From Virginia Tech to the Wizards, Jarell Eddie finds his dream job: Jarell Eddie nervously reported to work at Verizon Center exhausted on the morning of Jan. 7. He was running on adrenaline, unable to sleep the previous night because he didn’t know whether at 5 p.m he would still have the dream job he had recently secured. The Washington Wizards had until then to waive Eddie before the sharpshooting swingman’s contract would become guaranteed for the balance of the season. -- The Washington Post
Stop Damian Lillard and Wizards will stop the Blazers: Both the Wizards and Trail Blazers entered the weekend with momentum. They head into the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday looking to avoid a losing skid. -- CSN Mid-Atlantic
