wizards, but he carved out a piece of history Monday when he revealed in a Sports Illustrated story that he is gay -- the first active player in a major U.S. professional sports league to declare himself publicly....
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Jason Collins' teammates on the Wizards stand up in support of his coming out
Craig Stouffer
Updated: Mon, Apr 29, 2013
Jason Collins joked when he joined first joined the Wizards after a trade-deadline deal with the Boston Celtics about why he wore No. 98. It was to make referees work extra hard to signal to the scorers' table when he was called for fouls, a notorious staple of his 12-year NBA career. The real...
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NBA veteran Jason Collins comes out as gay
associated press
Updated: Mon, Apr 29, 2013
NEW YORK -- NBA veteran Jason Collins became the first active male player in the four major American professional sports to come out as gay. The 34-year-old center, who has played for six teams in 12 seasons, wrote a first-person account that was posted on Sports Illustrated's website Monday....