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.
The most recent episode of the Thinking Basketball podcast, hosted by Ben Taylor and Cody Houdek, featured a fascinating thought exercise: what would a draft lottery look like if we put the past three drafts into a single prospect pool?
Even if it's just the preseason, each passing Washington Wizards outing provides clearer glimpses into the squad's intentions regarding the situation ahead.
The Washington Wizards won their second preseason game in a row, taking down the Detroit Pistons in overtime. If they win another, it will be the first winning streak they have had in what feels like decades.
The Washington Wizards’ clash with the Detroit Pistons on Saturday was arguably one of the greatest preseason contests in franchise history. The Wizards’ 114-108 overtime win at Capital One Arena had everything fans could have asked for.
The regular season is important, but NBA legends are made in the playoffs. More specifically, it's the Finals where the all-time greats have built their otherworldly reputations.
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.
Brian Keefe has made it official: Alex Sarr is cleared to play in preseason. He returns to the roster against the Detroit Pistons, a team with a top-tier center in Jalen Duren.
The Washington Wizards are less than two weeks away from kicking off their 2026-27 regular season. The Wizards recently turned in an impressive performance against the New York Knicks in preseason, with Trae Young torching his former rival with an impressive showing alongside Anthony Davis and rookie AJ Dybantsa.
The Washington Wizards opened up preseason with a big win over the New York Knicks. The team expected some growing pains, and they got them, but overall there were plenty of positives to take away from the game.
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.
AJ Dybantsa may be more of a two-way player than he let on during his lone year at BYU. The Washington Wizards rookie put on a strong defensive showing in his first NBA preseason action Thursday against the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden in Manhattan, N.Y.
ESPN’s Kendrick Perkins has higher expectations for the Washington Wizards entering the 2026-27 season than most NBA analysts. The return of four-time All-Star Trae Young is a big part of his prediction, as is a healthy Anthony Davis, alongside top prospect AJ Dybantsa.
Few 2026 NBA Draft prospects came close to matching AJ Dybantsa's all-around upside, and that was some strange marginal statistics lining his excellent-as-advertised scoring package.
WASHINGTON — Less than 14 hours after a 111-109 win over the New York Knicks to open preseason play, the Wizards returned to CareFirst Arena for an early practice.
Exciting preseason performances and the overreactions that players' respective returns to televised basketball are going to breed is a relationship that's
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’ 2026 first-overall pick, AJ Dybantsa, got off to a promising start in his NBA career as the team defeated the New York Knicks, 111-109, in their preseason opener.
On Thursday night, fans got their first opportunity to take a closer look at Anthony Davis in a Washington Wizards uniform, as he suited up for the team for the first time in an official capacity in a preseason contest against the New York Knicks.
The Washington Wizards defeated the New York Knicks, 111-109 on Thursday night at Madison Square Garden. The win gives Washington a 1-0 record in the preseason.
The Washington Wizards open preseason with a big-time win over the New York Knicks. This game was a true test of what this team is all about. They went out and showed what they were made of, taking down the defending champs 111-109 in Madison Square Garden.
Anthony Davis wants to be paid like a maximum-contract player on his next deal. The Wizards don’t appear inclined to do it. Washington is unlikely to offer Davis a contract at or near the max, according to David Aldridge and Josh Robbins of The Athletic.
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.
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.