Washington Wizards News

WASHINGTON (AP) _ Washington Wizards guard Roger Mason re-signed with the team on Monday, agreeing to a one-year deal. The six-foot-five Mason averaged 2.7 points in 62 games as a reserve last season. ``My heart is in D.C.,'' Mason said. ``I feel like I can have a great role with the Wizards and that we have a chance to be a great team this year.'' The former Toronto Raptor signed with the Wizards as a free agent before ...

Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade will not fly with the team to Washington and isn't expected to play when the team visits the Wizards on Friday night. Wade had two wisdom teeth removed Tuesday and doctors are concerned about the risks he'd take by flying, including the possibility that the infection in his jaw could spread elsewhere. He is also expected to miss a party in his honour Thursday night ...

Gilbert Arenas got the season-opening jitters out of the way just in time for a stellar performance in the Washington Wizards' home opener. Three days after a nervous performance against LeBron James to start the season, Arenas put up 44 points Saturday night, leading the Wizards to a 124-117 victory over the turnover-prone Boston Celtics. ``I found my rhythm this game,'' said Arenas, who made 14 of 25 field goals and 11 of 12 free throws. ``I think ...

Win or lose, Eddie Jordan's wife and two small children can be found in the front row of nearly every Washington Wizards' home post-game news conference. Clarrisse Jordan pays attention to her husband's words. Jackson and Skylar are usually a little playful and fidgety, but never disrupt the proceedings. Emotions can be raw when only 10 minutes have elapsed since game's end, but the coach keeps his composure and can ...

Rookie Maurice Ager scored 16 points, including four free throws in the final 55 seconds, to help the Dallas Mavericks rally for a 93-90 exhibition victory over the Washington Wizards on Saturday night. Dallas, which trailed by 13 in the fourth quarter, ended the game with a 17-1 run, capped by Ager's two free throws with 33 seconds remaining for the final margin. Ager, Dallas' first-round pick from Michigan State, also made two free throws with 55 seconds ...

Gilbert Arenas scored 18 points and Antawn Jamison added 17 to lead the Washington Wizards over the Charlotte Bobcats 100-84 in a pre-season game Tuesday night. Brendan Haywood added 11 rebounds for the Wizards (3-2), who outrebounded Charlotte 48-39, leading to 15 second-chance points. Gerald Wallace scored 17 points for the Bobcats (0-4), and Raymond Felton added 13 points and eight assists. Andray Blatche hit a jumper in the final minute of the third quarter to put Washington ...

Antawn Jamison scored 22 points Monday to lead the Washington Wizards to a 100-91 exhibition victory over the Charlotte Bobcats. The game was played early so students and teachers from area schools could attend. They watched Jamison make 9-of-14 shots from the floor, including 3-of-6 three-pointers, in three quarters. Caron Butler added 17 points for Washington (2-2), which shot 55 per cent. Gerald Wallace scored 22 points to lead the ...

Antonio Daniels scored 15 points and the Washington Wizards ended the game on a 37-18 run to beat LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers 93-89 in a pre-season game Saturday night. It was the first meeting between the teams since last season's Eastern Conference playoffs, won by the Cavaliers in six games. The Cavaliers led 71-56 with 55.9 seconds left in the third quarter before the Wizards took control. They scored the final four points of the period ...

Centre Peter John Ramos was released Friday by the Washington Wizards. Ramos, a second-round draft pick in 2004, appeared in six games his rookie year but did not play for the Wizards last season, spending much of his time on assignment with the Roanoke Dazzle of the NBA's developmental league. Ramos did not play in the Wizards' first two preseason games this year. The seven-foot-three centre played for Puerto Rico ...

Washington Wizards guard Antonio Daniels sprained his left ankle during practice Thursday and was listed as day-to-day. Daniels, pencilled in as one of the first players on Washington's bench, led the team with 13 points during an 87-86 pre-season loss to the Chicago Bulls on Wednesday night. He averaged 9.6 points and 3.6 assists last season, his first with the Wizards. Washington's next exhibition game is Saturday at Cleveland, the ...

Out at the top of the three-point arc, Andrea Bargnani grabbed a loose ball and immediately rose to take his first shot as an NBA player. Not a shred of hesitation. The ball went in, part of the top overall draft pick's eight points and four rebounds in 13{ minutes in the Toronto Raptors' 93-88 exhibition victory over the Washington Wizards on Monday night. The seven-foot, 250-pound Italian _ the ...