Darius Songaila News

The Wizards concluded their final practice before the regular season debut in Dallas on Tuesday and Coach Flip Saunders announced that the team would enter the year with 15 players, meaning that longshot big man Paul Davis was able to hold on.

The Washington Wizards waived Vincent Grier on Thursday and the roster now stands at 15 as the team prepares to face the Chicago Bulls tomorrow.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Oct. 13 -- Andray Blatche decided that his fifth season in the NBA was going to be about change. It started with picking a new number. He ditched No. 32, and buried all of the underachievement that had become associated with it, in exchange for No. 7, which Blatche said carried a dual meaning for 'seven days of hard work' and 'the Lord's number,' representing completion.

Blatche also got braces in the offseason, creating an even more youthful appearance for the 23-year-old backup big man who is perpetually tabbed for a breakout season.

LeBron James had 30 points, 12 assists and nine rebounds, leading the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 116-86 victory and a commanding advantage after two games of their best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarterfinal series with the Washington Wizards.

Antonio Daniels could be coming to a town near you...unless it's Minneapolis...or Washington.

The basketball coverage crew at the Orlando Sentinel has put together its preseason NBA power rankings.

Newly acquired Antonio Daniels won't play for the Timberwolves after all. As they also did this week with veteran center Mark Blount , the Wolves have given Daniels permission to find a trade that will allow him to play more elsewhere.

I will welcome AD, but I have to move on without my big bruza. So, was the Mike Miller and Randy Foye trade really all about the Minnesota Timberwolves getting Oleksiy Pecherov? Pecherov is now the only player remaining from the original trade Minnesota made with Washington two days prior to the NBA draft.

Putting together Darius Songaila's stat-pack has been fairly amusing. The major advanced statistical measures just don't seem capable of agreeing about his worth: The Wages of Wins system hates him, assigning him a -.046 WP48, meaning that he not only doesn't help the team, he actually counters the beneficial work of others.

Antonio Daniels was traded by the New Orleans Hornets to the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Percentages : 47.1 FG%, 70.4% FT%, 47.5 eFG%, 50.8 TS% Advanced : 15 PER, 13 REB%, 11.8 AST%, 14.3 TO%, 21.9 USG%, 101 ORtg, 111 DRtg, 1.4 WS Mike Prada: The 2008/09 season most likely signaled an end to the hopes that Andray Blatche will become an all-star-quality player.

Finished 19-63, fifth in Southeast Division, 15th in Eastern conference Missed Postseason Mike Miller via trade, Randy Foye via trade, Fabricio Oberto via trade Etan Thomas via trade, Olekisy Pecherov via trade, Darius Songaila For the Washington Wizards, the offseason was not meant for blockbuster trades and to make huge signings to improve the ...

A newspaper is reporting that Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino told police he had sex and paid for an abortion for the woman accused of trying to extort him for $10 million.

Washington -- According to new Washington Wizards coach Flip Saunders, Gilbert Arenas looks good in the weight room and on a basketball court.

The Washington Wizards say they have signed forward-centre Fabricio Oberto , giving the team added frontcourt depth.

The Washington Wizards say they have signed forward-center Fabricio Oberto, giving the team added frontcourt depth.

The NBA released their schedules for the upcoming 2009-2010 season, and upon first glance, it appears as if the Wizards are still viewed as one of theA must-see teams, despite their dismal 19-63 record last season.

The NBA released their schedules for the upcoming 2009-2010 season, and upon first glance, it appears as if the Wizards are still viewed as one of theA must-see teams, despite their dismal 19-63 record last season.

You'd better believe I'm looking forward to Nov. 24 I decided to split these blog posts in two.

DeShawn Stevenson could not have imagined that the sharp back pain he felt while stretching last October would cause him to slide out of the Washington Wizards' starting lineup, endure his worst season in six years and require season-ending surgery to repair a herniated disk.

But questions about his return next season have been compounded by uncertainty about his role with the team after Ernie Grunfeld, the team's president of basketball operations, made a pre-draft trade to bolster the back court with the additions of Mike Miller and Randy Foye. Stevenson said he wasn't upset or insulted by the move, even when he heard that the Wizards tried to include him in the trade with Minnesota before the Timberwolves balked and asked for Darius Songaila instead.