After spending last season with the Wizards, free agent guard Sharife Cooper has rejoined the Liaoning Flying Leopards of the Chinese Basketball Association, as Dario Skerletic of Sportando relays.
Despite the Washington Wizards' generally-active offseason, they've somehow refrained from making technical offseason signing in over two months. They inked Trae Young to a four-year deal worth $212 million, but everything they've done since the NBA Draft that quickly followed has been limited to trade work.
Just about anywhere marketing campaigns advertising the Washington Wizards' exciting 2026-27 initiative can be spotted, the same faces continually headlining the exciting roster to come are regularly-present.
On September 29, 1988, Kevin Durant was born in Washington, D.C. Ever since he was drafted by the Seattle SuperSonics in the 2007 NBA Draft, Durant has been connected to a homecoming with his hometown Washington Wizards, but to this point, he has not yet played for his hometown squad.
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.
There was once a time, not too long ago, when Bilal Coulibaly was at the epicenter of the Washington Wizards' future-oriented rebuild. He possesses much more in-house value than outside evaluators may assume, with much of his still-building legacy still tied to his importance to getting the teardown started.
Hall of Famer Michael Jordan is widely regarded as the greatest player of all time, but he wasn’t necessarily the greatest teammate. Former NBA player Brendan Haywood played alongside Jordan on the Washington Wizards from 2001 to 2003, and he spoke on the Straight Game Podcast about just how demanding he was.
The Washington Wizards acquired guard Tre Mann from the Charlotte Hornets as part of a five-team trade. The Wizards also received a 2027 second-round pick from the Los Angeles Clippers as part of the deal on Thursday.
In mid-August, we’re still a little far away from nailing down precisely how the Wizards will set up their rotation. The question remains as to how the Wizards will fill their final roster spot, whether with DeMar DeRozan, Anthony Gill, or somebody else.
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.
The Washington Wizards reinforced several elements of their team-building and business philosophies to the outside masses this week, opportunistically hopping into Peyton Watson's sign-and-trade to the Cleveland Cavaliers in continuing to tweak their margins.
The last few weeks of the Washington Wizards' offseason have centered around the squad's choices in rounding out its roster, and a few noteworthy names have captured the fan base's attention as intriguing deep-cut bets.
Julian Reese is finding himself as collateral damage this week. The Washington Wizards power forward Reese was traded away by the team on Wednesday. Reese was sent to the Denver Nuggets as part of a multi-team sign-and-trade deal headlined by Peyton Watson going to the Cleveland Cavaliers (read the full details here).
Brighter days are ahead for the Washington Wizards, as the rebuild is finally coming to an end. After an eventful offseason, this organization has set a clear tone that they are ready to compete.
While it hasn’t translated fully into success on the court, it is clear the Washington Wizards no longer view themselves as just a rebuilding roster that
Before the season’s even tipped off, Anthony Davis and the Wizards have already agreed to hold off on extension talks until roughly 20 games into 2026-27.
Heading into his first full season with the Washington Wizards, Trae Young looks to change the narrative. Young recently signed a four-year, $212.8 million maximum contract extension with the Wizards this summer.
When historians look back at the chaotic, high-octane, and deeply polarizing career of Russell Westbrook, they will naturally gravitate toward Oklahoma City.
AJ Dybantsa had an interesting run-in with a fan with his NBA debut right on the horizon. The Washington Wizards draftee recently posed for a picture with a fan in a Boise State T-shirt.
The Wizards and free agent guard Alondes Williams have agreed to terms on a deal, agent Daniel Hazan tells NBA insider Chris Haynes (Twitter link). Haynes
Former Washington Wizards player Xavier Cooks is resuming his NBL duties after serving the suspension, but not without a public apology. The Australian native tested positive for Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in June, served a one-month suspension, which ended on July 4.
Second-year forward Jamir Watkins could miss the 2026-27 season for the Washington Wizards after undergoing surgery to reconstruct his torn left ACL. The Wizards said Watkins underwent surgery on Thursday at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York.