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Washington Wizards News and Rumors

The pressure is on, as the Washington Wizards extend Ernie Grunfeld’s contract

Kelly Dwyer, yahoo.com

The walls of NBA blogs are lined thick with endless missives that chide teams for hiring and re-hiring the same revolving cast of either veteran players, recycled coaches, or general managers. And it's never easy criticizing anyone's employment in this …

nba.com

Charlotte forward Tyrus Thomas was ejected from the Bobcats' game with the Wizards for throwing an elbow at Washington's James Singleton late in the first quarter on Monday night.

Dime Magazine, dimemag.com

Last night was one of those evenings where we really wished we didn’t cover the NBA for a living. Who set up this schedule? When you combine a bunch of really bad teams with some good teams that don’t have anything to play for, ugly basketball ensues …

CNNSI.com

WASHINGTON (AP) In January, the Washington Wizards were an NBA punch line. They lost 12 of their first 13 games, they fired their coach, and the players were disgruntled.