I've been swamped the last couple of days, so I haven't been able to cover a lot of what needs to be covered with the Wizards this month. My apologies. Here's a catch-up session of links.
- Jordan Crawford is working out with John Wall, and the two talk every day. This is reason No. 1 why I would hold off writing it in stone that Nick Young comes back. Wall definitely has become closer with Crawford than any other guy on the team. [Michael Lee]
- Here's that Marc Spears story on Wall that we were discussing the other day. [Yahoo! Sports]
- I've been really bad at following Eurobasket, so I haven't seen much of Kevin Seraphin. His France team beat Turkey, 68-64, in the second round of the competition. Thus far, he's only played double-digit minutes twice, doing well both times. On the other hand, Emir Preldzic, whom the Wizards control through the Antawn Jamison trade, has been very good for Turkey. For more on Eurobasket, The Painted Area is a must-read.
- The official list of players who are playing in the Impact league in Las Vegas comes out tomorrow. For now, the only Wizards participating are John Wall and rookie Shelvin Mack. That could change [Alex Kennedy]
- Jared Dudley, who is the main player rep for the league, does the interview circuit. [SLAM, Pro Basketball Talk]
- Mo Evans apparently exploded at a bunch of agents at an NBPA meeting recently. [Woj]
- Is the lockout really closer to being solved than we think? [Sheridan Hoops]
- Hardwood Paroxysm has been ranking the 50 worst rotation players in basketball. Yi Jianlian came in at number four. Evans was in the top 30. DeShawn Stevenson, Antawn Jamison, Brendan Haywood and Gilbert Arenas all crack the list. That was the old core!
- A third round in the NBA Draft? Sign me up. [Sheridan Hoops]
- Ziller, Andrew Sharp and I have been ranking the top 99 players of 2015, because we're bored. JaVale McGee is the first Wizard on the list at No. 79. [SBNation.com]
- Ziller's feature on Kevin Durant and specialization hits at the Nick Young/Jordan Crawford black box post we did a while back. [SBNation.com]
- Storytime with Ed Tapscott sounds fun. [Wizards.com -- Part 1 | Part 2]
- Reminiscing about the old Baltimore Bullets. [Truth About It]
- Things I've written elsewhere today [On Stephen Straburg's return for SB Nation D.C. | Reliving a classic Sonics-Rockets playoff game for SBNation.com]