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Washington Wizards' Andray Blatche during NBA basketball media day for the Wizards, Friday, Sept. 26, 2008, in Washington. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)
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Washington Wizards' John Wall moves the ball as former University of Tennessee player Bobby Maze, left, defends during the first half of an All-Star basketball game featuring NBA players at Coolidge High School. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)
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Washington Wizards basketball player John Wall shows off the new Wizards uniforms on Tuesday, May 10, 2011, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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Washington Wizards point guard John Wall, seen here in action in April against the Boston Celtics' Nenad Krstic, is among the NBA players training in Las Vegas to stay in shape in what's being called “the Lockout League.” (Associated Press)
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The Washington Wizards aren't planning on adding any big-time free agents prior to the start of the season, but they want to continue to develop the young players they have, and first-round pick Chris Singleton is one of those players. (Colin Hackley/Special to The Washington Times)
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Javaris Crittenton (8) with 2 yrs in the NBA, on the Washington Wizards summer league team. Saturday, July 11, 2009. (Joseph Silverman/ The Washington Times
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Washington Wizards' John Wal, playing for the Goodman League, drives past New Orleans Hornets' Marcus Banks, playing for Drew League, the east vs. west All-Star game at Trinity University in Washington on Saturday. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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Ted Leonsis, majority owner of the Washington Capitals, Wizards, Mystics and Verizon Center, spoke at the National Press Club on Wednesday. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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The Washington Wizards are ready to get the NBA season started, after 149 days of the lockout. Wizards free agent and vice president of the players trade association Maurice Evans said the season was almost lost before a tentative agreement just before 3 a.m, but he's elated to get it going. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** Washington Wizards President Ernie Grunfeld (left) believes the team addressed needs by drafting Chris Singleton (second from left) and Shelvin Mack (second from right). At right is coach Flip Saunders.
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NBA Commissioner David Stern, left, poses with the No. 18 draft pick, Florida State's Chris Singleton, who was selected by the Washington Wizards in the NBA basketball draft Thursday, June 23, 2011, in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun)
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Jan Vesely, center, was taken by the Washington Wizards with the No. 6 pick in the NBA draft. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
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The Washington Wizards will select No. 6 in this year's NBA draft.
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** FILE ** The Washington Wizards' Jordan Crawford (left) and John Wall (second from left) check out the team's new uniforms while Wizards President Ernie Grunfeld (second from right) and head coach Flip Saunders look on at the Verizon Center in Washington on Tuesday, May 10, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Washington Wizards coach Flip Saunders is impressed with Jordan Crawford's confidence, but admits the 23-year-old is in a "tough spot" this training camp because he's expected to hone his ability to play point guard, in addition to shooting guard. (Associated Press)
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Washington Wizards' Andray Blatche, right, fights for a loose ball with Cleveland Cavaliers' J.J. Hickson in the first quarter of an NBA basketball game on Wednesday, April 13, 2011, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)
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Washington Wizards' John Wall (2) shoots a lay up past Boston Celtics defenders Jermaine O'Neal (7), Jeff Green (8), Glen Davis, (11), Carlos Arroyo (45) during the second half of an NBA basketball game in Washington, Monday, April 11, 2011. Wizards won 95-94 in an overtime. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Wizards coach Flip Saunders has used this season to evaluate the players on his young roster. "Are they guys that fit as far as the character that we're looking for to move forward?" he asked.
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Wizards coach Flip Saunders has taken the glass half-full approach with the shortened NBA campaign, and was very positive when assessing Andray Blatche's season. (Associated Press)
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Detroit Pistons' Greg Monroe (10) shoots a lay up against Washington Wizards' Andray Blatche (7) during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Washington, Tuesday, April 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)