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The Wizards will face the Indiana Pacers for the second time this season on Monday at Verizon Center, and Wittman says he’ll try just about anything to get that first win. He’s expected to change his lineups, giving struggling players fewer minutes, while relegating a few guys to a seat at the end of the bench with a DNP [Did Not Play] next to their names in the box score. “I’m going to continue to look for different combinations and try to find who is playing well together,” Wittman said. Washington Times

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As the mid-Atlantic region made final preparations and braced for the arrival of Hurricane Sandy, the Wizards made an adjustment of their own to avoid the severe storm. The Wizards will depart Dulles for Cleveland at 8 a.m. Monday ahead of their regular-season opener Tuesday against the Cavaliers, rather than practice at Verizon Center and travel in the afternoon as they typically would. “It’s not ideal but, you know what, safety first No. 1,” Coach Randy Wittman said. “Listening to people talk, they’re talking about the storm of the last 20 to 30 years that’s come across here. Obviously the league also has input on that, making us get out early to secure that we get [to Cleveland].” Washington Post

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With Wall sidelined for eight weeks with a stress injury in his left patella, last year’s leading scorer, Nick Young, playing elsewhere and starting center Nene out indefinitely with plantar fasciitis, the Wizards figure to lean on Crawford for scoring, particularly in the early portion of the season. He’s taken that responsibility to heart in the first few days of training camp at George Mason University, so much so that Coach Randy Wittman made sure to mention how much the third-year player has stood out in practice. “It’s the three best in a row [from Crawford] that I’ve ever seen,” Wittman said. “So that’s a testament to him. Like I said, he had I think probably one of the better summers of anyone on our team in terms of his growth and understanding of me and the things that he’s going to have to do to take that next step.” Washington Post

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The Washington Wizards announced today that Jerry Sichting will join Randy Wittman’s staff as an assistant coach. Sichting brings 24 years of experience as an NBA player, coach and talent evaluator to the Wizards’ bench, including 11 seasons serving as an assistant both alongside and under Wittman with the Minnesota Timberwolves. "I’m obviously very familiar with what Jerry will add to our staff and I’m thrilled to have him on board," said Wittman. “His experience playing, teaching and evaluating the game will be valuable on the bench and on the practice court as we continue to develop our players and establish this team’s identity." NBA.com

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The Wizards are close to filling out Randy Wittman’s coaching staff with the addition of Jerry Sichting, league sources with knowledge of the situation have confirmed. An official announcement is expected to come soon. Washington Post

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The Wizards are close to filling out Randy Wittman’s coaching staff with the addition of Jerry Sichting, league sources with knowledge of the situation have confirmed. An official announcement is expected to come soon. Washington Post

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Jerry Zgoda: Look for former Wolves asst Jerry Sichting to end up reunited with Randy Wittman on the Wizards' staff Twitter

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Randy Wittman on why the team decided to amnesty Andray Blatche: It’s happened. It just became, I think a situation where, I mean, Dray is a talented player and I wish him nothing but the best. I really do. It didn’t work out here. We can sit here and talk about reasons why and you might have a different reason than what I have. That doesn’t really matter. What has happened is what I think we had to do in trying to move forward and the direction that we’re trying to take this team into. I hope and wish the best for Dray. And maybe this can be the best thing for him in turning his career back around and being the player I think we all think he can be. Washington Post

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Mike Monroe: #Spurs asst. coach Don Newman leaving to become Randy Wittman's No. 1 asst. on Wiz staff, per source Twitter

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Randy Wittman: The last couple days, basically (Bradley Beal) was the player being talked about the most of teams behind us that wanted to try to trade up to No. 2 to get him. You just wake up every morning and hear more and more chatter of this kid. … I just thought maybe Charlotte, being in the position they are in trying to rebuild their team, that they would maybe just drop back and try to get a couple more assets and build that way. So, actually, when they announced Charlotte’s pick, with Kidd-Gilchrist, we kind of erupted with a bit of surprise.” Sports Radio Interviews

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Team president Ernie Grunfeld said Satoransky remains under contract in Spain, but has an undisclosed buyout to play in the NBA. He does not need to use that buyout to participate in the summer league. Grunfeld and head Coach Randy Wittman both said on Friday afternoon they hoped he would join the team. Washington Post

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Michael Lee: Despite delay, Ernie Grunfeld said Randy Wittman was coach #wizards wanted all along: "After we took time to evaluate our situation, yes.” Twitter

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Randy Wittman will return as the head coach of the Wizards for the 2012-13 season. “We are excited to bring Randy back as head coach and give him the opportunity to build on the positive momentum that the team showed under his leadership last season,” said Grunfeld. “We were very pleased with the development of our young players and the commitment to winning he instilled despite taking over the team under difficult circumstances.” RealGM

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At first glance, with all of the available alternatives out there, the Wizards' decision to keep Wittman, who has a career coaching record of 111-238, and whose previous coaching stints in Cleveland and Minnesota never came close to producing playoff teams, seems odd. And league sources say that new owner Ted Leonsis is reluctant to throw out big money while the Wizards are rebuilding. John Wall's development at the point and his overall happiness are the Wizards' top priority, and no one has been better with point guards over the last few years than D'Antoni, whose system helped Steve Nash procure back-to-back MVP awards in Phoenix, and who got the most out of Ray Felton in New York. The Knicks may have signed Jeremy Lin as an afterthought, but it was under D'Antoni' that Linsanity took hold. NBA.com

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Adrian Wojnarowski: As Y! Sports reported Friday, Randy Wittman is signing a two-year deal to become Washington's head coach. No team option after second year. Twitter

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Adrian Wojnarowski: Wizards will hold news conference today to announce Randy Wittman's new deal as head coach. Twitter

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“Randy is a hard worker, he does a good job,” Saunders said on Sunday from TD Garden in Boston, where he is serving as a playoff consultant for the Celtics. “The guy was my assistant for eight years, so I’ve always had great respect for him and we share a lot of the same philosophies and I thought, coming down the stretch, he did a good job. He had the guys believing in what they were doing.” Washington Post

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Nearly fourth months later, the Wizards have retained Saunders’s replacement for next two seasons with a contract that could be finalized today – and Saunders said he couldn’t be happier for Wittman. “Randy is a hard worker, he does a good job,” Saunders said on Sunday from TD Garden in Boston, where he is serving as a playoff consultant for the Celtics. “The guy was my assistant for eight years, so I’ve always had great respect for him and we share a lot of the same philosophies and I thought, coming down the stretch, he did a good job. He had the guys believing in what they were doing.” Washington Post

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Chris Mannix: Sources confirm the Wizards are working towards completing a two-year deal with Randy Wittman. Likely to happen. Twitter

Washington Wizards, Coaching, Randy Wittman 

The Washington Wizards are finalizing details on a two-year contract for interim coach Randy Wittman to become head coach, league sources told Yahoo! Sports. Yahoo! Sports

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