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With a post on instagram, Kevin Seraphin announced that he will not play Eurobasket 2013 with the French National Team. Sportando

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On Thursday, the Wizards cleaned out their lockers, said goodbye to their friends, signed some yearbooks and got ready to go home for the summer. Kevin Seraphin spent the day taking a tour of the city on his segway. (Fun fact: Seraphin bought the segway from JaVale McGee.) Washington Post

Washington Wizards, Kevin Seraphin, Javale McGee 

Wizards forward-center Kevin Seraphin heads into this offseason having to decide between advancing his NBA career or maintaining his commitment to his country. Seraphin has played a prominent role for the French national team in each of the past two summers and helped France finish sixth at the London Olympics. But Seraphin’s third season with the Wizards fell short of his expectations despite averaging a career-high nine points per game, leaving his participation at 2013 Eurobasket in Slovenia in doubt. “I don’t know. That’s something that I really want to,” Seraphin said of representing France, “but the thing is now, I try to improve. The [Wizards] want me to improve, too. I try to be better for my team, for sure.” Washington Post

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Kevin Seraphin's participation in the Eurobasket is in doubt. Catch and Shoot

Washington Wizards, Kevin Seraphin, FIBA, France, Eurobasket 

Wizards Kevin Seraphin has managed to combine two of my addictions into one package: Harlem Shake videos and athletes doing silly things. Here is Seraphin’s contribution to the Harlem Shake phenomenon. Adorable. Washington Post

Washington Wizards, Kevin Seraphin 

“I was very clear to him [Saturday] about how he played,” Nene said. Against Chicago, Seraphin scored 12 points and had six assists, but he got to the free throw line just once. “He played much better,” Nene said, comparing Seraphin’s performance against the Bulls to an outing he’d had two games earlier against Cleveland, when Seraphin had just four points, no rebounds, and no trips to the line. After that game, Nene said he had gotten mad at Seraphin and told him to start playing better. “There are a lot of things he needs to clean up,” Nene said. “He has a lot of bad habits he needs to fix.” Washington Times

Washington Wizards, Kevin Seraphin, Nene 

The Wizards had just lost their eighth straight game, an 87-84 defeat to the Cavaliers, and Seraphin was hardly noticeable with four points and no rebounds in 12 minutes. The third-year forward rolled his chair over to talk with the 11-year NBA veteran and got an earful. “He was really mad at me,” Seraphin said. “He’s like the leader right now. He’s trying to help the team the best way and he really thinks I’m an important player for this team and I’ve been struggling for like the last five games and he told me that. “He told me straight up, ‘You should play more than 12 minutes.’ I’m supposed to be ready for the game. I’m supposed to play good. He said, ‘Maybe if you were playing good, maybe we got more chances to win the game.’ That’s what he told me, he was just like, he was mad.” CSNWashington.com

Washington Wizards, Kevin Seraphin, Nene 

Back on December 7th, Seraphin refused to celebrate his 23rd birthday out on the town, even with his roommate Taylor and girlfriend Allison pestering him that he deserved to have some fun. "We keep losing. I feel guilty to celebrate. Not this year," said Seraphin in a frustrated tone. Sports Network

Washington Wizards, Kevin Seraphin 

Forward David West made back-to-back jumpers to help the Pacers hold on and the Wizards had to once again discuss coming up short in a game that they could’ve won if not for a poor execution down the stretch and an even poorer start. “Always the same story,” Kevin Seraphin said after scoring 13 points off the bench. “We have to fight all the game to come back. But that’s difficult. We play some good teams. This is the NBA. That’s a league with no mercy. If you don’t start right, you already lost the game.” Washington Post

Indiana Pacers, Washington Wizards, Kevin Seraphin, David West 

Wizards people talk about Seraphin’s strong work ethic; he actually enjoys being coached. Fans should look for Seraphin to start drawing double teams regularly. Then, sit back and watch as he beats them with his nifty footwork and nice shooting touch. You may not want to leave your seat when Seraphin has the ball down low. You just may miss seeing a great jump-hook shot. Washington Post

Washington Wizards, Kevin Seraphin 

I knew that Kevin Seraphin had a large tattoo on his back. But I wasn’t sure what it meant, so last week I finally asked him. Which is how I learned that this elaborate design was actually the first (and only) tattoo of his life. “The tattoo guy was like, seriously?” Seraphin told me. “You know what you’re doing? For your first tattoo, a big one like that? I was like yeah.” Washington Post

Washington Wizards, Kevin Seraphin 

Washington Wizards President Ernie Grunfeld announced today that the team has exercised the fourth-year contract options on John Wall, Trevor Booker, Kevin Seraphin and Jordan Crawford while picking up the third-year contract options on Jan Vesely and Chris Singleton. Wall, Booker, Seraphin, Crawford, Vesely and Singleton are now signed through the 2013-14 season. Per team policy, terms of the contracts were not released. NBA.com

Washington Wizards, John Wall, Kevin Seraphin, Ernie Grunfeld, Trevor Booker, Jordan Crawford, Jan Vesely, Chris Singleton 

“We have been able to bring in and develop this core group of talented, mature young players over the last several years, and we’re pleased to have them all signed through next season,” said Grunfeld. “Combining them with the veterans we’ve added gives us a solid foundation that can be competitive now while allowing us to continue to build towards future success.” NBA.com

Washington Wizards, John Wall, Kevin Seraphin, Ernie Grunfeld, Trevor Booker, Jordan Crawford, Jan Vesely, Chris Singleton 

Kevin Seraphin out for one week at least because of a calf injury. BasketSession.com

Washington Wizards, Kevin Seraphin, Injuries 

Kevin Seraphin: "My goal is to be the Most Improved Player this season." Basket Americain

Washington Wizards, Kevin Seraphin 

Hakeem Olajuwon worked with some big men, would you like to train with him? Kevin Seraphin: It's a project, I'm talking about that with Sam Cassell. Basket-Infos

Washington Wizards, Kevin Seraphin, Hakeem Olajuwon 

Kevin Seraphin: Another life lesson. Honest people don't always win. Twitter

Kevin Seraphin, Spain, France, Olympics 

Jeff Zillgitt: France names 18-man preliminary roster for London Olympics. NBAers on list: Batum, Beaubois, Diaw, Mahinmi, Noah, Parker, Seraphin, Turiaf. Twitter

Tony Parker, Kevin Seraphin, FIBA, Rodrigue Beaubois, Ronny Turiaf, Ian Mahinmi, Joakim Noah, France, Boris Diaw, Nicolas Batum 

Seraphin has had at least 21 points and 13 rebounds in two of his last four games, and is averaging 13.5 ponts and 7.1 rebounds in the 20 games since JaVale McGee was traded last month. Noah said he could see the confidence growing in the player who “is kind of like a little brother to me. It’s hard to prove yourself when you’re playing 10 minutes a game. He’s finally getting an opportunity and he’s proving to a lot of people that he can be dominant.” Washington Post

Chicago Bulls, Washington Wizards, Kevin Seraphin, Joakim Noah 

WUSA’s Kevin Jones reported last week that Kevin Seraphin “has a bird named April and a snake named Snakey.” Hard as this was to believe, Seraphin went ahead and tweeted the above photo on Thursday night. “Snakey,” read the caption. He previously had posted this video of him with his bird. April, apparently. See screengrab below. Washington Post

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