Washington
Philip Maymin
Basketball News Services
Christian Laettner may well set a new record for teams in an off-season. Shuffled from Washington to Dallas then on to Golden State, he has now been waived and may soon return to the Southeast division as Washington's rivals the Miami Heat are looking to pick him up to fill their power forward position.
It's been a long, strange road for this standout player and member of the original Dream Team. For more on his career stats, read today's Miami report a little higher up in this page. The bottom line is that while his numbers have dropped precipitously since his amazing rookie year and his almost equally strong All-Star year, on a per-minute basis he is still virtually the same player with the exception of a significant drop in scoring, maybe by about half.
Laettner will likely receive the veteran minimum from Miami who are looking for a veteran presence since Karl Malone appears to be staying with the Lakers.
TEAM NOTES
Wizards fans recently had the opportunity to chat with Washington center Etan Thomas at WashingtonWizards.com. Thomas fielded questions about his breakout season last year, an eventful summer for Thomas and the Wizards, and a promising season ahead for DC basketball.
You can shop at the Wizards team storewhere you can personalized jerseys with your name and number.
The Contra Costa Timeswrites: The Warriors waived forward Christian Laettner, executive vice president of basketball operations Chris Mullin announced Thursday.Laettner, 35, was acquired by Warriors from Dallas as part of an eight-player trade on Aug. 24. He was traded from the Wizards to the Mavericks as part of a four-player trade on June 24.
The San Francisco Chroniclewrites: The Warriors waived forward Christian Laettner on Thursday, less than one month after acquiring him in an eight-player trade with the Mavericks.The Warriors got Laettner, Eduardo Najera, two future first-round draft picks and the draft rights to guards Luis Flores and Mladen Sekularac from the Mavericks on Aug. 24, for Erick Dampier, Dan Dickau, Evan Eschmeyer and the draft rights to Steve Logan.