Wizards Bring Back Veteran Guard Juan Dixon

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Juan Dixon is coming back to town
Published 9/24/2008 by Spence at DC Pro Sports Report -- Sports news, stats and analysis from the capital of the free world
... , the jump-shooting Smurf from the University of Maryland who was the 17th overall pick of the franchise way back when. This is obviously a move GM Ernie Grunfeld made to shore up the bench and overall scoring with the news that Gilbert Arenas will be out for at least 2 months. “J uan is a proven NBA player and we like what he brings to our team,” said Grunfeld. “He is a tough, hard-nosed competitor who can score and his familiarity with our system is an added plus. Dixon (6-3, 165) was originally selected by Washington with the 17th overall pick in the 2002 NBA Draft out of ...

Wednesday Links
Published 9/24/2008 by JakeTheSnake at Gilbertology
... play. I’ve played with a lot of players in my time in the league, and he has to be one of the top five I’ve played with in terms of points per minute. He’s just a high volume scorer. If you gave him 40-plus minutes of playing time, he’d give you 20-plus points per game average. He’s like a bigger Ben Gordon. We’ll see where he ends up. I’ll take him back in D.C. right now. Was he sending a message to Wizards management that he wanted Dixon as a teammate again?  It certainly looks like it. It ain’t easy being Gilbert Arenas, but at ...

Press clippings
Published 9/26/2008 by pistonsnation at PistonsNationBlog.com
... (Denver Nuggets) will miss six weeks after undergoing arthroscopic surgery on his right knee…JUAN DIXON has signed with the Wizards… ...