Pistons' win streak ends against Wizards
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) -- JaVale McGee had 22 points and eight rebounds, and John Wall dished out 14 assists as the Washington Wizards routed the Detroit Pistons 98-77 on Sunday night.
Detroit entered on a season-best four-game winning streak, but saw it end when the Wizards went on a 22-2 run that spanned the third and fourth quarters.
Nick Young added 22 points for the Wizards...
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Nick Young Ends His Michael Jordan Boycott
Nick Young is a fickle man. The Wizards guard has ended his boycott of the Michael Jordan shoe/clothing brand that started less than two months ago.
Young was upset with Jordan’s hard-line stance against the players during the lockout and declared he was boycotting Jumpman. That came to an end with the release of the Air Jordan 11s that caused a frenzy among shoppers.
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December 25, 2011
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December 25, 2011
Wizards 98, Pistons 77
JaVale McGee had 22 points and eight rebounds, and John Wall dished out 14 assists as the Washington Wizards routed the Detroit Pistons 98-77 on Sunday night.
Detroit entered on a season-best four-game winning streak, but saw it end when the Wizards went on a 22-2 run that spanned the third and fourth quarters.
Nick Young added 22 points for the Wizards. Greg Monroe had a game...
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2 hours ago
Wizards 111, Raptors 108, OT
John Wall scored 31 points, Nick Young had a season-high 29 and Trevor Booker added a season-high 19 as the Washington Wizards blew an 18-point third-quarter lead then hung on to beat the Toronto Raptors 111-108 in overtime on Monday night.
The Wizards outscored Toronto 6-3 in the overtime.
Young's two free throws with 1:06 to play gave Washington a 109-106 lead. The Raptors...
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6 days ago
Nick Young Boycotting Michael Jordan Gear Because of Labor Talks
Nick Young made a bold statement Saturday evening after NBA labor negotiations ended with little progress. The Wizards guard was so upset he tweeted that he would no longer wear Michael Jordan shoes. “I’m not wearing Jordans no more can’t believe what I just seen and heard from MJ,” he wrote. Young is upset because [...]
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November 06, 2011
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November 06, 2011
Young leads Wizards past Bobcats
Nick Young scored 20 points, and Andray Blatche had 17 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Washington Wizards to a 92-75 win over the Charlotte Bobcats on Wednesday night in Randy Wittman's first game as coach.
Wittman took over for the fired Flip Saunders on Tuesday, and guided the team without the benefit of a practice. Saunders' lead assistant has been an NBA head coach...
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18 days ago
Nick Young Has Strong Baseline Game
Nick Young of the young Washington Wizards showed a little of his athleticism on Friday night against the Denver Nuggets by breezing past the defense, going baseline, and hammering it home. It is sstill amazing the amount of young talent on the Wizards, and still awful performance.
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22 days ago
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22 days ago
Nick Young re-signs with Wizards for 1 season
Free agent Nick Young has signed a one-year contract to return to the Washington Wizards.
The shooting guard led Washington in scoring last season with a career-high 17.4 points per game, more than doubling the 8.6 he averaged in the 2009-10 season.
His NBA career average is 10.9 points since being drafted in the first round by the Wizards in 2007.
Young's new contract was...
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December 19, 2011
Nick Young Trying To Change Perceptions
Once you get a reputation in the NBA, it is very difficult to change it. Reporters and broadcasters will hammer that reputation down for their neat little stories. Coaches and general managers do not have the time to watch game tape or be around the player long enough to change perceptions. When a player with a bad reputation hits the market it stays with them -- see the story of...
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23 days ago
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23 days ago
Can these three bad teams find fixes?
When you're as bad as the Washington Wizards, New Orleans Hornets and Charlotte Bobcats, there are no easy fixes.
After all, getting this bad takes dedication.
The Wizards, Hornets and Bobcats are kind of like those silly beer T-shirts that proclaim, "This body was built 12 ounces at a time." In other words, the body exists and is being filled with stuff, but not much of it is...
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6 days ago
Is one-and-done the best option for Nick Young?
Will Nick Young sign a one-year deal and come back to Washington? Will the Wizards take advantage of their ability to give Young more years and money and tie him up long-term? Or will Young jump at the first offer sheet that comes close to what he wants?
The preseason opener is Friday and the season opener is less than two weeks away, and time is dwindling for those decisions to...
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December 14, 2011
Trade Deadline Looming for Wizards
Year 2 of the rebuild has not gone as smoothly as Wizards fans would have hoped but this IS a rebuild. Simply put, if the Wizards don’t want to alienate the already sparse fan base, the roster has to undergo a major transformation and increase the toughness and basketball IQ of this team.
The players that the Wizards could use as trade bait have severely diminished their trade...
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4 days ago
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4 days ago
Why It’s Imperative to Keep Nick Young
After the lockout, there was a lot of speculation about Nick Young and where he would land in the NBA as a free agent. Many members of the DC media were pleading for Washington to not overpay just to keep Young due to his inconsistency.
I was not one of them.
I’ve come to find that I’m in the minority of the people who believe that Young is our second greatest asset on this...
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January 11, 2012
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January 11, 2012
Dime Magazine Q&A featuring Nick Young
Check out Dime Magazine's interview with Wizards shooting guard Nick Young!
http://www.dimemag.com/2012/01/dime-qa-nick-young-speaks-on-the-haters-the-pac-12-why-it-was-hard-to-leave-usc
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18 days ago
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18 days ago
Wizards’ Nick Young readjusting to starting role
When he was coming off the bench as a sixth man, Nick Young was the Wizards’ best, and seemingly only, offensive weapon. He scored 37 of the team’s 167 points in the first two games against New Jersey and Atlanta and his jump shot had a magnetic attraction to the net.
But after being inserted back in the starting five, Young quickly caught the missed shot flu that has been plaguing...
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January 02, 2012
Juvenile atmosphere explains Wizards' agony
In this age of constant information and unparalleled hype of young people, we are often led to believe that every NBA team has something going for it.
The Washington Wizards are proof that such is not the case, and really, never has been.
But thats not what we were told. We were told that second-year point guard John Wall was going to be The Man to lead the Wizards to respectability...
Via Fox Sports Ohio
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January 12, 2012
Wizards’ Nick Young ends protest against Michael Jordan
Time, and apparently good looking sneakers, heals all wounds.
And for Wizards guard Nick Young, his protest against Michael Jordan and his apparel has come to an end, coinciding with the NBA lifting the lockout — and the recent release of a popular retro Jordan Brand shoe that have caused a sometimes violent frenzy throughout the country.
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December 23, 2011
Nick Young ignites Wizards in second half
Nick Young was off to a horrible start on Wednesday night against Oklahoma City. The Wizards swingman had missed all five of his field goal attempts, and if it weren’t for a pair of free throws, he would have finished with zero points.
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24 days ago
Wizards G Young to sign 1-year qualifying offer
Washington Wizards shooting guard Nick Young is expected to sign a one-year qualifying offer Monday,
The deal will be worth $3.7 million for Young, according to the Washington Post.
Young led the Wizards in scoring last season, averaging 17.4 points, 2.7 rebounds and 1.2 assists.
Signing the qualifying offer will enable Young to become an unrestricted free agent after the upcoming season.
Via Pro Sports Daily
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December 18, 2011
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December 18, 2011
Nick Young not feeling Michael Jordan
As a Nike athlete, Nick Young wasn’t allowed to wear any other sneaker when he suited up for the Wizards. And on game nights and practices, Young always preferred to wear Kobe Bryant’s signature shoes, fancying the light feel and the design, which he usually personalized with strange color schemes and ordered from his personal computer.
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November 07, 2011
Wall, Young power Wizards past Thunder
John Wall scored 25 points, Nick Young had 24 and Jordan Crawford added 18 to lead Washington to a 105-102 victory over Oklahoma City on Wednesday night, snapping the Thunder's seven-game winning streak and giving the Wizards just their second win of the season.
Oklahoma City lost for only the third time in 15 games getting 69 points from Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant....
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25 days ago
Take That, MJ! Wizards Player Nick Young Won’t Wear Jordans Anymore
In a tweet Sunday, Washington Wizards guard/forward Nick Young vowed to never lace up a pair of Nike Air Jordan shoes ever again after the Charlotte Bobcats owner took a hardline stance against the players during lockout negotiations. Ouch. How will Nike ever recover from this relatively meaningless dose of comeuppance? I suppose Young should [...]
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November 08, 2011
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November 08, 2011
Nick Young Does His Special Twitter Dance
Nick Young needs to learn how to chew with his mouth closed dammit!
In this video released a while back, the Washington Wizards shooting guard announced to the world that he was joining twitter (@NickSwagyPYoung), all while chomping on some cookies. Now this is one of my biggest pet peeves, but I will let it slide since Nick was announcing such important news. He goes on to give...
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September 14, 2011
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September 14, 2011
Is Nick Young’s price tag too high?
The Wizards will open the preseason with Jordan Crawford as the starting shooting guard and with Nick Young still in Los Angeles waiting for an offer that he deems fit to sign. A resolution for Young is expected to possibly come in the next couple of days, according to a source with knowledge of the situation.
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December 16, 2011
Nick Young Disappointed With Contract Situation, Aims To Take Out Frustration On League
Nick Young was forced to sign a one-year, $3.7 million qualifying offer with the Wizards.
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December 20, 2011
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December 20, 2011
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