Team to Conduct Mini-Camp at Verizon Center Prior to 2008 NBA Summer League

WASHINGTON DC – The Washington Wizards will return to Las Vegas , NV this summer for the fifth consecutive year to participate in the 2008 NBA Summer League presented by EA SPORTS.  Prior to the 2008 NBA Summer League, the Wizards will hold a mini-camp at Verizon Center in Washington , DC .  The following players have been invited to participate in the mini-camp:

#  PLAYER      HT       WT      D.O.B.      FROM/SCHOOL       NBA YRS

32        Andray Blatche            6-11     248      8/22/86            South Kent Prep (CT)  3

35        Vytas Danelius            6-9       237      6/17/82            Wake Forest                  R

24        Dontaye Draper           5-11     180      8/10/84            Charleston                    R

42        Frank Elegar                6-9       225      12/3/86            Drexel                          R

40        Gary Forbes                 6-7       220      2/25/85            Massachusetts               R

5          Dominic McGuire        6-9       220      10/20/80          Fresno St.                     1

52        Taj McCullough           6-7       227      2/25/86            Winthrop                      R

34        JaVale McGee             7-0       237      1/19/88            Nevada                         R

14        Oleksiy Pecherov         7-0       234      12/8/85            Ukraine                         R

16        Mike Peeples               6-6       205      9/8/85              Fairleigh Dickinson      R

54        Will Thomas                6-7       230      7/1/86              George Mason             R

12        Vladimir Veremeenko 6-10     230      7/21/84            Belarus                         R

13        Jonathan Wallace         6-1       188      5/16/86            Georgetown                  R

1          Nick Young                 6-7       200      6/1/85              USC                             1