Washington’s New Players Making An Impact

Since trading away Kirk Hinrich and Hilton Armstrong near the end of February, the Wizards have had an opportunity to see how Maurice Evans, Jordan Crawford and their newest signee, Mustafa Shakur, can work into the organization. Those players did not get in on DunkFest 2011 – there were 13 dunks in Saturday night’s contest – but they all got on the court and tried to make an impact. Before the game, Nick Young was questionable to play, but had faith in the new players if he could not make it out. “Mustafa is a great point guard, a PAC-10 guy.” Nick Young said. “Jordan, you know, a scorer that can really score the ball. Mo is just being Mo, a defensive threat doing all the little things, being like a Ron Artest. We need somebody like that.” This is Shakur’s third stint with the Wizards. He was signed to his first 10-day contract of the season on January 22 and came out with 14 points, nine assists and 11 assists in 38 minutes of play over his first three games. He filled in well as ...