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Washington Wizards: Roster Finalized After Five Training Camp Invites Waived

October 24, 2015 by

The Washington Wizards went into training camp with 15 guaranteed contracts and brought in another five talented players to fill out the allowed 20 man squad. Today when the team was forced to trim their roster down to the max 15 man rotation ahead of the season opener on Wednesday, all five of the training camp invites, center Josh Harrellson, guard Jaron Johnson, guard Toure Murry, center Jaleel Roberts, and guard Ish Smith, were waived.

Washington had real talent in the five players they brought in and are going to hate letting them go back in the market without the lure of a developmental league team.

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Washington Wizards: 2015 Summer League Statistics and Insight

July 15, 2015 by

The Wizards have played there three preliminary Summer League games and have been seeded #20 to start the tournament. They went on to beat the #13 seed Utah Jazz Wednesday but lost to the #4 seed New Orleans Pelicans Thursday. The Wizards will play the Hawks today at 10 PM EST as a part of the consolation bracket.

Below you can find the teams statistics broken down by players and sorted by total minutes played. The first table details the summer totals, while the subsequent table are per game averages. You can return to this post for updated stats throughout the Wizards Summer League games.

Keep in mind that Former Terp Dez Wells has not and likely will not play in the Las Vegas Summer League. Toure’ Murray has also been limited by injury and LaQuinton Ross has just recently rejoined the staff after being cut from the minicamp roster, yet brought back because of Wells’ injury.

With the absence of any major offensive threats, much in part because of the injuries to Wells and Murray, Kelly Oubre has been the team’s primary option to score. Scott Machado and Jarrid Famous have been pleasant surprises for the Wizards because of this passing and rebounding abilities, respectively. Unfortunately, there currently is no room on Washington’s roster for either to earn a roster spot without a trade or buyout of the likes of Martell Webster or DeJuan Blair.

After starting the first two games at shooting guard, similarly to Otto Porter last summer, Oubre started his third summer league performance at his true small forward position. For second round pick Aaron White, the third game was not a blessing as he was demoted to come off of the bench after starting the first two games.

Although the Wizards have lacked offensive flow during the half court set, including incredibly cold shooting (6 of 52) from beyond the three point line, the young core have done an excellent job of aggressively drawing contact in order to get to the free throw line. The Wizards have over 30 chances at the charity stripe per game and have scored nearly 30% (70 of 236) of their total points in such a manner.

UPDATED (on 7/16/15): The Wizards got off to a hot shooting start against the Jazz with an opening act of 33 points in the first quarter. However, the Wizards were just 21 of 58 (36.2 percent) from the field the last three quarters. Besides the likes of Oubre, Machado, and Famous who have been filling up the stats sheet, Damion James, Orlando Johnson, Shawn Jones, and Jamil Wilson are starting to have an impact as well.

UPDATED (on 7/17/15): Seth Curry was too much for the Wizards and showed that Oubre might not be quite so ready to be a shut down defender in the NBA, though the skill set is there. Jarrid Famous sat for most of the game, playing just 8 minutes, as the Wizards wanted to get a better look at Shawn Jones in a small ball lineup. Machado was impressive again as he put a heavier emphasis on the scoring aspect of his game shooting 7 of 14 from the field for a team high 17 points.

UPDATED (on 7/18/15): Kelly Oubre clearly saved his best Summer League performance for the end. The Kansas product finished with a game high 30 points on an efficient 9 of 14 shooting from the field including 5 of 7 from three point territory. Oubre would also sprinkle in 4 rebounds, 3 assists, and a block in his 33 minutes of work. On another note, Jarrid Famous did not see playing time after only getting 8 minutes of work the previous night because of a personal matter. Similarly, Scott Machado was only given three minutes of playing time while former Wisconsin Traevon Jackson was given the bulk of the point guard duties off the bench. It is likely that both Famous and Machado have already secured training camp invites from the Wizards and the coaching staff was looking to evaluate the other talent on the roster.

UPDATED (on 7/20/15): The Wizards breakout C Jarrid Famous has agreed to a partially guaranteed 1-year deal with the Dallas Mavericks who are still in search of a starting big man after losing out on the DeAndre Jordan sweepstakes.

2015 Washington Wizards Summer League Stats (Totals)

Players G GS Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OFF DEF REB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS
Kelly Oubre Jr. 6 6 174 33-86 8-32 27-40 9 25 34 8 11 4 12 19 101
Damion James 6 5 138 20-54 0-2 10-17 6 18 24 5 4 5 6 13 50
Scott Machado 6 6 134 19-42 2-12 23-27 7 13 20 23 10 2 17 15 63
Orlando Johnson 6 4 127 18-39 3-14 10-15 0 18 18 12 6 0 8 13 49
Shawn Jones 6 1 117 23-42 0-0 12-15 19 28 47 4 2 6 7 17 58
Scott Suggs 6 1 106 16-43 2-12 6-6 2 5 7 9 3 0 6 12 40
Aaron White 6 2 105 8-26 0-9 2-2 9 13 22 3 3 1 11 6 18
Jarrid Famous 5 5 101 15-28 0-1 21-25 16 18 34 2 3 2 7 14 51
Traevon Jackson 6 0 96 9-26 3-4 5-6 0 12 12 13 1 1 13 14 26
Jamil Wilson 5 0 77 15-36 6-22 1-2 4 12 16 1 2 0 7 12 37
LaQuinton Ross 3 0 17 1-5 0-2 5-5 2 3 5 3 0 0 1 2 7
Jaleel Roberts 3 0 7 0-3 0-0 0-0 2 3 5 0 0 0 1 2 0
Toure Murry 1 0 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dez Wells 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 1201 177-430 24-110 122-160 76 168 244 83 45 21 96 139 500

 

2015 Washington Wizards Summer League Stats (Averages)

Players G GS Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OFF DEF REB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS
Kelly Oubre Jr. 6 6 29.0 0.384 0.250 0.675 1.5 4.2 5.7 1.3 1.8 0.7 2.0 3.2 16.8
Damion James 6 5 23.0 0.370 0.000 0.588 1.0 3.0 4.0 0.8 0.7 0.8 1.0 2.2 8.3
Scott Machado 6 6 22.3 0.452 0.167 0.852 1.2 2.2 3.3 3.8 1.7 0.3 2.8 2.5 10.5
Orlando Johnson 6 4 21.2 0.462 0.214 0.667 0.0 3.0 3.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 1.3 2.2 8.2
Jarrid Famous 5 5 20.2 0.536 0.000 0.840 3.2 3.6 6.8 0.4 0.6 0.4 1.4 2.8 10.2
Shawn Jones 6 1 19.5 0.548 0.000 0.800 3.2 4.7 7.8 0.7 0.3 1.0 1.2 2.8 9.7
Scott Suggs 6 1 17.7 0.372 0.167 1.000 0.3 0.8 1.2 1.5 0.5 0.0 1.0 2.0 6.7
Aaron White 6 2 17.5 0.308 0.000 1.000 1.5 2.2 3.7 0.5 0.5 0.2 1.8 1.0 3.0
Traevon Jackson 6 0 16.0 0.346 0.750 0.833 0.0 2.0 2.0 2.2 0.2 0.2 2.2 2.3 4.3
Jamil Wilson 5 0 15.4 0.417 0.273 0.500 0.8 2.4 3.2 0.2 0.4 0.0 1.4 2.4 7.4
LaQuinton Ross 3 0 5.7 0.200 0.000 1.000 0.7 1.0 1.7 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.7 2.3
Jaleel Roberts 3 0 2.3 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.7 1.0 1.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.7 0.0
Toure Murry 1 0 2.0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Dez Wells 0 0 N/A
Team Averages 200 0.399 0.165 0.745 12.7 28.0 40.7 13.8 7.5 3.5 16.0 23.2 83.3
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Washington Wizards Announce Official 2015 Summer League Roster

July 9, 2015 by

OUBRE, WHITE, AND WELLS HEADLINE WIZARDS SUMMER LEAGUE ROSTER

Last week the Wizards announced their minicamp roster that would take part in four practice sessions, which culminated today before departing for the Las Vegas Summer League tournament. As expected, the squad was trimmed down before heading West; C Ousmane Drame out of Quinnipiac, F Halil Kanacevic from Saint Joseph’s, and Ohio State’s F LaQuinton Ross were cut from the team. You can find the complete 13 man, 9 of which are rookies, roster below.

2015 Summer League Roster

Wizards first round pick Kelly Oubre Jr., second round pick Aaron White, and undrafted free agent Dez Wells headline the list. Toure’ Murray was on the Wizards 15 man roster last year via a 10 day contract after Washington waived Glenn Rice and before they signed Will Bynum. Murray played just 17 minutes in four games scoring 6 points and having four turnovers.

Wells was seen today with wearing a brace on his right hand after practice and he said he jammed his thumb “really bad”. Regardless, Wells is on the flight to Vegas tonight and is expected to play Sunday. It is imperative for Wells to have a strong showing in the summer league to force the hand of the Wizards to open a roster spot by possibly trading or buying out the contracts of Martell Webster or DeJuan Blair. Wells could still find his way on another NBA franchise if Washington is not able to secure him a spot. All of this is still on the belief that Aaron White will start his pro career overseas.

So far the Wizards know that they will play three preliminary round games to start the Las Vegas Summer League before being seeded in a tournament that culminates with the championship game on July 20. Last year, the Wizards performed well in the “summer classic” behind strong play from Otto Porter and Glenn Rice. For the full schedule of the three preliminary games see below:

  • Saturday, July 11 vs. Phoenix at 6 PM EST
  • Sunday, July 12 vs. D-League Select at 4 PM EST
  • Thursday, July 14 vs. Dallas at 3:30 PM EST
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Washington Wizards Game 70 Review: Wizards fail to get back on track against Kings

March 22, 2015 by

The Washington Wizards had their five-game winning streak snapped by the Los Angeles Clippers in a game earlier in the week that got away early in the first quarter. On Sunday afternoon, the Wizards failed to take care of business against a team they had beat during their last streak, this time across the country. Washington struggled throughout the game and lost to the Sacramento Kings, 109-86. [Read more…]

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