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According to a source with knowledge of the situation, the Wizards will look to sign Larry Owens from the NBA Development League. Owens, a 6-foot-7 forward, averaged 12.4 points and 5.0 rebounds with the Tulsa 76ers and also scored a total of nine points in seven games for the San Antonio Spurs this season.

No deal was finalized as of late Tuesday night, but in order to make room for Owens — or any player, for that matter — the Wizards will have to part with someone, since the roster is full with the 15 players.

Martin is the most likely candidate to be released, with his season already finished after he sustained a stress fracture in his left foot. Martin averaged 4.0 points and shot 39.4 percent from beyond the three-point line in 52 games for the Wizards this season. Saunders said that Martin would probably need surgery.

Ndiaye is also done for the season after straining his left patella tendon during pre-game warm-ups on Sunday in Charlotte, but the Wizards have no intention of waiving him since he will be a restricted free agent this summer.

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Good Bye Cartier, you had one of the best names in the NBA.

closg00 wrote:

According to a source with knowledge of the situation, the Wizards will look to sign Larry Owens from the NBA Development League. Owens, a 6-foot-7 forward, averaged 12.4 points and 5.0 rebounds with the Tulsa 76ers and also scored a total of nine points in seven games for the San Antonio Spurs this season.

No deal was finalized as of late Tuesday night, but in order to make room for Owens — or any player, for that matter — the Wizards will have to part with someone, since the roster is full with the 15 players.

Martin is the most likely candidate to be released, with his season already finished after he sustained a stress fracture in his left foot. Martin averaged 4.0 points and shot 39.4 percent from beyond the three-point line in 52 games for the Wizards this season. Saunders said that Martin would probably need surgery.

Ndiaye is also done for the season after straining his left patella tendon during pre-game warm-ups on Sunday in Charlotte, but the Wizards have no intention of waiving him since he will be a restricted free agent this summer.

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Good Bye Cartier, you had one of the best names in the NBA.

Limping to the finish line again.

With all these guys gettin hurt why not take a chance on Joe Alexander, he is an inch taller than Booker @ 230lbs. He is only 24 years old and just got Player of the week in the NBDL with a stat line of 32.7 points, 8.3 rebounds, 2.3 assists, and shooting nearly 67%.
Remember this guy was a late bloomer as he didnt have any interest in him out of HS for any D-1 schools so he went to prep school. He then came out after his Jr. year at WVU so I really think he has even more room to grow in his skill set. I dont see why a guy like this cant stick in the NBA as he has the physical tools to succeed and he is hard-working as well.

12 and 5 in the D league isn't exactly overwhelming, hopefully he's a defensive stopper at least. I have this feeling sometimes that we just sign guys who have been on San Antonio figuring they had to have a reason for liking the guy whether we actually know much about him or not.

pcbothwel wrote:With all these guys gettin hurt why not take a chance on Joe Alexander, he is an inch taller than Booker @ 230lbs. He is only 24 years old and just got Player of the week in the NBDL with a stat line of 32.7 points, 8.3 rebounds, 2.3 assists, and shooting nearly 67%.
Remember this guy was a late bloomer as he didnt have any interest in him out of HS for any D-1 schools so he went to prep school. He then came out after his Jr. year at WVU so I really think he has even more room to grow in his skill set. I dont see why a guy like this cant stick in the NBA as he has the physical tools to succeed and he is hard-working as well.

I think they must have wanted a SF more than a PF. I think Larry Owens does not have a role in the Wizards past the end of this season. Owens is already 28.

The Wizards probably also think Booker is a better version of Joe Alexander even if Booker is a little shorter.

penbeast0 wrote:12 and 5 in the D league isn't exactly overwhelming, hopefully he's a defensive stopper at least. I have this feeling sometimes that we just sign guys who have been on San Antonio figuring they had to have a reason for liking the guy whether we actually know much about him or not.

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With the majority of Tulsa's regular season contributors in the NBA, Owens was able to lead the 66ers to the D-League finals by averaging 18.5 points on 50% field goal shooting (and 46% three-point shooting), 7.0 rebounds, 1.4 steals and 1.2 blocks over the course of eight games.

In talking to an NBA scout during the D-League Showcase -- where Owens impressed enough to earn a call-up to the San Antonio Spurs shortly after -- he was impressed with nearly ever facet of Owens' game.

"Last season Larry really blossomed offensively, especially in the playoffs," the scout said. "He can score in every way -- He's good on the one-dribble pull up, he can go to the rim and finishes and he's really shooting well from the 3 point line."

This season, it seems like he's focusing more on his defense," the scout continued. "He's long, wiry and really gets his hands on a lot of balls. His foot speed is good enough to stay in front of quick wings, too, so I'm surprised he's not on more teams radars. He's definitely on ours."

He was apparently on the Wizards' as well and will hopefully get a decent opportunity to show them what he's capable of during the remaining week of the season.

People remember Bruce Bowen for good reason. Qualitatively he contributed great defense and good three point shooting. He was an excellent role player. Larry Owens got called up by the Spurs and they tend to go after good players.

I am HAPPY with a real change from the way Ernie did business in the past, when he rarely called up players. Owens has played in France, Belgium, and the D-League. He's probably much more prepared to contribute positively as an NBA role player. I see no reason to think about an offensive-minded Joe Alexander right now. Nick's a great offensive player, but Washington's winning without him right now. Why is that? I think it is because they have added many capable players who have been good but needed an opportunity to show their skills. Singleton and Livingston were mentioned as guys that helped last season. This call up is the same kind of guy as Othyus Jeffers and Mustafa Shakur.

If this guy stood out for his defense and overall basketball IQ despite him not putting up big numbers, that tells me all I need to know. Larry Owens seems to have the requisite skills to be a glue guy at SF. Seems like he's got more going on right now than potential lottery SF coming from the NCAAs will have for a couple or three years. (Xavier Henry's struggles come to mind).

It seems like EG's philisophy has been "lets just take a chance on several guys - at least some will turn out" when you look at the pick-ups he's made in Crawford, Yi, all the D-League call-ups, Adam Morrison, etc. I like this philosophy - it worked in the Crawford pick-up and will likely work again. In addition, all of these pick-ups were low risk.

Jeffers's success has me excited about this. This team needs as many scrappy, no-ego types as possible.

Bump. Another solid game for Owens.

Jeffers is definitely a keeper. I like Owens, too.