Washington Wizards star Trae Young has a message for rookie AJ Dybantsa as the No. 1 overall pick prepares to navigate the expectations surrounding his first NBA season: prioritize winning over individual success.
In their preseason finale, the Washington Wizards lost to a New Orleans Pelicans squad well-stocked with former Wizards, 107-106. The game itself was fine for preseason with the exception of No.
After years of being one of the worst teams in the NBA, the Washington Wizards are hopeful to take a big leap and be come a playoff team with their new-look roster.
The Washington Wizards have just one collective task ahead of them before bracing for next week's regular season tip-off. They're set to make the trip down to New Orleans in a visit with the Pelicans, where they'll conclude their preseason schedule in matchup no.
The excitement surrounding the 2026-27 Washington Wizards never would have brewed as highly as it has without the season that preceded it. Before they'd officially won the rights to draft headlining prospect AJ Dybantsa first-overall, or re-signed Trae Young to a long-term D.C.
Who is the X factor for every NBA player this season? We’re not talking about the go-to guy, like Nikola Jokic or Steph Curry. It could be a big-name player, an all-star, or a bench player, but they are the pivot point for their team.
The Washington Wizards want to finish preseason on a high note. The DMV hoopers have two wins and one loss in preseason, with that loss coming against the Brooklyn Nets.
As professional athletes, many NBA players are known to play through pain and injury for the sake of winning, despite how detrimental it could be in the long-term.
The race for the position of the Washington Wizards' sixth man role remains very much alive. The starting lineup, having just gotten straightened out, poses plenty of needs, leaving the combination of Bilal Coulibaly, Deandre Ayton and Tre Johnson to continue vying for the coveted first spot off of Washington's bench.
LeBron James thinks the Washington Wizards could be one of the biggest surprises in the Eastern Conference during the 2026-27 NBA season. The four-time NBA champion spoke about the Wizards’ recent dramatic transformation, especially after the additions of Trae Young and Anthony Davis, which have accelerated the franchise’s rebuilding timeline.
The NBA preseason, much like the Summer League that came before it, can only be so closely applied to the regular season it's preceding. Specific shooting
Typically, the path to the NBA for most players is to spend at least a season in college to get high-level basketball and important development under their belts.
WASHINGTON — Kyshawn George added eight pounds on lean muscle this offseason to become a more versatile defender. What he didn’t expect was how much it would help his offensive game as well.
The Washington Wizards play regular season basketball in eight days. That means just a day after the NBA tips off with a trio of marquee matchups spread
Wizards fans have been asking for a new look. The team has noticed. Washington executives told The Athletic that they’re well aware of the push for a rebrand, whether through social media, customer surveys or conversations with fans at games.
Over the past few seasons the Washington Wizards have been one of the worst teams in the NBA. Could that be set to change? The only reliable thing about the Washington Wizards in recent seasons has been their desire to embrace tanking.
Anthony Davis wasted no time in proving himself as one of the Washington Wizards' handiest new toys, having revealed semblances of his lingering greatness with glimpses of his acclaimed scoring touch, defense and creation abilities strewn into his newest squad's first two preseason outings.
The Wizards and Nets are both undefeated in preseason, but I do not think these two teams are actually on the same level. Brooklyn has looked solid, but Washington has more star power, more size and more ways to control the game.
The Wizards have signed free agent guard Alondes Williams to an Exhibit 10 contract, the team announced today (via Twitter). In a corresponding move, forward/center Skal Labissiere has been waived.
The Washington Wizards defeated the Detroit Pistons 114-108 in a preseason game that got chippy while featuring the team’s two biggest stars. The Wizards are intent on proving that they will no longer be among the worst teams in the Eastern Conference, while the Pistons want to prove their No.
Tensions flared during the third quarter of Saturday’s preseason game at Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C., between the Detroit Pistons and the Washington Wizards, with Trae Young at the center of it.
The Wizards’ wildest era had to be when Gilbert Arenas was the supreme overlord of the locker room. Between pranks and off-court shenanigans, some stories the mid-2000s Wizards are too unhinged to believe.
The Washington Wizards are entering a new era. After starting the rebuild process in 2023, the Wizards threw themselves into the deep end and lost…a lot.
Trae Young isn’t pretending to be something he’s not. The Wizards guard knows nobody has ever confused him with Gary Payton defensively. But Young believes his new surroundings in Washington may make life considerably easier on that end.
Anyone with even the most tangential interest in the NBA knows that the Washington Wizards have been one of the league's weaker teams for some time. Those with a more discerning eye might have even suspected that they were intentionally giving less than their best on the court for at least the last year or two.
Wizards big man Tristan Vukcevic has been diagnosed with a left hip impingement, the team announced today (via Twitter). According to the Wizards, Vukcevic will be a partial participant in training camp while going through the rehab process.