Wizards Training Camp 2013

SUPERBALLMAN · Post #1 » by **SUPERBALLMAN** » Thu Sep 5, 2013 1:24 am

Figured with several Wizards beginning to show up at Verizon for a player organized "mini-camp" of sorts may as well start up a training camp thread...

Great news to hear Nene is in town and seemingly healthy !! Also in early are Wall, Beal, Rice, Webster, Porter, and Maynor. And it's been previously reported Seraphin and Booker have been in working with coach Newman. Gotta love the mindset the team has shown this offseason.

http://www.csnwashington.com/basketball ... s-training

http://www.csnwashington.com/basketball ... ed-wizards

Training camp starts on the 28th at George Mason !!

MikeTheKid · Post #2 » by **MikeTheKid** » Thu Sep 5, 2013 11:12 pm

This is wonderful to hear especially with the expectations on this team this year!!!

SUPERBALLMAN · Post #3 » by **SUPERBALLMAN** » Sat Sep 7, 2013 8:25 pm

More encouraging news on Nene...

Wittman: "He got in town Aug. 30. He's been on the floor. He feels good. He's had a whole summer where he didn't have to worry about the pounding and the stuff he did last summer having the injuries he did and having to play on the (Brazil) national team and never gave his body a chance to recover. He's feeling good. He looks good. I'm pretty pleased with that. I anticipate him being ready to go. When did we play our last game? Five months ago? He's done a lot of good work this summer, not only from a rest standpoint but from physical therapy. He's built his strength back up. I anticipate we'll head into the season with no restrictions."

The Wizards open training camp Sept. 29, but most of the 15-man roster already has begun preliminary work at Verizon Center. - J.Michael

SUPERBALLMAN · Post #4 » by **SUPERBALLMAN** » Wed Sep 11, 2013 2:16 am

Wittman thinking small...

http://www.csnwashington.com/basketball ... ns-wizards

SUPERBALLMAN · Post #5 » by **SUPERBALLMAN** » Tue Sep 17, 2013 1:24 am

Photo gallery of workouts at Verizon!!

http://www.monumentalnetwork.com/photos ... /index.jsp

Post #6 » by **Zonkerbl** » Tue Sep 17, 2013 4:54 am

Ugh. WHEN WILL THE NIGHTMARE BE OVER???

Why is there SO MUCH TIME between NBA seasons? Can't they, I don't know, adopt a ridiculous playoff format that makes the playoffs extend halfway into summer?

Oh yeah, they did that already.

Dammit!

hands11 · Post #7 » by **hands11** » Tue Sep 17, 2013 5:26 am

When did we acquire this long armed skinny alien to the team? I hope we can keep him.

hands11 · Post #8 » by **hands11** » Tue Sep 17, 2013 5:35 am

Looks like Wall is on the Cheetos diet again.

Two of my more favorite picks from the group.

BB getting up.

Webster locked and loaded.

Compare his and Beals form. Pretty damn lose.

payitforward · Post #9 » by **payitforward** » Tue Sep 17, 2013 6:17 pm

hands11 wrote:

When did we acquire this long armed skinny alien to the team? I hope we can keep him.

I stopped at that one too -- who is that guy??!!??

DANNYLANDOVER · Post #10 » by **DANNYLANDOVER** » Tue Sep 17, 2013 6:37 pm

payitforward wrote:
hands11 wrote:

When did we acquire this long armed skinny alien to the team? I hope we can keep him.

I stopped at that one too -- who is that guy??!!??

Lol that is Ariza

MikeTheKid · Post #11 » by **MikeTheKid** » Tue Sep 17, 2013 7:10 pm

payitforward wrote:
hands11 wrote:

When did we acquire this long armed skinny alien to the team? I hope we can keep him.

I stopped at that one too -- who is that guy??!!??

He looks pretty tall, kinda looks like Quincy Miller but hes with the Nuggets but it aint Ariza

Post #12 » by **Ruzious** » Tue Sep 17, 2013 7:20 pm

It's Eric Maynor.

A bunch of posters here should see an optometrist before driving. :sigh:

SUPERBALLMAN · Post #13 » by **SUPERBALLMAN** » Tue Sep 17, 2013 11:51 pm

MikeTheKid wrote:
payitforward wrote:
hands11 wrote:

When did we acquire this long armed skinny alien to the team? I hope we can keep him.

I stopped at that one too -- who is that guy??!!??

He looks pretty tall, kinda looks like Quincy Miller but hes with the Nuggets but it aint Ariza

Hilarious! It's definitely Ariza, you can see a better shot of him in the pic guarding Webster.

From what I can tell from the pics, Wall, Beal, Maynor, Rice, Temple, Porter, Webster, Ariza, Singleton, and Seraphin are there.

Gotta admit I was pretty surprised to see Ariza in fact. Hadn't heard anything about him, and guys like Porter and Maynor I'd expect, but Ariza being there is great to see. I'm really liking the way this team seems to be coming together.

DANNYLANDOVER · Post #14 » by **DANNYLANDOVER** » Tue Sep 17, 2013 11:51 pm

MikeTheKid wrote:
payitforward wrote:
hands11 wrote:

When did we acquire this long armed skinny alien to the team? I hope we can keep him.

I stopped at that one too -- who is that guy??!!??

He looks pretty tall, kinda looks like Quincy Miller but hes with the Nuggets but it aint Ariza

It is Ariza...I saw the other pic on Monumental Network's website...Ariza is very lanky.

hands11 · Post #15 » by **hands11** » Wed Sep 18, 2013 1:14 am

DANNYLANDOVER wrote:
MikeTheKid wrote:
payitforward wrote:I stopped at that one too -- who is that guy??!!??

He looks pretty tall, kinda looks like Quincy Miller but hes with the Nuggets but it aint Ariza

It is Ariza...I saw the other pic on Monumental Network's website...Ariza is very lanky.

Right. Its Trevor A. I was just messing around. You can see from other pictures and what he is wearing.

But man...Now you know how he defenses and gets out on shooters and lanes so well. His arms are freakishly long.

I wish there was a way we could keep him. I like him on the team. What he does isn't going to be so easy to replace. Otto isn't likely to be able to replace that for at least 2 more years.

verbal8 · Post #16 » by **verbal8** » Wed Sep 18, 2013 4:45 pm

hands11 wrote:
DANNYLANDOVER wrote:
MikeTheKid wrote:
He looks pretty tall, kinda looks like Quincy Miller but hes with the Nuggets but it aint Ariza

It is Ariza...I saw the other pic on Monumental Network's website...Ariza is very lanky.

Right. Its Trevor A. I was just messing around. You can see from other pictures and what he is wearing.

But man...Now you know how he defenses and gets out on shooters and lanes so well. His arms are freakishly long.

I wish there was a way we could keep him. I like him on the team. What he does isn't going to be so easy to replace. Otto isn't likely to be able to replace that for at least 2 more years.

He seems really about average. I think his defense is good enough to compensate for slightly below average usage and efficiency, but I think he is a replaceable player. If there is a big drop off with Porter replacing him after this season, then the Wizards have bigger problems than having let Ariza walk.

SUPERBALLMAN · Post #17 » by **SUPERBALLMAN** » Sun Sep 22, 2013 12:28 am

Josh Childress to join Wizards camp...

http://www.csnwashington.com/basketball ... zards-camp

http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2013/9/21/4 ... ining-camp

I guess they could waive Singleton. Not sure why they'd be doing this. Maybe a trade that sends out Ariza is in the works??

SUPERBALLMAN · Post #18 » by **SUPERBALLMAN** » Sun Sep 22, 2013 12:39 am

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wiz ... -to-begin/

Temple ready for training camp challenge, sees himself as top backup to Wall and Beal...

http://www.csnwashington.com/basketball ... re-intense

"I'm gonna push for that second spot behind John (Wall). They brought in Eric who is a good point guard who can back up John. I'm also going to be looking for that second spot behind Brad"

"The last three months of the season, me and Ernie talked about that, I shot 41% from three. If I could just continue that and just start that from the beginning, that's what we need for guys to knock down perimeter shots for John," Temple said. "People don't understand in the D-League I was shooting 39% from three. I was a three-point shooter. Make my perimeter shots and be the defender that I am, that's all we need."

hands11 · Post #19 » by **hands11** » Mon Sep 23, 2013 7:53 pm

Training Camp starts this Saturday

Date First Session Second Session

Friday, September 27 Media Day Media Day
Saturday, September 28 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Sunday, September 29th 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Monday, September 30th 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Tuesday, October 1st 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Wednesday, October 2nd 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Seems thing have been quiet ever since Singleton and Okafor got injured.

But camp is just around the corner. Fridays media day should provide some good Nene video so we can finally see how he looks and hear more about what he did to rehab.

payitforward · Post #20 » by **payitforward** » Tue Sep 24, 2013 12:14 am

We have signed Xavier Silas to a TC deal. Who is Xavier Silas, you ask?

Keep in mind that "Xavier" rhymes with "savior" -- which would be good except that "Silas" rhymes with "useless."

He's an undrafted 25 year old guard. If he transforms into a low-post beast power forward he will really help. Or the other thing he could do is take over at GM.