Basketball

He landed at No. 86 in ESPN’s series of the top 100 players in the league ahead of the season, and it rankled him. The Wizards are expected to be in the realm of a play-in tournament team again — depending on how Beal and Porzingis mesh. “Especially this year, I’m coming in with a chip on my shoulder because of the ESPN rank, the this, that, it’s kind of — okay,” Porzingis … [Read more...] about

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Kristaps Porzingis seemed light and breezy as he sat down for his first media day as a Washington Wizard. Ever affable, he opened by joking with a reporter about his new beard. He sounded relaxed; he looked tan. He had spent most of his summer in his native Latvia with family, training and competing with his national team in two FIBA World Cup qualifiers. Before that, there was … [Read more...] about

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Ava Wallace: Deni Avdija was a partial participant in training camp today, more of an “observant” role Wes Unseld Jr. said. He’s dealing with a nagging groin injury he played through during EuroBasket, team wants to be cautious and ramp him up. … [Read more...] about

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Ava Wallace: Biggest lesson Bradley Beal’s learned heading into Year 11? “Patience. …Every year it gets harder and harder and harder.” … [Read more...] about

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Wayne Cole: Brad Beal says the Washington Wizards job is to make Coach Wes Unseld Jr job’s hard said “it’s a lot of talent in here” in regards to line ups / playing time. … [Read more...] about

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