Cartier Martin not letting up until final roster is announced, Kirk Hinrich and John Wall sit out of practice

After the Wizards cut Adam Morrison and Sean Marks on Thursday, Saunders let it be known that he doesn't want Cartier Martin, Lester Hudson or Hamady Ndiaye to get comfortable after the team reduced to the roster to 15 players. After a 1½-hour practice on Friday, Martin said he wasn't going to let up now that his chances of sticking around improved. "I've got to be very aggressive and defend, rebound, do the little things that enable me to make the team," Martin said. "I'm working on trying to step my game up and try to be as hard a competitor as I can, to help other guys get better as well." Martin admitted that until he hears the official word that it is impossible not to worry about his future. "It's tough when you're trying to make a team to block out all those things, because you're trying to