Washington concluded a three-day minicamp today in which several notable players participated in full-court scrimmages and drills. No. 9 overall pick Rui Hachimura and No. 42 overall pick Admiral Schofield were among the prospects participating in drills for the Wizards. Schofield believes the two rookies can play well together, as he told Hoops Rumors and other media members in attendance.
“I can play multiple positions. So can [Hachimura],” Schofield said. “He can play the wing and the forward. That’s going to make us pretty lethal. We just have to get used to the [NBA level] and how things are done here, understanding from the vets how to pace ourselves and how to play the game the right way.”
Schofield, whose rights were traded to the Wizards in the Jonathon Simmons deal on draft night, initially thought he was going to Philadelphia. The 22-year-old said he actually found out about his draft spot through Adrian Wojnarowski on Twitter, as I recently passed along.
“[My agent] told me I was going to get picked…but I saw the tweet before my agent called, which was pretty cool. Woj is elite,” Schofield said.
Here’s more from Washington:
- The Wizards and Jonathon Simmons have agreed to move back the guarantee deadline on his deal from July 1 to July 8, sources confirm. Fred Katz of The Athletic was the first to report the news.
- While no definite decision has been made, last year’s second-round pick Issuf Sanon is likely to spend another season abroad, a source tells Hoops Rumors. The organization is impressed by the progress Sanon is making. “He came back lighter,” assistant coach Robert Pack said during a session with the media. “He’s playing with a little more confidence.”
- Hachimura said undrafted free agent Justin Robinson has helped him adjust to living in Washington D.C., as he told Hoops Rumors and other media members in attendance. “He’s from [the area],” Hachimura said. “Justin’s great…we talk a lot.” Robinson, who has been referred to by the team as the 61st pick in the draft, is expected to play for the team’s G League, as Candace Buckner of The Washington Post recently wrote.
Bleacher report should make an episode of Game of Zones where Woj is Varys.
i dig admiral schofield’s motor. i hope he has a long nba career. he seems like ac green good character, good hustle kind of guy.
I gotta call bullshit on this article. It says “told HoopsRumors” but 90% of this is from yesterday’s Wizards Talk and Off The Bench podcasts word-for-word.
I listened to both back to back so I immediately sniffed this out. Is it standard for HR to steal stories from podcasts without attribution?
It actually says “told Hoops Rumors and other media members in attendance” because these were media scrums involving many reporters.
Honest question: Which do you think is more likely?
A) Despite having attended this mini-camp himself (as his linked Schofield video from Wednesday shows) and despite there being no real need for us to pass along quotes from Wizards prospects while we’re focused primarily on free agency, Chris went in-depth listening to multiple Wizards podcasts to steal them.
B) These guys gave similar quotes to multiple reporters this week, since they’re speaking in general platitudes about the same few topics.
Giving proper credit is something we take very seriously and we’re happy to fix any attribution mistakes we make, but this isn’t one of them.