On Thursday, Monumental Sports Network announced that former Washington Wizards players John Wall and Brendan Haywood will join the Wizards’ broadcast team for games in the 2025-26 season. Haywood will make his season debut on Nov. 1 when Washington hosts the Orlando Magic. Wall will make his on Saturday, Nov. 8 when the Wizards host […]
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Trash talk is a way of life in sports. Players say things at each other. Fans say things at players. And Players sometimes react to the fans. Yesterday, after the Washington Wizards lost to the Philadelphia 76ers in overtime, the 76ers reacted and trolled a Wizards fan wearing a Jordan Poole jersey. Poole now plays […]
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Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NBA. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Wizards fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. The 2025-26 NBA season has just started. But we have seen some progress from the team’s […]
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The Washington Wizards announced Thursday the team has exercised the third-year rookie scale team option on Bub Carrington, Kyshawn George, Alex Sarr and AJ Johnson. The team also exercised the fourth-year rookie scale option on Bilal Coulibaly and Cam Whitmore. Washington has prioritized building through the draft throughout its rebuild. Now, six members of its […]
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The Washington Wizards face a huge early test on Thursday night against the reigning NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder. Game info When: Thursday, Oct. 30th at 8:00 p.m. ET Where: Paycom Center, Oklahoma City, OK How to watch: Monumental Sports Network, League Pass Injuries: For the Wizards, Bilal Coulibaly (thumb) is expected to make his season debut. For the […]
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The Washington Wizards are off to a 1-3 start, though they could have realistically started with an even better record. And now, they are about to get some reinforcements. Guard Bilal Coulibaly will make his 2025-26 season debut when Washington plays the Oklahoma City Thunder on the road. Josh Robbins of The Athletic wrote this […]
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The WNBA and WNBPA (hereon the players) are currently negotiation a new Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA). The deadline is this Friday, Oct. 31. After that date, it’s unclear whether negotiations will continue without a set CBA or if there will be a work stoppage. The owners could lock out the players or the players could […]
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If you’re going to be one of the NBA’s worst teams, which the Wizards are, there are going to be nights like this one. Oh wait, I used that lede after the last one. Well, it applies to this one too. For most of the game’s first 46 minutes, the Washington Wizards outplayed the Philadelphia […]
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The Washington Wizards lost to the Philadelphia 76ers, 139-134 in overtime on Tuesday night at Capital One Arena. The Wizards looked good for most of regulation. They were ahead 72-68 after the first half, then took a big lead in the third quarter, leading by as many as 19 points. They headed to the fourth […]
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The Washington Wizards play the Philadelphia 76ers tonight at 7 p.m. ET. You can watch the game on Monumental Sports Network. The Wizards will look to bounce back from a 26-point loss last time out.
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The Washington Wizards play the Philadelphia 76ers tomorrow night. Here’s the preview. Game info When: Tuesday, Oct. 28 p.m. ET Where: Capital One Arena, Washington DC How to watch: Monumental Sports Network, League Pass Injuries: For the Wizards, Bilal Coulibaly is out. For the 76ers, Dominick Barlow, Paul George, Trenton Watford, Joel Embiid and Jared McCain were out for […]
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If you’re going to be one of the NBA’s worst teams, which the Wizards are, there are going to be nights like this one. The Wizards rode an off shooting half for the Hornets (3-22 from deep despite getting multiple open and wide-open looks) to a halftime lead, which they extended to as much as […]
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The Washington Wizards lost to the Charlotte Hornets on Sunday evening, 139-113 in their home opener of the 2025-26 NBA season. I felt pretty good about the first half of the game. Washington led 62-51, was winning the field goal percentage battle by a fair amount, and they were also draining threes at a good […]
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The Washington Wizards play the Charlotte Hornets tonight at 6 p.m. ET. You can watch the game on Monumental Sports Network. The Wizards have a chance to get above .500 for the first time since Nov. 28, 2022.
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The Washington Wizards come home to face the Hornets in first home game of the season. Game info When: Sunday, Oct. 26th at 6:00 p.m. ET Where: Capital One Arena, Washington, DC How to watch: Monumental Sports Network, League Pass Injuries: Hornets: No Injured Players Wizards: Bilal Coulibaly (Thumb) – Out What to watch for Coming off a […]
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Earlier this week, we had a survey asking for your grade on the Washington Wizards’ preseason. After looking at your grades, 48 percent gave a grade of C, while 21 percent gave B’s and 16 percent gave D’s. It paints a picture that Wizards fans’ grades were the definition of mediocrity. No, it’s not that […]
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The Washington Wizards beat the Dallas Mavericks for their first win of the season in a game that was hard-fought, entertaining, and incredibly encouraging. I know — I’m aways the one telling folks not to take too much from one game. And I’m saying it now in part to get myself to tap the brakes. […]
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Washington went into Dallas and beat the Mavericks, 117-107. The Wizards’ bench played a significant role in the outcome of this game. It started ugly with the Mavericks going up by as many as 14 points. Towards the end of the first quarter, Tre Johnson and Cam Whitmore entered the game while Kyshawn George returned […]
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The Washington Wizards play the Dallas Mavericks tonight at 8:30 p.m. ET. You can watch the game on Monumental Sports Network. Both teams are looking for their first win of the season.
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Out in Manhattan Beach, Kawhi Leonard and Steve Ballmer just bumped chests and popped a bottle of champagne. The financial scandal implicating the Clippers’ star player and owner is now officially small peanuts compared to today’s bombshell involving Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier and Portland Trail Blazers head coach (and Hall-of-Fame player) Chauncey Billups. I […]
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The Washington Wizards play the Dallas Mavericks on Friday night. Here’s the preview Game info When: Friday, Oct. 24th at 8:30 p.m. ET Where: American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX How to watch: Monumental Sports Network, League Pass Injuries: For the Wizards, Bilal Coulibaly is out. For the Mavericks, Daniel Gafford (ankle), Dante Exum (knee) and Kyrie Irving (knee) are […]
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The 2025-26 NBA season just started and there is already news happening in the league that is bigger than league itself. Two FBI investigations have resulted in indictments involving 31 defendants, some with direct ties to the NBA. One involved Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups in an alleged poker scheme with Mafia influence […]
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The first game of the Washington Wizards 2025-26 season went about as well as could be expected. They got dominated right from the start, never held a lead, and fell behind by 22 in the second quarter, and then by 20 midway through the fourth and ended up losing by 13. Okay, none of that […]
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The Washington Wizards lost to the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday night, 133-120 on the road. Washington falls to 0-1 to start the season while Milwaukee starts off with a 1-0 record. Besides the fact that Bucks franchise player Giannis Antetokounmpo led his team with 37 points on 16-of-26 shooting, this game was a reunion of […]
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The Washington Wizards play the Milwaukee Bucks tonight at 8 p.m. ET. Watch the game on Monumental Sports Network. Let’s see if the Wizards can get off to a great start this season!
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