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WESTBROOK'S RISE TO THE NBA RECORD By: Jackson Filyo

On May 10 in Atlanta, Russell Westbrook recorded the 182nd triple-double of his 13-year NBA career, passing Oscar Robertson for the most in NBA history. He secured the triple-double on a defensive rebound with 8:30 left in the fourth quarter and finished the night with 28 points, 13 rebounds and 21 assists. In just a few short years, Westbrook’s play turned the idea of breaking the record from an impossibility into an inevitability. As of that night, he had recorded 145 of his 182 triple-doubles since the start of the 2016-17 season and three of the four most prolific single-season triple-double totals in league history. In the waning weeks of Robertson’s lead over Westbrook, a countdown of the games remaining until the record was broken seemed to replace the upward tally of the triple-doubles themselves. Robertson played in the NBA from 1960 to 1974, earning All-Star recognition in his first 12 seasons. Unlike Westbrook, Robertson posted most of his triple-doubles early in his career, including 135 in his first five seasons in the league. His record of 181 triple-doubles held since March 24, 1974, when he totaled 14 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists in the second-to-last regular season game of his storied career. Over nearly five decades, Robertson’s record stood the test of time, outlasting countless evolutions to the league’s landscape and style of play. No player came close to touching Robertson’s 181 triple-doubles. Before Westbrook’s run, the closest threat to dethrone Robertson was Magic Johnson, who recorded his 138th and final tripledouble on February 14, 1996 – still 43 behind the record. A triple-double is, in essence, the most pure, easy-to-understand indication of a player’s impact on the entire game: creating team possessions with offensive and defensive rebounds, driving the flow of a collaborative offense with assists and, of course, putting points on the scoreboard. As of the night Westbrook broke the record, 443 players in NBA history had recorded at

least one triple-double. Stumbling into one or two can happen – a few balls bounce your way off the rim and teammates have a hot shooting night off your passing. But making a habit of recording them has proven to be far more difficult. Only 61 players in NBA history have recorded 10-plus. Only 15 players have recorded 30-plus. Westbrook accounts for 6.4% of all triple-doubles recorded in NBA history and 20.0% of triple-doubles recorded since he’s joined the league, according to Elias Sports Bureau. The top of the all-time triple-double list is reserved for some of the greatest names in NBA history. Westbrook, Robertson, Johnson, Jason Kidd, LeBron James, Wilt Chamberlain, Larry Bird and more. But none have done it quite like Westbrook, who is dialing up his triple-double production as his career progresses. Since the start of the 2016-17 season, he has recorded 145-plus tripledoubles in just over 350 games played. At Westbrook’s current pace, when the NBA world looks back on his career, it’s more likely that this moment will be remembered as a checkpoint than as a culmination. There is no telling how high he will set the bar for the next generation of stars, all of whom will come up in a league more conducive than ever before to eye-popping stat lines and triple-double totals. Luka Doncic, for example, is playing in just his third NBA season and is already 11th on the all-time triple-double list. But to write away Westbrook’s surpassing of Robertson’s record simply as a sign of the times would be incorrect. Even among players in the modern era, no one does it like Westbrook. Over the course of his career, LeBron James has recorded triple-doubles in 7.6% of his games. James Harden has recorded tripledoubles in 6.6% of his games. Nikola Jokic has done so in 12.5% and Doncic in 17.9%. Since entering the league, Westbrook has recorded triple-doubles in 19.3% of his games and an astounding 41.0% of his games since the start of the 2016-17 season. “I’m pretty sure if everybody could do it, they would do it,” Westbrook said earlier this season.

ing the departure of longtime star Kevin Durant. After tallying just 12 points in the first half, Westbrook Westbrook entered the league in 2008 as a scored 33 pointsguard in theout second and adrafted team-high six raw, uber-athletic of UCLA, in overtime. Hethe tallied 13 rebounds and 10 assists, fourth overall by Oklahoma City Thunder. Draft analysts praised his ability to impact of his cagiving him his first 50-point triple-double multiple facets of the game, consistently reer and the first in the NBAbut since 1975. highlighted the need to improve his point guard skills. 13 years later and nearing what will be his third assist title, Westbrook has far exceeded 20 points, 20optimistic rebounds,expectations 21 assists for his even the most development as a pointthe guard. Westbrook became first player since 1968

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to total least 20 points, 20 record-breaking rebounds and 20 asWith hisatsecond assist on the night the Hawks, became the sistsagainst in a game, joining Westbrook the great Wilt Chamberlain 12th in NBA history withhistory at leastto8,000 as player the only players in NBA accomplish career assists. He’s averaging over 11.5 assists the feat. The game is one of just two 20-rebound this season, a career-high and the fifth time in of he’s Westbrook’s and one theperformances last six seasons averaged career more than of per fivegame. 20-assist games of his career. Westbrook 10.0 the game in a dominant win over In finished May, Wizards headplus-24 coach Scott Brooks said Lakers.Westbrook The gamewas hadthe a sentimental value to hethe believed second-best point guard inas NBA history. The duo seventhe Westbrook well. Postgame, hespent dedicated years together in and were reunited performance to OKC his friend, Nipsey Hussle,this a rapper, season when Westbrook was traded to the activist, and fellow Los Angeles native who was Wizards. killed two days prior. “I’ve been fortunate enough to see him for eight years do a lot of things that are pretty much superhuman at times,” Brooks said. “Point 58 points, rebounds, nine assists,not 53.8% guards don’tthree do what he does. They’re builtFG that nobody in thewith history of the In way…There’s a back-and-forth shootout the Trail Blazers, game that can do what he does throughout the Westbrook scored 17 points in the final 8:28 of the stat sheet. What he does, no point guard has game asit.the Thunder fought to overcome a late ever done Nobody.”

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deficit. The valiant late-game efforts highlighted

Westbrook and Brooks have developed a close the highestover scoring gamestaying of Westbrook’s relationship the years, in touch career: 58 during points on fromtheir the stints field and 13-16 even the21-39 years(.538) between together in Oklahoma and Washington. (.812) from the free City throw line. Westbrook was a

force fromfor start to finish,like scoring 12 points in the “I’m grateful somebody Scotty,” first quarter, 16“Not in thejust second, 13 inbut thea third and 17 Westbrook said. a coach, friend. Number one, heSince gave Westbrook’s me my first opportunity in the fourth. 58-point outburst to go out and be me. He’s always allowed me against the Blazers, only four NBA players have to do that since day one…I’m very grateful and scoredfor more in ability a game. thankful himpoints and his to allow me to go out and compete and his trust in me to be the point guard and go out and play.”

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51 points, 10 rebounds, 13 assists, four steals, Some have classified Brooks’ willingness to let Westbrook 15-18 FT be himself as a negative. Westbrook has of selfishness, theplayoff Inbeen Gameaccused 2 of Oklahoma City’s despite first-round fact that he’s closing in on his third assist title. series against Houston, Westbrook continued For years, he’s had to answer to an outside his history-making withnota lead 51-point trinarrative that his stylecampaign of play does – the his highest-scoring to ple-double winning. Excluding rookie season,triple-double the Thunder with at least athe 54.0% in NBAfinished postseason history, only winning 50-point tripercentage year he was there, including ple-doubleevery in NBA postseason history and a anew 60-win season, a 59-win season and a trip to the Oklahoma City franchise playoff scoring NBA Finals. Houston won 63.1% of the gamesrecord. While the Thunder were defeated by four points, Westbrook finished plus-11 in 41 minutes.

Westbrook played in during the shortened 2019-20 regular season. And in Washington, Westbrook’s second-half performance has led the team’s resurgence into the postseason picture. Westbrook tunes out all of the noise. “I take a lot of pride in my preparation,” Westbrook said. “I take a lot of pride in taking care of my body. I take a lot of pride in competing every night. I don’t take nights off. I don’t cheat the game. So with that, I’m OK with the results of going out and competing and if it’s a triple-double, then (expletive), why not?” “He’s only had problems with maybe a few teammates that didn’t want to play hard,” Brooks said. “Russell doesn’t get along with anybody that doesn’t compete. You don’t have to be an All-Star talent; all you’ve got to do is play hard.” Ask any one of the guys with whom he shares a locker room and they’ll speak only of a first-class leader, a culture-setter and the consummate teammate. “He’s made different,” said Ish Smith, whose relationship with Westbrook dates all the way back to their high school years. “He really is. Russ gives you 120, 130 percent, 150 percent, 200 percent every single night. On the defensive end, offensive end, rebounding – every aspect of the game. The thing I love about him is, basically, it’s a game of wills for him. (He’s) going to outlast you.” The organization commemorated the moment that Westbrook broke the record with a video tribute that included messages of congratulations from Robertson himself, Johnson, Kidd, James, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver and members of the Wizards’ organization.

“I’m going to be honest; I didn’t think it was even possible,” James said. “Not only for someone to pass (Robertson) in tripledoubles, but to actually average a tripledouble in a season. And you’ve done it I think, like, 70 times? You’re incredible, bro… It’s an incredible feat. If someone had to do it, why not you?” Westbrook understands NBA history. He has shared publicly more than once how much it means to him to be in the same basketball conversations as NBA legends like Robertson and never lets one of those moments go by without praising Robertson for what he meant to the game on and off the court. Westbrook’s drive and on-court abilities have not wavered. He is playing some of the best basketball of his Hall of Fame career. At this rate, there’s no telling just how high his triple-double total will go, which milestones Westbrook will hit next, whose records will fall, or what jaw-dropping stat lines of his will own the NBA zeitgeist for a day. But for Westbrook, it’s about not about the numbers – it’s about the process. It’s about a rigid routine on game days and days off. It’s about locker room leadership and doing his part to guide a winning culture. It’s about laying the groundwork every day to succeed, over and over again. “I don’t think about (the stat lines),” Westbrook said. “I just go out and have fun and hoop. At the end of the day, when my journey is done and I’m done playing basketball, I can look back and think about some of the crazy stat lines – the good, the bad, the ugly – and be thankful. I’m grateful for it all.”

“Russell Westbrook, a tremendously gifted athlete has a great knowledge of the game of basketball,” Robertson said in the video. “He’s been so successful with his tripledoubles, it been almost unbelievable. He’s at the top of the heap…What he has done is classical and it’s going to be in the record books…I’m very happy for you, your family is very proud of you and I salute you for all your accomplishments in the game of basketball.” “What a feat,” Kidd said. “Incredible. You (passed) me a long time ago, but you’re going to go down as Mr. Triple Double.”

TED LEONSIS

Founder, Chairman, Principal Partner & Chief Executive Officer,

TOMMY SHEPPARD General Manager, Washington Wizards

Monumental Sports & Entertainment

TED LEONSIS is founder, chairman, principal partner, and chief

executive officer of Monumental Sports & Entertainment, which owns the NHL’s 2018 Stanley Cup Champion Washington Capitals, NBA’s Washington Wizards, WNBA’s Washington Mystics, AFL’s 2018 ArenaBowl Champion Washington Valor and Baltimore Brigade, NBA G League’s Capital City Go-Go and NBA 2K League’s Wizards District Gaming. Leonsis is a co-owner of aXiomatic, which has controlling interest in global esports franchise Team Liquid. Monumental also owns the 20,000-seat Capital One Arena and operates MedStar Capitals Iceplex, the Capitals’ training facility, and George Mason University’s EagleBank Arena. An integrated media, technology, sports and entertainment company, Monumental also runs Monumental Sports Network, a first-of-its-kind regional sports network for digital, mobile and overthe-top (OTT) platforms. Monumental and NBC Sports Washington, part of the NBC Sports Group, have developed an advanced media partnership that includes NBCSW’s exclusive media rights to the Capitals and Wizards, and saw Monumental become an equity partner in NBCSW. NBC Sports Group has also invested in Monumental Sports Network, creating a cross-equity leadership structure. As part of a joint venture with the D.C. mayor’s office and Events DC, Monumental unveiled a brand-new sports and entertainment facility in Southeast DC on the St. Elizabeths East campus, which opened in the Fall of 2018. The facility features a cutting-edge 4,200-seat arena for the Mystics and the Go-Go, as well as a top-of-the-line practice facility for the Wizards, the MedStar Wizards Performance Center. As cofounder and partner at Revolution Growth, a $1 billion set of investment funds, Mr. Leonsis and his partners make a select group of speed-up capital investments in businesses each year, typically investing $25-50 million per deal. Mr. Leonsis is a nationally recognized entrepreneur, investor, philanthropist and award-winning filmmaker, who has won Peabody and Emmy awards. He sits on a variety of boards, including American Express and Groupon, and is the former vice chairman and president of AOL.

EXECUTIVE STAFF

TOMMY SHEPPARD enters his 26th year of service in the NBA and his first as general manager of the Washington Wizards. As general manager, Sheppard will lead strategy, analytics, player personnel, scouting and coaching for the Wizards, Go-Go, and District Gaming. Sheppard has earned a reputation as one of the league’s most innovative and creative executives. In 16 years in the Wizards’ front office, his role included responsibilities with salary cap management, negotiations, draft preparation and talent evaluation of collegiate athletes and professionals, both domestically and abroad. Sheppard also served an assisting role in the recruitment and evaluation of free agents, statistical evaluation of NBA players, the hiring of coaches and personnel and monitoring the Wizards’ efforts in the NBA’s Player Programs. During his tenure with the team, he has been tasked with organizing the Wizards’ training camp and preseason schedules; overseeing the athletic training, strength training, video, technology and equipment areas for the team; and directing in-arena renovations to areas including the Wizards' locker room, players' lounge, family lounge and front offices. Prior to his arrival in Washington in 2003, Sheppard was a member of the Denver Nuggets organization since 1994, serving as the Nuggets’ Senior Director of Team Services and Player Relations. With Denver, he oversaw all internal and external communications functions and served as the club’s primary spokesperson. He also scouted internationally and evaluated high school, collegiate and minor league talent. For his efforts in Denver and overall contributions to the communications efforts of the NBA, Sheppard was honored with the prestigious Splaver/McHugh “Tribute to Excellence” Award in 2010, which is given annually by the NBA Public Relations Directors’ Association to a current or former member of the NBA public relations family who has demonstrated an outstanding level of performance and service during his or her NBA career. An active figure within the United States Olympic Movement for over a decade, Sheppard worked as a press attaché for the three Summer Olympic Games (1996, 2000, 2004), as well as three Olympic Festivals and the 2003 Pan American Games. He assisted with the formation of the Northern European Basketball League (which realigned as part of FIBA Europe) and continues to serve as a consultant for Lithuanian legend Sarunas Marciulionis, who was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 2014, on various basketball projects. Currently an adjunct professor at Georgetown University for the Sports Industry Management Program, Sheppard graduated from New Mexico State University in 1991, where he was a three-year member of the Aggie football team. After getting his start in media relations as a student assistant at New Mexico State, Sheppard headed the sports information office at UNLV before taking ranks in the National Basketball Association in 1994. He also serves on the Industry Advisory Council for the American Public University and the American Military University Systems. Sheppard and his wife, Rosie, are the parents of five daughters: Bailey, Rebekah, Abby, Emma and Tessa, and two sons, Tommy Jr., and Luke.

EXECUTIVE STAFF

SASHI BROWN

DANIEL MEDINA

Chief Planning & Operations Officer, Monumental Basketball

Chief Athlete Care & Performance, Monumental Basketball

SASHI BROWN is beginning his second year as Monumental

DANIEL MEDINA enters his second season in Washington as the

Basketball's Chief Planning and Operations Officer. A graduate

team's Chief Planning Chief of Athlete Care and Performance,

of Harvard Law and Hampton University, Brown is a seasoned

having spent the last two seasons as the vice president of

NFL executive who has served within both football and business

athlete care for the Philadelphia 76ers. In his role with the 76ers,

operations.

Dr. Medina oversaw all areas of athlete care and performance,

In 2016, Brown was promoted to executive vice president of football operations for the Cleveland Browns, where he was responsible for developing the organization’s short and long-

including the medical and sports science departments, as well as the athletic training, physiotherapy, nutrition and strength and conditioning departments.

term visions and strategies in collaboration with the ownership

Prior to Philadelphia, Dr. Medina spent over a decade with Fútbol

group. He also oversaw Cleveland’s scouting functions and

Club Barcelona. Dr. Medina finished his tenure with the team as

management of the roster and salary cap.

deputy director of the sports science and medical department,

Brown was originally hired by Cleveland in 2013 as executive vice president and general counsel, where he served the franchise in

where he managed 2,000 athletes and more than 125 athlete care and performance staff members.

both football and business capacities. He was responsible for

Dr. Medina served as team physician for FC Barcelona from

overseeing the roster and salary cap while also directing the

2008-2015 and first joined its medical services department in

team’s football administration functions, including negotiation

2005. He also served as a driving force behind FC Barcelona’s

of players contracts. On the business side, his duties included

award-winning Barca Innovation Hub. Dr. Medina was heavily

insurance and risk management, licensing and intellectual

involved in Barca Innovation Hub’s evaluation and research of

property issues and litigation management.

emerging products, particularly those designed to aid in athlete

Brown started his career as an attorney at Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering,

health and performance.

Hale and Dorr in Washington, DC, where he represented clients

Dr. Medina boasts an extensive résumé in athlete care and

in a variety of transactions including venture capital and private

sports performance. In addition to earning a PhD from the

equity deals as well as mergers and acquisitions. He joined the

University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Medical School in

Jacksonville Jaguars in 2005 where he served as senior vice

Spain, Dr. Medina holds master’s degrees from the University of

president and general counsel, working on both the football and

Barcelona (Evaluative Medicine) and University Pablo Olavide

business side of the franchise’s operations.

(Fútbol Conditioning and Rehab). He also graduated from the International Olympic Committee’s sports nutrition program and participated in continuing health care education programs at Harvard Business School.

EXECUTIVE STAFF

SCOTT BROOKS

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Head Coach, Washington Wizards

SCOTT BROOKS has led the Wizards for the past three seasons after being named as head coach on April 26, 2016. Brooks has an overall record of 462-329 (.584) during his decade on the sidelines, ranking him sixth among active coaches in win percentage and eighth among active coaches in total wins. In his third season as Wizards Head Coach, Brooks’ continued record of developing players was recognized. Bradley Beal established himself as a top guard in the league posting career highs in points, rebounds and assists, while earning his second NBA All-Star nod, and Thomas Bryant flourished in his second year of play shooting .616 from the field, making him the franchise leader in field goal percentage. Brooks reached his 100th win as the Wizards head coach vs. the Houston Rockets on November 26, 2018, and the 201819 season marked only the second time in his head coaching career that his team finished with a win/loss record below .500. In his first season at the helm, Brooks led the Wizards to a 49-33 record and a Southeast Division title, Washington’s first division title in 38 years. The 49 wins were the most since the 1978-79 campaign when the Bullets finished 54-28. Brooks, who incorporated nine new players that were not onthe roster the previous season, coached his team to the highest win total in NBA history for a team that started 2-8 or worse and led the Wizards to a 17-game home winning streak (the second-longest in franchise history). With him on the sideline, Washington rallied from 17 double-digit deficits to win in 2016-17, the most in team history in the last 20 years. Brooks also made player development a priority, even among his best players: Wall appeared in his fourth straight All-Star game and averaged career highs in scoring, assists, field goal percentage and steals while Beal averaged career highs in scoring, assists, field goal percentage and games played and Porter Jr. averaged career highs in almost every statistical category. Brooks is the 24th head coach in franchise history and brings a wealth of NBA coaching experience to the organization. Brooks was the head coach of the Oklahoma City Thunder from 2008-09 through 2014-15 where he amassed a 338-207 (.620) record, tallied four 50-plus win seasons (including 60 wins in 2012-13), made three appearances in the Western Conference Finals (2011, 2012, 2014) and advanced to the 2012 NBA Finals. He was named the Red Auerbach NBA Coach of the Year in 2010. During his tenure with the Thunder, Brooks led Oklahoma City to five straight postseason appearances and four consecutive Northwest Division titles. From 2009-10 through 2014-15, he was the second-winningest active coach in the NBA, as the Thunder claimed 316 victories during this span. Brooks guided the Thunder to a 45-win season during an injury-plagued 2014-15 campaign that saw Kevin Durant, Serge Ibaka and Russell Westbrook all miss extended stretches. After starting 3-12, the Thunder finished the season going 42-25 and in doing so, Oklahoma City became just the fourth team in NBA history to go from nine games below .500 at one point in the season, to nine games above .500 later in the season. In the 2013-14 season, the Thunder finished with the second best record in the NBA at 59-23 and Oklahoma City became one of just two teams (San Antonio) to record a .610-or-better winning percentage (equivalent to 50 wins) in each of the five prior seasons. After posting the top record in the Western Conference through the first half of the 2013-14 season, Brooks represented the Thunder by coaching the 2014 Western Conference AllStars in New Orleans. The All-Star coaching honor marked the second of Brooks’ career (Brooks and his staff also coached the 2012 All-Star Game in Orlando). During the 2012-13 season, the Thunder claimed the top spot in the Western Conference after finishing with a record of 60-22. On the year, Oklahoma

City posted the largest point differential in the NBA in more than five seasons (9.2 points per game). Oklahoma City won 44 games by double figures, including 19 games of 20- or more (both tops in the NBA). The Thunder finished the season as the third highest scoring team in the NBA (105.7 points per game) while holding the opposition to the second worst field goal shooting percentage (.425).

TONY BROWN

MIKE LONGABARDI

ROBERT PACK

ASSISTANT HEAD COACH

ASSISTANT COACH

DAVID ADKINS

JARELL CHRISTIAN

COREY GAINES

DIRECTOR OF PLAYER DEVELOPMENT

ASSISTANT COACH

At the end of the 2012-13 season, the Thunder became just the second team in NBA history to increase its winning percentage for five consecutive seasons (while maintaining a winning percentage of .700or- better in two seasons). During the 2011-12 season, Brooks guided the Thunder to a Western Conference championship and the NBA Finals after finishing the regular season with a record of 47-19. In the playoffs, the Thunder defeated Dallas, the Los Angeles Lakers and San Antonio before falling to the eventual champions Miami in five games. In 2010-11 Brooks led the Thunder to 55 wins and a spot in the Western Conference Finals after Oklahoma City captured playoff series victories over the Denver Nuggets and Memphis Grizzlies. After the late-season acquisition of Kendrick Perkins from the Boston Celtics in mid-March, Brooks guided the Thunder to a 13-4 mark in the final 17 games of the regular season. Brooks received the 2009-10 Red Auerbach NBA Coach of the Year award after his second season as head coach in Oklahoma City. During his first full year at the helm of the Thunder, Brooks oversaw one of the biggest turnarounds in NBA history. A year after winning 23 games, the Thunder concluded the 2009-10 season with a record of 50-32 (.610). The 27-win improvement was tied for the eighth largest in NBA history. Brooks was named interim head coach of the Thunder 13 games into the 2008-09 season and was later named head coach on April 15, 2009 prior to the team’s final game of the season. A day after being awarded his first NBA head coaching position, Brooks led the Thunder to their most lopsided victory of the year in the team’s season finale, a 126-85 win versus the Los Angeles Clippers at STAPLES Center. Prior to his appointment as interim head coach on November 22, 2008 Brooks joined P.J. Carlisemo and the Thunder coaching staff at the start of the 2007-08 season. Before joining the Thunder (then Seattle Supersonics) organization as an assistant prior to the 2007-08 season, Brooks spent the 2006-07 season working as an assistant coach with the Sacramento Kings. His NBA coaching career began with the Denver Nuggets, where he served as an assistant coach from 200306. Brooks helped lead the Nuggets to the playoffs in each of his three seasons on the bench, with the team compiling a 136-110 (.560) regular season record.

ASSISTANT COACH

DEAN OLIVER

MIKE TERPSTRA

ASSISTANT COACH

Brooks played 10 seasons in the NBA, appearing in 680 regular season games with Philadelphia, Minnesota, Houston, Dallas, New York and Cleveland. He won an NBA championship in 1994 as a member of the Houston Rockets. The 5-11 guard retired with career averages of 4.9 points and 2.4 assists. In 2000, Brooks was a player/assistant coach with the Los Angeles Stars of the ABA. The following season, he served as the head coach of the Southern California Surf of the ABA, guiding the club to a 2314 record. A native of Lathrop, California, Brooks began his collegiate career at Texas Christian University, where he played one season. He then transferred to San Joaquin Delta College for his sophomore season, before spending his final two years at UC Irvine, where he averaged 23.8 points per game as a senior.

COACHING STAFF

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JUSTIN KUTCHER

PLAY-BY-PLAY ANNOUNCER The 2019-20 NBA season marks the first for Justin Kutcher as the Wizards play-by-player announcer. Kutcher has 17 years of experience as a play-by-play announcer, joining NBC Sports Washington after spending the previous seven years at Fox Sports, where he led national coverage of NCAA basketball and football, the NFL and MLB. Prior to FOX Sports, Kutcher served as a play-by-play announcer for ESPN for four years. During that time, he led live coverage for a variety of sports, including basketball, football, baseball, softball, volleyball and hockey, across professional, college and high school leagues and conferences. He also appeared on studio shows during his tenure with ESPN. In addition to FOX Sports and ESPN, he has also called collegiate events for CSTV, now CBS Sports Network, for two years, as well as BTN, and contributed to MLB.com digital programming.

DREW GOODEN

ANALYST The 2019-20 NBA campaign is the first for Drew Gooden as primary analyst for Washington Wizards’ games. For the past two seasons, Gooden has been NBC Sports Washington’s lead analyst for Wizards pregame and postgame coverage and a secondary game analyst. Before to joining NBCSW in 2017, he was an NBA ambassador and appeared regularly on ESPN, FS1, NBATV and SiriusXM Radio. As a player, he spent 14 years in the NBA, including two stints with the Wizards, helping the team advance to the conference semifinals in 2014 and 2015. The former no. 4 draft pick out Kansas in 2002, helped guide the Jayhawks to the 2002 Final Four, since 1993.

DECEMBER

JANUARY

WASHINGTON WIZARDS RADIO NETWORK PLAY-BY-PLAY ANNOUNCER The 2019-20 season marks Dave Johnson’s 23rd consecutive season as the voice of the Wizards on the Washington Wizards Radio Network.

DAVE JOHNSON FEBRUARY

Along with Glenn Consor, Johnson bring Wizards back to life on the radio with colorful, detailed descriptions and his signature call, “It’s There”, on big shots from distance. The broadcast is highly interactive with Johnson and Consor reaching out to listeners through twitter in what has become known as the #RadioParty, Johnson is one of the most recognizable broadcasters in the nation’s capital and also serves as the morning anchor and Senior Sports Director on top-rated WTOP (103.5 FM). During a 24-year career at WTOP Jonson has won multiple awards as best sportscaster in Washington D.C. and an Edward R. Murrow award for best writing. In addition Johnson can frequently be seen on television as an anchor on NBC 4 and NBC Sports Washington and handling the play-by-play of Major League Soccer’s D.C. United. Johnson previously served as anchor on Fox 5 and was a sideline reporter for the Washington Capitals on Home Team Sports (now NBC Sports Washington). Among Johnson’s other career highlights is an Emmy Award for his work as the host of the NHL’s Washington Capitals Face Off television show, an extensive play-by-play resume of college football, college basketball and lacrosse. Johnson has also served as a fill-in on Washington Capitals and Nationals radio broadcasts and was the voice of Naval Academy Sports from 1987-1990. COLOR ANALYST The 2019-20 season marks Glenn Consor’s 13th season as the color analyst and post-game call-in show host on the Washington Wizards Radio Network. Alongside 23-year play-by-play veteran Dave Johnson, Consor brings over two decades of experience covering the Wizards to the booth.

MARCH

GLENN CONSOR

After 20 years covering the Wizards for various media outlets, most recently for NBC Sports Washington as an analyst on the network’s live postgame show, Consor added a new perspective of watching the Wizards to his resume during the 2007-08 season. Previously, from 1990-95 Consor was a scout for the Wizards franchise and Indiana Pacers. In addition to his work with the Wizards, Consor has served as a basketball analyst for NBA-TV, Home Team Sports, ESPN’s regional college basketball broadcasts, Sports Talk 980, Westwood One’s coverage of the NCAA Tournament, and Comcast SportsNet’s collegiate broadcasts. Consor is a fixture on Monumental Sports Network and provides periodic Wizards analysis for NBC Sports Washington as well, and served as Wizards Camp Director in the summer of 2009 for two youth basketball camps. In his playing days, Consor started for four years for Hall of Fame Coach Rick Pitino at Boston University, before playing professionally in Israel.

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Every year, toward the end of the regular season, all 30 NBA franchises take part in a team photo. The coaching staff, front office, traveling party, and more join the players to commemorate the season with a photo shoot. The non-players always match, typically in formal wear, while the players don their respective teams’ jerseys as if they were ready to suit up in a game. This season, the Wizards broke from that tradition, instead deciding to make a statement with their team photo. On Thursday, none of the players wore their usual attire, instead wearing black t-shirts with one of the following three words: accountability, equality, or justice. The rest of the staff wore black to stand in solidarity with their players. Accountability from our nation’s law enforcement, politicians, local leadership, and all citizens. Equality for all, an end to systemic racism and any profiling based on race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, or country of origin. Justice as a foundation for a safe and fair society. “It’s definitely a statement piece for us,” Wizards All-Star guard Bradley Beal explained. “Obviously, we’re a team and we do everything together. We’re still citizens of this country and this world. This is us just choosing a few words that we kind of live by, that we kind of hold ourselves to as men and as teammates. Hopefully, the rest of the world can follow suit and do the same as we try to make it a better place.” “Our players are committed, our organization is committed to continue to be allies, to continue to stand up for the oppressed, to continue to try to make this world a better place,” Wizards general manager Tommy Sheppard said. “Our players are going to continue to be vocal. They will always have our support. We absolutely want to see a better world.” 18

On Juneteenth in 2020, the Wizards and Mystics joined together to protest racial injustice across the country. The theme of the march was Together We Stand, a united statement from a group of athletes unafraid to stand up for what’s right. Russell Westbrook, still with the Houston Rockets at the time of June 19, 2020, also participated in a virtual Juneteenth march that featured now Vice President Kamala Harris. “I think the significance of this year is bigger than basketball – this year, overall, has been difficult for everyone,” Westbrook said. “I think it’s amazing how we as a team are doing something a little different, having shirts that actually have substantial meaning behind it. I’m grateful to be a part of the first team to do something like that since I’ve been in the league.” “Our players are standing for what needs to be done,” Wizards head coach Scott Brooks said. “Change needs to take place and our organization has been a big proponent of backing our players and coaches. For the players to not wear the jersey like a normal photo shoot or for coaches to wear a suit… The way things are right now, I think it’s just perfect timing and I’m proud to be a part of it.” With everything going on in the world in the past year-plus, not to mention injustice spanning hundreds of years, simple statements and small gestures go a long way. The Wizards chose to make a statement with their team photo, just like they did at their Juneteenth march. The players may not be able to be out in the streets protesting during the season, but continuing to stand together, regardless of the players’ backgrounds or home countries, shows how a team can still do its part in an ever-changing world.

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