Josh Robbins

Trivia Question: Please name the Olympic gold medal-winning men's basketball player who is on the court for tonight's Raptors-Wizards game.

The Wizards' starting lineup tonight against the Raptors:
Bub Carrington
Tre Johnson
Bilal Coulibaly
Kyshawn George
Tristan Vukcevic

Brian Keefe said Kyshawn George, Tre Johnson and Tristan Vukcevic will be on minutes restrictions tonight after they were listed on the injury report or, in Johnson's case, following Johnson's late-January ankle sprain.

The Wizards' expectation is that Julian Reese, whose two-way contract became official today, could be in uniform as early as Tuesday's game in Orlando, a team official said. Reese, a 6-foot-9 big, attended Baltimore's St. Frances Academy & the University of Maryland & is the brother of Angel Reese.

Here is the Wizards' injury report for Saturday night's game against the Raptors in Washington:

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The story link below from @theathletic.com is unlocked, so it's free for everyone to read:
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Final: Hawks 126, Wizards 96

That's a new career high for Corey Kispert. He's at 30 points with 7:57 remaining in the fourth quarter. His Hawks lead the Wizards 109-86.

At the start of the fourth quarter, Corey Kispert has 26 points in 19 minutes of playing time. His career-high point total is 29, set on April 2, 2023, in 34 minutes of playing time against New York.

Tre Johnson just threw down the most emphatic dunk of his pro career so far.

Not a typo: Corey Kispert has scored 19 points already in just seven minutes of playing time tonight against his former team.

When Corey Kispert was a rookie, he made sure to do his pregame work alongside Anthony Gill, partly because Kispert had been told that Gill was a fantastic worker who would set a great example. They became close friends. Just now, Kispert sank a 12-foot jumper over Gill.

It's safe to say that Trae Young has a good feel for the shooting background here in Atlanta, as this pregame video from a few minutes ago shows:

The Wizards' early pregame work is well underway here in Atlanta. Here's video of some of Justin Champagnie's shooting routine:

Speaking here in Atlanta before tonight's game, Wizards coach Brian Keefe said the hope is that Trae Young will participate in "more team activities" on the court after the team returns to Washington. Keefe said that Alex Sarr is "a little further behind" than Young in rejoining team activities.

Rookie Jamir Watkins’ new two-year contract calls for him to earn $1,131,970 for the rest of this season. His 2026-27 salary is a nonguaranteed team option worth $2,150,917, two league sources told @theathletic.com. The deadline for the Wizards to exercise their team option is June 29, 2026.

Tonight's Wizards game will be a free T-shirt game for all the fans in Atlanta's State Farm Arena, and I've got to say it's the nicest free T-shirt I've ever seen as a giveaway. It has long sleeves.

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Trae Young is doing part of his shooting routine here in Atlanta — on his former home court. Video:

Trae Young is about to take questions from the Atlanta-based press corps here at State Farm Arena:

Here's a look at some of rookie Will Riley's pregame shooting routine a few minutes ago in Atlanta:

Here's a look at Atlanta's State Farm Arena, where the Wizards will face the Hawks tonight at 7:30:

Justin Champagnie and Tristan Vukcevic have been upgraded from questionable to available to play in tonight's game here in Atlanta against the Hawks.

Here's the Wizards' injury report for their game Tuesday night in Atlanta:

Final: Hornets 129, Wizards 112
Coulibaly: 17 mins., 17 pts., 2 rebs., 2 assts., 2 blocks
Hardy: 16 pts., 3 rebs., 1 asst.
Ball: 37 pts., 10/15 on threes, 8 rebs., 7 assts.
Knueppel: 28 pts., 7 rebs., 4 assts.

LaMelo Ball is up to 37 points now, with 3:36 remaining in the third quarter. Ball has made 10 of his 14 three-point attempts.

That first quarter was the most productive, most assertive quarter I can remember over Bilal Coulibaly's first three seasons in the NBA. He finished the quarter with 15 points, two rebounds and two assists, but those stats somehow don't quite capture how aggressive he was.

Before tipoff tonight, the Capital One Arena JumboTron showed the game-winning goals by the US women's and men's hockey teams in their gold-medal Olympic victories.

Tonight also is the Wizards' second annual Hoops & Hounds Night. A few golden retrievers and corgis in the audience tonight. Also, more importantly, some dogs are here that are available for adoption.

The Wizards will deploy a starting lineup of Bub Carrington, Tre Johnson, Kyshawn George, Bilal Coulibaly and Anthony Gill tonight against the Hornets.

Justin Champagnie (right knee tendinopathy) and Tristan Vukcevic (right hand contusion) are both out.