March 2021 Washington Wizards Wiretap

Bradley Beal: I Want To Win With DC

Oct 31, 2021 9:17 AM

Bradley Beal has helped lead the Washington Wizards to a 5-1 start, which is the team's best record since the 2005-06 season. Beal reiterated postgame that Washington is where he wants to be by saying, “I want to win with D.C.”

Beal's future with the Wizards has been under speculation for several years now. Despite Beal continually stating he has no desire to leave Washington, the team's average records make many believe he'll eventually ask for a trade.

Following their double-overtime victory over the Boston Celtics, Beal said he's been telling his teammates, “You can be part of a lot of history here.” Beal also said that the Wizards have played like "crap" on offense. Beal said, "It's going to be scary", when Washington gels and everyone gets healthy.

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Bradley Beal Reveals He's Recruited By Opposing Players During 'Almost Every Game'

Oct 20, 2021 10:45 AM

While Bradley Beal has maintained that he plans to remain with the Washington Wizards, his situation continues to be monitored by team executives and opposing players. 

Players even try to recruit him during games.

“Almost every game we play, someone says something,” Beal said.

Beal could leave the Wizards during the 2022 offseason or re-sign on a five-year, $242 million deal.

“It brings you back to college. Which school is the right school? Which team is the right team?” Beal says. “You love the fact that people see your game and would love to play with you. But it’s also tough on the back end, because you have no idea what you want to do.”

Tommy Shepherd replaced Ernie Grunfeld in 2019 and has remade the roster.

“All the things that we’ve talked about two years ago to now, he can judge on the actions, not on the words and promises,” Sheppard says. “We’re going into year three of a plan to be more competitive every year. It’s not a win now. It’s win more.”

“Shep played the hand he was dealt,” Beal said. “He had to clean up some things to shape it the way he wanted to and I’m definitely impressed with it. The way he made moves, he was able to save us without giving up crazy picks or assets to go get what we wanted.”

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Wizards Exercise 22-23 Options On Deni Avdija, Rui Hachimura

Oct 20, 2021 9:24 AM

The Washington Wizards have picked up their 2022-23 rookie scale team options for Deni Avdija and Rui Hachimura. It's the third-year option for Avdija and the fourth-year option for Hachimura.

Avdija was drafted with the ninth pick of the first round at the 2020 NBA Draft. The 6-foot-9 wing then played in 54 games with 32 starts as a rookie. He averaged 6.3 points and 4.8 rebounds per game.

Hachimura battled some injuries during his sophomore season in the NBA, but showed notable improvement. Hachimura started all 57 games he played and upped his minutes per game to 31.5. The Gonzaga product averaged 13.8 points and 5.5 rebounds. Hachimura improved his shooting to 47.8% overall and jumped up to 33% from behind the arc.

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Daniel Gafford, Wizards Agree To Three-Year, $40.2M Extension

Oct 19, 2021 7:30 AM

Daniel Gafford has agreed to a three-year, $40.2 million extension with the Washington Wizards. Gafford is now signed through the 25-26 season.

The Wizards acquired Gafford last March from the Chicago Bulls.

Gafford averaged 10.1 points, 5.6 rebounds and 1.8 blocks in 17.7 minutes over 23 games with the Wizards.

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Wizards Claim Joel Ayayi Off Waivers

Oct 17, 2021 6:53 PM

The Washington Wizards claimed Joel Ayayi off waivers. Ayayi was waived by the Los Angeles Lakers over the weekend. He'll now fill one of the Wizards Two-Way spots.

Ayayi went undrafted out of Gonzaga at the 2021 NBA Draft. He then signed with the Lakers and started all five of the team's Las Vegas Summer League games.

Washington's roster is now at the maximum of 15 players on standard contracts and two players on Two-Way contracts. The Wizards other Two-Way player is Cassius Winston.

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Wizards Waive Jay Huff, Jordan Schakel

Oct 14, 2021 8:41 AM

The Washington Wizards waived Jay Huff and Jordan Schakel. Both players were signed to non-guaranteed training camp contracts. There is no cap hit for Washington.

Huff went undrafted out of Virginia at the 2021 NBA Draft. He played in four games for Washington at Las Vegas Summer League. Huff then appeared briefly in two preseason contests.

Schakel went undrafted out of San Diego State. He also played in four Summer League games, and appeared briefly in two preseason games.

Both Huff and Schakel are expected to join the Capital City Go-Go of the G League as Affiliate Players.

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