Rookie point guard Gerald Fitch out of Kentucky has been very impressive thus far as he tries to make the Washington Wizard roster.

"I like a lot of things that I see from him," says Eddie Jordan, who talks glowingly about the former Kentucky player, a first-team All-SEC selection last season. "I like his ball pressure and energy on the floor. He's always putting pressure on the ball. He comes to practice, and he stays late. We all can see that he has potential to be a point guard."

The 6-foot-3, 188-pound Fitch improved in each of his four seasons at Kentucky. Coach Tubby Smith trusted him enough to play either guard position, something that caught the eye of the Wizards. The Wizards brought him in for a pre-draft workout, and when he didn't get drafted, they invited him to training camp.

"Sacramento and Houston both called me and expressed an interest in me," says Fitch, who averaged 16.2 points as a senior. "But the Wizards seemed like they were the most interested in me. I thought that there was a good opportunity there."