This afternoon I was the Air Canada Centre for the Raptors media day and I was able to snag some exclusive interviews, witnessed Kathryn Humphries crack a great joke on Sam Mitchell and was impressed to see Andrea Bargnani with a newfound swagger.

After the third consecutive day of training camp, Washington Wizards head coach Eddie Jordan was nice enough to speak to the media.  Also, the two point guards who will pick up the slack in Gilbert Arenas’ absence, Antonio Daniels and Dee Brown, said a few words as well.

Sacramento Kings forward Shareef Abdur-Rahim retired from the NBA last Tuesday after 12 seasons.  During his career Abdur-Rahim averaged 18.1 points, 7.5 rebounds and 2.5 assists while playing for the Vancouver Grizzlies, the Portland Trailblazers, the Atlanta Hawks and the aforementioned Kings.

He was also a member of the 2000 U.S. gold medal Olympic basketball team in Sydney, Australia, and he was an 2002 selection for the Eastern Conference All-Star team.

Call it east coast bias if you want, but with college basketball’s season set to tip-off in little over a month, we see four Big East and two ACC schools in the Top 10, including all of the top five.

College basketball is ready to go, and without delay, here are the Top 10 teams.

The Washington Wizards held their second day of training camp on Sunday, and Coach Eddie Jordan, and forward Dominic McGuire spoke to the media a bit afterwords.  All quotes come courtesy of the Wizards PR staff.

The Washington Wizards held their first day of training camp at Virginia Commenwealth University in Richmond, Virginia where former Minnesota Timberwolves and Detroit Pistons coach Flip Saunders and legendary Boston Celtics’ coach K.C. Jones were special guests.

I was not able to attend the Washington Wizards Media Day, due to a personal matter that arose; however, the Wizards PR staff did release a list of noteworthy quotes from the event that took place on Friday, September 26th.

In this weeks Buzzer Beaters I have news about Sam Mitchell’s vow to stop cussing, the scoop on Lil Wayne blogging for ESPN and a ton of links for you to check out.

For the sixth consecutive season, Washington Wizards Team President Ernie Grunfeld and head coach Eddie Jordan sat in front of the media to discuss the state of their team.   Based on their enthusiastic answers and assessments during their press conference, it is clear that much is expected of this team in the upcoming 2008-2009 season.

Six years after leading the Maryland Terrapins to the NCAA title, and just three years after leading the Wizards to a thrilling victory in Game 4 over the Bulls, Juan Dixon guard agreed to a contract the Washington Wizards.