Washington Wizards

The Los Angeles Lakers have something special planned for their reunion with Washington Wizards big man Anthony Davis during the upcoming season.

In early July, the Los Angeles Lakers agreed to deal Deandre Ayton to the Washington Wizards in exchange for Jaden Hardy and a pair of second-round picks (2031 and 2032) shortly after Ayton exercised his 2026-27, $8.1 million player option. While Ayton certainly provided the Lakers with positive stretches of play, his inconsistencies, primarily as a forceful play-finisher and attentive defensive anchor, seemingly rendered him not worth the frustration. As such, the Lakers sent him out and are...

Although Jerry Stackhouse joined the Wizards to play alongside Michael Jordan, he clearly had no intention of being the second star.

Bradley Beal faced a major career decision when weighing whether to remain with the Washington Wizards or pursue an opportunity elsewhere. The financial difference between the two paths was enormous. Staying in Washington could bring Beal a five-year, $251 million supermax extension, while leaving would limit him to a four-year, $179 million contract. “It is […] The post Bradley Beal weighed money against championship aspirations appeared first on TalkBasket.net.

Montrezl Harrell didn't mince his words while critiquing the state of the Wizards' roster.

Back to the NBA G League for the stat of Washington’s Mr. Basketball in 2019.

The Washington Wizards have signed forward KeShawn Murphy to an Exhibit 10 contract. Following the preseason, Murphy is expected to join the Capital City Go-Go of the G League. Murphy went undrafted at the 2026 NBA Draft out of Auburn. The 6-foot-10 big man averaged 10.7 points, 6.8 rebounds and a steal and a block per game as a senior for the Tigers.

Here is the Wizards’ projected starting lineup and rotation for 2026-27, and why this young, group could make the Play-In race way more interesting.

Sept. 19: The signing is official, the team tweets. June 25: The Wizards have reached an agreement to sign undrafted rookie free agent KeShawn Murphy to an Exhibit 10 contract, reports Jon Chepkevich of DraftExpress (Twitter link). Murphy spent four years at Mississippi State, including a redshirt freshman year, before transferring to Auburn for his […]

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Cam Whitmore has signed a Two-Way deal with the Denver Nuggets. Whitmore was most recently waived-and-stretched by the Cleveland Cavaliers after the team acquired him from the Washington Wizards last month. Whitmore, who played just 21 games last season due to a blood clot in his shoulder, averaged 9.2 points and 2.8 rebounds for the Wizards. Whitmore was the 20th overall pick in the 2023 NBA draft out of Villanova.

The New Orleans Pelicans and forward Saddiq Bey have agreed to a three-year, $55.5 million contract extension, his agents tell ESPN.

Sixers center Adem Bona has been diagnosed with a left foot sprain following an MRI and is expected to be reevaluated at the start of training camp in a couple weeks, the team announced in a press release (Twitter link via Kyle Neubeck of PHLY Sports). According to Tony Jones of The Athletic (Twitter link), […]

Free agent guard Jules Bernard has signed a non-guaranteed training camp contract with the Timberwolves, while point guard guard David Stockton has done the same with the Suns, according to Paul Garcia of Spot Up Shot (Twitter links). Bernard, 26, made 19 appearances with the Wizards in 2023/24 while on a two-way contract and was briefly on […]

Former second-round pick Trevor Keels is signing an Exhibit 10 contract with the Wizards, tweets Keith Smith of Spotrac. The move was foreshadowed by a G League trade that was completed on Wednesday. That deal, which involved the Heat’s, Kings’, and Wizards’ affiliates, sent Keels’ returning rights from the Sioux Falls Skyforce to the Capital City […]

The Suns signed free agent guard/forward Jordan Schakel on Wednesday, according to RealGM’s official log of NBA transactions, then waived him on Thursday, per NBA.com’s transactions log. Keith Smith of Spotrac confirms (via Twitter) that Schakel signed an Exhibit 10 deal with Phoenix. He’s now eligible to earn a bonus worth up to $91K on […]

Anthony Gill’s new one-year contract with the Wizards is a non-guaranteed, minimum-salary deal that includes Exhibit 9 language, Hoops Rumors has learned. While Gill looks to be in a good position to make Washington’s 15-man regular season roster, his minimum-salary cap charge ($2,449,421) won’t count against the team’s books until the first day of the […]

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Montrezl Harrell has questioned the Washington Wizards’ roster construction, saying he does not understand the direction of the team and calling the group a “disaster” ahead of the 2026-27 season. Speaking with Brandon “Scoop B” Robinson, Harrell focused on Washington’s crowded frontcourt and what he views as a lack of balance around Trae Young in […] The post Montrezl Harrell calls Wizards roster a disaster appeared first on TalkBasket.net.

Half the Wizards roster will be under 23. That’s why they might be really good. | Getty Images The Wizards will be better in 2026-27 than they’ve been the previous three seasons. Low bar, I know. But at least they were trying to be bad unlike a previous season almost 20 years ago where the basketball operations group were tasked by ownership with competing for a championship and assembled a roster that was so bad the only sane move was to trade away all the veterans. They finished the season ...