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Bub Carrington will make his NBA regular-season debut this week. But until seven or eight months ago, he never thought he would get this far. “I had those kinds of aspirations, I guess, but the NBA wasn’t really a dream of mine, so to speak, until I knew it was possible, if that makes sense,” Carrington said after a Washington Wizards practice. “I loved basketball. I had a … [Read more...] about

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The Wizards unsuccessfully tried to trade Patrick Baldwin Jr. or Johnny Davis in recent days to create the needed roster room to retain Jared Butler. As first reported by frequent contributor Keith Smith, Washington proved unwilling, however, to attach draft capital to such a trade and was thus forced to waive Butler on Saturday when no trade option materialized.Source: … [Read more...] about Wizards attempted to trade Johnny Davis, Patrick Baldwin

Josh Robbins: Brian Keefe said Alex Sarr’s right calf soreness is not considered serious. But, given the Wizards’ reluctance to put timelines on any return from injury, Keefe would not say whether Sarr will be available for the Wizards’ regular-season opener on Thursday. Sarr missed the Wizards’ last two preseason games. … [Read more...] about

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Bijan Todd: The Wizards have until Monday to decide whether or not to extend Corey Kispert. He commented today on how it’s “not hard” for him to remain consistent throughout this process and that “the work is already done” on his end. Says he gets daily updates from his agent. http://twitter.com/bijan_todd/status/1846295252505944514 … [Read more...] about

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