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Grunfeld Comfortable With Staying Put At 16
“We’re looking for the best player, not necessarily a big one," said Grunfeld on Tuesday. "We have some young big guys. Oleksiy Pecherov is in here working out right now. Andray Blatche, who is 6-11, is also a promising player. I don’t think we’re going to get somebody at 16 that will come in right away and help us, but if there is a good big man available or somebody drops, we’d definitely take a look at it. “We have had conversations about moving up, we’ve had conversations about moving back, and we’ve had conversations about moving the pick…just like every other team in the league. But we are comfortable with keeping the pick, and I think we’ll be able to take a solid player with a good future." Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Source: Nets And Cavaliers Will Go After Blatche With 5-Year ContractsMeantime, according to a league source, the Nets and Cavaliers are prepared to offer five-year contracts with a first-year salary of around $4 million to Wizards restricted free agent forward Andray Blatche when the free agency period opens July 1. Should Blatche sign with another team, the Wizards would have seven days to match the offer and sources indicated yesterday that Ernie Grunfeld plans on keeping Blatche, who is entering his third season with the team. Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets O'Malley To Leave Post In WashingtonSusan O'Malley, who became the first female president of an NBA franchise when she was named to head the Washington Bullets in 1991, will step down from her post as president of Washington Sports and Entertainment when her contract expires June 30. "I have spent several weeks tossing the idea around, so I've been thinking about it," Ms. O'Malley, 45, said yesterday. "I wanted to leave at the right time and I think this is it. I owe an enormous debt to [Wizards owner Abe] Pollin. My goal was to put enough talented people around me in place so when I left they would forget about me within a week." Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Wizards Jun 2007 Archive
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Ernie Grunfeld, Wizards' President of Basketball Operations, is looking forward to making his second first round selection since he has been with the team.