May 30, 2006 11:48 PM EST
Juan Carlos Navarro, shooting guard for Barcelona, is interested in leaving Europe for the NBA. The Wizards control Navarro's NBA rights but his contract with the Spanish club contains a hefty buyout clause.
"It's a door I do not want to close," Navarro said during a news conference yesterday in Barcelona. "I have been thinking about [playing in the NBA] this year, but there are many complications."
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May 30, 2006 11:45 PM EST
According to the police report of Gilbert Arenas' arrest, he said: "You can't arrest me. I'm a basketball player. I play for the Washington Wizards and I'm not going to leave my teammate."
Arenas said he never made such a statement.
"All I did was get out of the car to ask where they were taking Awvee so I could come get him out, and some officer comes up from behind and cuffs me," Arenas said in a phone interview.
"Everyone knows me. They know I don't have a cocky personality. I don't use my name to get in trouble and I don't use my name to get out of trouble. That would never come out of my mouth."
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Gilbert Arenas and Awvee Storey, both of the Washington Wizards, have been arrested on charges of disobeying police.
According to police reports, Storey was blocking traffic in the middle of a busy street in Miami Beach when an officer told him to get back to the sidewalk Saturday night. Storey didn't get out of the street, and the officer arrested him and charged him with failure to obey a command.
Arenas got out of a vehicle and walked toward the arresting officers. According to reports, an officer told Arenas to get back in his vehicle, but he refused, saying he wanted to stand next to his teammate. The officer took Arenas into custody and charged him with resisting without violence.
As Arenas was being arrested, according to reports, he said, "You can't arrest me. I'm a basketball player. I play for the Washington Wizards, and I'm not going to leave my teammate."
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Wizards May 2006 Archive
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Providence Journal | May 24, 2006
The Wizards confirmed Wednesday that Eddie Jordan was docked $25,000 by the league for comments he made following a 97-96 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 3.
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NY Times | May 23, 2006
Commissioner David Stern said on Monday that Washington Coach Eddie Jordan had been fined $25,000 for suggesting that the referees favored Cleveland's LeBron James and that James had traveled at the end of Game 3 in the teams' first-round series.
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Washington Post | May 12, 2006
The Sacramento Kings have not formally contacted the Washington Wizards to request permission to speak with Coach Eddie Jordan about their open coaching position, according to a Wizards team source.
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Washington Post | May 11, 2006
Just one day after Ernie Grunfeld said there is a "no time frame" for extending Eddie Jordan's contract, the Sacramento Bee listed Jordan as a potential candidate to coach the Sacramento Kings in a report.
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Washington Post | May 10, 2006
The Washington Post is reporting that the Wizards could be interested in acquiring former Maryland star Chris Wilcox.
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L.A. Times | May 9, 2006
"I'm comfortable with what we have," Ernie Grunfeld said Tuesday, "because I think we've shown that we can compete on the highest level with anybody."
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ESPN | May 9, 2006
According to the Associated Press, Wizards guard Gilbert Arenas reiterated the sentiment that the Cavaliers got the breaks in the first round series between the two teams because of LeBron James during the teams exit meetings on Monday.
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Washington Post | May 9, 2006
Eddie Jordan negotiated his first contract with the Wizards with Abe Pollin and GM Ernie Grunfeld will meet with him this time around to discuss his future in Washington.
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Washington Times | May 7, 2006
While some believe that Wizards coach Eddie Jordan has not been able to improve the team defensively, the Washington Times is reporting that star guard Gilbert Arenas has thrown his support completely behind Jordan.
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Washington Post | May 6, 2006
Gilbert Arenas played a brilliant series for the Wizards, but missed two free throws in overtime with 15 seconds left, which will be the driving force as he plans to return to the Verizon Center on Saturday to work on his game.
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SI.com | May 6, 2006
"I was going to either be the hero or the goat," Damon Jones said. "Tonight I was the hero so I'm glad. That's why I'm smiling."
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Wasington Post | May 5, 2006
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Washington Post | May 4, 2006
"Yo, that was my Game 5," Gilbert Arenas said to LeBron James. "You took my Game 5. I had my speech prepared and everything after the game. And you done messed up everything."
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Sports Illustrated | May 4, 2006
LeBron James tiptoed along the baseline and muscled through traffic for the layup with 0.
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Sports Illustrated | May 1, 2006
The Washington Wizards overcome a brilliant first half by LeBron James on Sunday to take Game 4 106-96 and tie the series at 2-2.
