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Wednesday's Wizards Links: Brooks has a plan to keep Wall, Beal healthy

Wizards Coach Scott Brooks has a plan to keep John Wall and Bradley Beal healthy: For a few days last October, during his year off from coaching after six-plus seasons as the coach of the Oklahoma City Thunder, Scott Brooks was a guest of five-time NBA champion coach Gregg Popovich at Spurs training camp. Brooks, who was hired to replace Randy Wittman as coach of the Wizards in April, plans to bring some of what he observed during that visit to D.C. -- The Washington Post

Wizards announce re-signing of Bradley Beal: Finally, on Tuesday, the marquee name associated with the Washington Wizards offseason became part of a press release. The team announced it had re-signed shooting guard Bradley Beal, who was a restricted free agent. Beal receives a maximum contract which will make him the highest-paid player on the team despite being just 23 years old and missing numerous games in each of his four NBA seasons because of injury. -- The Washington Times

Wizards officially sign Beal: The Wizards re-signed Bradley Beal to a five-year max contract worth $128 million back on July 1. Now, the team has officially announced the move. Wizards President Ernie Grunfeld cited Beal's basketball potential and off-court character as reasons the team was eager to retain him. -- CSN Mid-Atlantic

No movement on Otto Porter's extension: Otto Porter appears likely to become a restricted free agent next summer, with no movement towards an extension to his rookie scale contract with the Wizards before starting the 2016-17 season, league sources tell CSNmidatlantic.com. -- CSN Mid-Atlantic

Brooks won't baby young Wizards: Scott Brooks had a lot of success developing young players in Oklahoma City. That's an area of need for the Wizards, whose two best players are in their early 20s. His strategy? Don't baby anyone, basically. -- CSN Mid-Atlantic

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