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Wizards Decline To Match Blake's Contract With Portland

Sep 28, 2005 8:20 PM EST

The Wizards on Wednesday declined to match an offer sheet tendered to Steve Blake by the Portland Trail Blazers, reuniting the restricted free agent point guard with Dixon.

Terms of the offer sheet were not disclosed.

"We are very pleased that the Wizards did not match and that Steve Blake is now part of the Trail Blazers family," Portland general manager John Nash said. "As we said when we signed him to the offer sheet, Steve has competed at the highest level in college culminated by his experience at Maryland and winning a national championship."

Via ESPN

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Blatche Released From Hospital

Sep 28, 2005 12:18 AM EST

Washington Wizards rookie Andray Blatche was released from the hospital Tuesday, two days after being shot in an attempted carjacking.

"He is doing very well, and we are very encouraged by his progress," Wizards president of basketball operations Ernie Grunfeld said.

The 19-year-old forward was shot once in the chest early Sunday morning while riding in a car near his home in Alexandria, Va.

Blatche, from Connecticut's South Kent Prep School, was the 49th overall pick in this year's NBA draft.

The Wizards open training camp next Tuesday in Richmond, Va. Regarding Blatche's status, Grunfeld said, "At this time it is too early to determine a timetable for his return to action."

Via ESPN

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Blatche Shot In Apparent Robbery

Sep 26, 2005 10:33 AM EST

Andray Blatche, a 19-year-old Syracuse native who was selected by the Washington Wizards in the second round of the NBA Draft in June, was shot in an apparent robbery near his home in Alexandria, Va., Sunday morning.

Blatche was shot once in the chest as two assailants approached a car in which he was a passenger around 6:30 a.m., according to an Alexandria, Va., police report. After the shooting, the driver of the car, who was not named in the report, drove to Blatche's home in the Washington, D.C., suburb and called police. Ambulance personnel responded and Blatche was taken via helicopter to Inova Fairfax Hospital in Fairfax, Va.

Blatche was listed in serious but stable condition, according to a police spokesman. Blatche's mother, Angela Oliver, of Syracuse, received a telephone call from the Alexandria police early Sunday morning.

Via The Post-Standard

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Wizards Sep 2005 Archive

  • Blake Trade To Miami Appearing Less Likely

    Sun-Sentinel | Sep 16, 2005

    Wizards free agent Steve Blake, a 25-year-old guard who was born in Hollywood and attended Miami High, has been linked to the Heat in a potential sign-and-trade transaction.

  • Blake To Miami? Teams Discuss Sign-And-Trade

    Miami Herald | Sep 15, 2005

    The Heat and Washington Wizards have held preliminary discussions about a sign-and-trade for Wizards restricted free agent point guard Steve Blake.

  • Calvin Booth Goes To Washington

    RealGM | Sep 7, 2005

    A league source has confirmed to RealGM's Christopher Reina that Calvin Booth has reached a two-year agreement to join the Washington Wizards. The second year of the deal is a player option.

  • Wizards, Clippers And Cavaliers Amongst Clubs Interested In Booth

    RealGM | Sep 1, 2005

    A league source has confirmed to Christopher Reina that Calvin Booth worked out with the Wizards on Wednesday and that he has also drawn interest from at least five other clubs, including the Clippers and Cavaliers.