For the second consecutive year, the Washington Wizards will send a franchise-record-tying three players to the 2026 NBA Rising Stars Game, the NBA announced Monday.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — It’s one thing for the Washington Wizards‘ young building blocks to have a good game, and it’s another to do so the same day Monumental Basketball President Michael Winger announced that the front office will evaluate which players it will keep over the next six to 18 months as the team progresses in its rebuild.
Peyton Watson scored a career-high 35 points to go along with eight rebounds, fueling the visiting Denver Nuggets to a 107-97 victory over the Washington Wizards on Thursday.
Most NBA players, no matter how successful, are out of the league before the end of their 30s, or even their 20s. That leaves a lot of life left to live, and a good handful of players have made the most of their professional lives after leaving the court.
The Washington Wizards are still a long ways away from fielding a competitive nightly operation, but no one can take away the fact they have pieces of a potential NBA fixture.
The first half of the 2025-26 season is history, and the Wizards season has at times inspired hope, frustration, and laughter. There have been puzzling
The Washington Wizards have lost six straight games, but Saturday’s 121-115 road defeat to the Denver Nuggets was the most encouraging of the bunch. Second-year
The Washington Wizards embarked on a lengthy, challenging West Coast trip, hoping to come away with a win. Unfortunately, they came up empty-handed, losing the last game of the road trip to the Denver Nuggets 121-115.
The Washington Wizards likely won’t have an All-Star for the fifth straight season given their lack of wins, but the Rising Stars Challenge is a different story.
The 2024-25 Washington Wizards were practically set up to be ignored, if not completely avoided, by All-Star Weekend festivities. They'd go on to finish 18-64, the second-worst mark in that NBA season, and they looked even worse than that around the campaign's midpoint.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Friday night’s Washington Wizards-New Orleans Pelicans matchup had several storylines that normally would have been the center of attention in Wizards World, but four-time All-Star Trae Young’s introductory press conference before the game was the main topic of discussion.
The Washington Wizards are fresh off their sixth win of the season, winning three of their last six games and looking better than they have in years. Washington
The Memphis Grizzlies will wrap up their season series with the Washington Wizards on Sunday, eight days after suffering their most “you have got to be kidding me” loss of the season to the same squad.
The basketball court is not the only place where the Washington Wizards dish out assists. Sure, point guard Bub Carrington and breakout sophomore Kyshawn George are dishing the rock to their teammates, but their love for sharing extends past the court.
LaMelo Ball was almost ready to throw hands during Tuesday’s game. Ball and the Charlotte Hornets matched up on Tuesday against Kyshawn George and the Washington Wizards.
Nothing captures the imagination of the NBA draft evaluator quite like a young two-way wing. The ability to impact both offense and defense signify a few
Kyshawn George has been given more opportunities in his second year to grow as a player and has not disappointed. He has taken major leaps across the board in points, percentages, rebounds, assists, and defensive stats.
Paul George finally got back on the court Monday against his old team (Clippers), and the Sixers kept things simple with a minutes restriction. He finished with nine points and seven boards in 21 minutes and looked exactly how you’d expect after eight months off — rusty, but relieved.
He’s not just flashing potential — he’s producing like a franchise cornerstone. It’s just four games into the season, and the Washington Wizards may already have their answer to the future.
The Washington Wizards got a guy. Kyshawn George has been one of the standouts, not just from the Wizards team, but across the entire league over the first three games.
Kyshawn George posted career-bests of 34 points and 11 rebounds as the Washington Wizards overcame a slow start to notch their first win of the season, beating the host Dallas Mavericks 117-107 on Friday.
Kyshawn George has been putting in work this summer. George spent his first NBA offseason competing in AmeriCup with his Canadian national team. For NBA players, repping the national team is a huge honor, but it is also an opportunity to put into action skills they’re looking to improve on.
International competition during the offseason is a great experience for players around the NBA who have the opportunity to play in these events. This is especially true for young players who need on-court reps against professional competition.
Kyshawn George was the last pick of the Wizards’ stacked 2024 draft, but he may already be the best player of the group. George’s two-way skill and scalability are the stuff of dreams for teams trying to build a contender, as the perfect wing archetype.
The Washington Wizards announced their roster for the upcoming Summer League, a roster that's filled with recent high draft picks. The roster features seven first-round picks from the last two NBA Drafts, including the following players: 2024: Alex Sarr (No.