Craig Stouffer

Updated: Sat, Feb 23, 2013

The Wizards weren't afraid to make adjustments. They closed out a victory over Houston when the Rockets didn't change their own ways. After enduring a relentless stream of 3-pointers that forced them to abandon playing two big men at the same time early and often in the second half, Wizards...

Craig Stouffer

Published: Thu, Feb 21, 2013

The Wizards rediscovered their habit of beating up on playoff-bound teams after an All-Star induced malaise, running up the score on the Denver Nuggets and cancelling out their own mistakes with unselfish and clutch playmaking in a 119-113 victory. The win was the ninth in 11 games at home for...

Craig Stouffer

Updated: Thu, Feb 21, 2013

Deadline deal returns Leandro Barbosa, Jason Collins The jersey Jordan Crawford took off and threw into the stands after he saw no playing time for the fourth straight game Tuesday was the last one he wore for Washington. The Wizards parted ways with the third-year guard just before the NBA...

Craig Stouffer

Updated: Wed, Feb 20, 2013

Benched guard could be dealt at trade deadline Jordan Crawford couldn't stop smiling and laughing as he and a half-dozen of his Wizards teammates had a long-distance shooting contest at the end of Wednesday's practice. But the third-year guard, who has become the most mentioned name on the...

Craig Stouffer

Updated: Tue, Feb 19, 2013

Wall struggles badly in 1-of-12 shooting night The momentum that carried the Wizards into the All-Star break malfunctioned like the scoreboard at Verizon Center. But nothing was as broken as John Wall's jump shot. The third-year point guard matched the worst shooting night of his career,...

Craig Stouffer

Updated: Tue, Feb 19, 2013

One benefit to the Wizards' recent improvement is that there are teams far more desperate than them as the Thursday's NBA trade deadline approaches. Even though they'll be portrayed in reports as the initiator of potential interest in Atlanta Hawks forward Josh Smith, all signs point to the...