Found December 12, 2011 on
NBC Washington:
PLAYERS:
Andray Blatche,
JaVale McGee,
John Wall,
Nick Young,
Ronny Turiaf,
Roger Mason
TEAMS: Washington Wizards, New York Knicks
TEAMS: Washington Wizards, New York Knicks
The Wizards are four days into training camp and four days away from their first preseason game. Let's take a look at what's been going on with the team so far.
The Wizards have adopted the Caps’ hard hat reward system.
A few years back, the Caps started awarding a red hard hat to whichever player worked the hardest. That player could then decide whether to keep the hat or award it to someone else.
It looks like the Wizards might be trying out some positive reinforcement this year and have borrowed the act of awarding symbolic head wear. Andray Blatche won the honors Monday and passed it on to JaVale McGee. John Wall has also been handed the white hard hat, but he decided to keep the hat for himself. So much for being the king of assists.
Nick Young has yet to report to camp.
Nick is a restricted free agent who, at the time of this post, has not made a deal with the Wizards. The team has extended him a $3.7 million qualifying offer that allows them to match any ...
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