Fans of the Washington Wizards have spent two months wondering when Trae Young would take the court for his newest team. The announcement that his Atlanta
They're four months into their season, yet the Washington Wizards are still far from done from giving NBA up-and-comers the platform to get their games off against league-ready competition.
Although Trae Young stole a majority of the spotlight in his Washington Wizards debut, arguably the most impressive performance of the night belonged to rookie big man Julian Reese.
The Wizards rode homecourt advantage and contributions from up and down the lineup to grind out one of their most important losses of the season. It was Washington’s seventh straight defeat — exactly the kind of performance the franchise needed at this juncture of the season.
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Ace Bailey scored a career-high 32 points and recorded two steals to help the Utah Jazz end a seven-game losing streak with a 122-112 win over the Washington Wizards on Thursday night.
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Head coach Brian Keefe is excited about Trae Young’s debut with the Washington Wizards in Thursday’s game against the Utah Jazz. Keefe discussed what stands out most about Young’s game ahead of the guard’s Wizards debut, he said, per Locked on Wizards’ Ben Strober.
There is at least some progress for Anthony Davis. The Washington Wizards big man, sidelined since Jan. 8 with ligament damage in his left hand, has been cleared to begin limited individual on-court activities, the team announced.
Wizards big man Anthony Davis, out since January 8 due to ligament damage in his left hand, was reevaluated on Wednesday in Los Angeles and continues to make progress in his recovery, the team announced in a press release (Twitter link).
Forward/center Anthony Davis, yet to play for the Washington Wizards since a Feb. 5 trade, has been cleared to begin limited individual on-court basketball activities, the team announced Thursday.
Kyshawn George suffered a partial tear of the UCL in his left elbow and will be reevaluated in three weeks, the Wizards announced (via Twitter). The team states that it plans to treat the injury “conservatively,” so there’s no guarantee that George will return before the season ends on April 12.