Wizards owe it to John Wall to make this the ‘biggest summer’: Take dollars and cents out of the equation, and now ask yourself what’s the biggest reason a prominent NBA free agent might want to join the Wizards. I’ve got my answer. John Wall has his. Turns out they match. “You’re playing with me, first of all,” Wall said with a grin this week. -- The Washington Post

The Wizards can win in NBA free agency. Here’s how: Back in February, when it still seemed like the Washington Wizards would get to make a free agency pitch to Kevin Durant, he started to let the city down easy in a peculiar manner. It was during All-Star Weekend in Toronto, and members of the media stood five rows deep around his table at a hotel ballroom, asking leading questions, looking for clues about his future plans. -- The Washington Post

Wizards fill out coaching staff under Scott Brooks: Scott Brooks’ coaching staff in his first season with the Wizards is set, with Tony Brown, Chad Iske, Sidney Lowe, Maz Trakh and Mike Terpstra officially on board, multiple league sources told CSNmidatlantic.com on Wednesday. An annoucment could happen by week's end. Trakh and Terpstra worked under Brooks when he was coach of the Oklahoma City Thunder. Trakh had followed Maurice Cheeks, who is back with the Thunder and won't be on Brooks' staff, when he was hired to coach the Detroit Pistons. -- CSN Mid-Atlantic