It should come as no surprise that Kevin Pritchard has revealed himself as one of the smartest general managers in basketball over the past few years. After all, his college career saw him play under Larry Brown and Gregg Popovich, two great basketball minds, and he got his first front office job from Spurs’ general manager R.C. Buford.

During a routine physical prior to the 2007-2008 season, doctors found a leak in Etan Thomas’ aortic valve and it required immediate surgery. At the time, it was unknown when Thomas would be able to resume physical activity again, let alone rejoin his fellow Wizards. This past weekend, a healthy Thomas returned to practice determined to resume his role as an intimidating presence in the middle.

When Washington Wizards President Ernie Grunfeld was asked to give his assessment of the team going into next season, he unveiled his plans for what will happen this summer and how he hopes the team will look when training camp begins in the fall.

Hey basketball fans, are you looking for a place to catch the NBA Draft on Thursday? If you live in the Toronto area swing by the Harbour Bar and Grille in Toronto as I’ll be there as well as some other writers from Hoops Addict and Raptors HQ.
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As we all know, the weeks leading up to the draft can make for an overwhelming flurry of inside scoops, conspiracy theories and rumors from all around the internet; this year appears to be no different.

Strong and steady. It’s not flashy, and won’t get the fans jumping out of their seats, but that’s probably the best way to describe Brook Lopez’s playing style.
The 7′0″, 260-pound center out of Stanford, who projects as a lottery pick in this year’s upcoming NBA entry draft, has most of the qualities teams are looking for in a franchise big man. Scouts are enamoured with his great size, big frame, good hands and soft touch around the basket.
Lopez may not have the “Wow!” factor possessed by some of his counterparts, …

Whereas Hoops Addict editor Ryan McNeill marvelled at the access granted to him and fellow Toronto Raptors reporters at pre-draft workouts in the ACC on Wednesday, in Washington on Thursday it was a different ball game all together. Like kids on Christmas morning waiting for the chance to open up their presents, myself and those covering the workouts were asked to wait until the last 10 minutes of the planned Wizards workout.
The players invited were: center C.J. Giles (Oregon State), guard Lester Hudson (Tennessee-Martin), forward Darnell Jackson (Kansas), guard Jeremy …

Following his first pre-draft workout with the Washington Wizards, forward Darnell Jackson from the NCAA champion Kansas Jayhawk spoke with reporters about his first impression of pre-draft workouts, what he can bring to the Wizards should they select him and the plans he has for his championship ring.

Following his pre-draft workout with the Washington Wizards on June 5th, guard Jeremy Pargo from Gonzaga talked about the sage advice he received from his older brother (and current New Orleans Hornet) Jannero, today’s workout from a guard’s perspective and his predictions for the upcoming Celtics/Lakers series.

During the NBA season the media is lucky if they can catch a glimpse of the last few minutes of a practice, but even then, at best they’ll catch players working on free throws or some other tedious or unintersting aspect. However, with the Raptors inviting the media to the Air Canada Centre this month for pre-draft workouts, the media is given the treat of watching over a hour of an actual practice and then have the benefit of interacting with the players. On Wednesday afternoon I was able to …