Even though he's going from one of the best teams in the NBA to a team that's been down for a long time, Antawn Jamison is very happy the Dallas Mavericks traded him to the Washington Wizards.

"I can't stress how excited I am to be part of this organization," Jamison said.  

Jamison averaged 14.8 points and 6.3 rebounds last season, making him the NBA's Sixth Man of the Year.

Jamison will start this season.

"This is definitely the best situation so far in my career," he said.

Jamison thinks that a new winning tradition can be born in the nation's capital.

"We might have all the pieces here," said the Wizards' president of basketball operations Ernie Grunfeld.