Wizards Sign Massenburg, Gordon and Deane; Training Camp Roster Includes 18 Players

October 1, 2007
Washington Wizards President Ernie Grunfeld announced today that the team has signed forward Tony Massenburg and guards Jamon Gordon and Willie Deane. Per team policy, terms of the deals were not disclosed.

Massenburg joins the team as a 13-year NBA veteran. Drafted 43rd overall in the 1990 NBA Draft by the San Antonio Spurs, Massenburg averaged a career-high 11.2 points per game with Vancouver during the 1998-1999 season. He won an NBA championship as a member of the 2004-2005 San Antonio Spurs. Massenburg played collegiately at the University of Maryland.

Gordon enters the league as an undrafted rookie. He participated in the 2007 NBA Summer League as a member of the Dallas Mavericks and averaged 2.0 points and 1.2 rebounds in four games. Gordon played collegiately at Virginia Tech and earned Third Team All-ACC honors as a senior. He averaged 11.4 points, 4.5 rebounds, 4.5 assists, and 2.8 steals per game last season.

Deane enters the league as an undrafted free agent. In 2003, Deane played with the Detroit Pistons in the Orlando Summer League. As a senior at Purdue University, Deane averaged 17.8 points per game and was named First Team All-Big Ten by both the coaches and the media.

The Wizards roster now stands at 18.

2007-08 Washington Wizards Training Camp Roster
# Player Pos. Ht. Wt. DOB From
0 Gilbert Arenas G 6-4 215 01/06/82 Arizona
32 Andray Blatche F 6-11 248 08/22/86 South Kent Prep (CT)
3 Caron Butler F 6-7 228 03/13/80 Connecticut
6 Antonio Daniels G 6-4 205 03/19/75 Bowling Green
15 Willie Deane G 6-1 196 02/23/80 Purdue
22 Jamon Gordon G 603 212 07/18/84 Virginia Tech
42 Mike Hall F 6-8 230 06/05/84 George Washington
33 Brendan Haywood C 7-0 263 11/27/79 North Carolina
4 Antawn Jamison F 6-9 235 06/12/76 North Carolina
8 Roger Mason, Jr. G 6-5 212 09/10/80 Virginia
44 Tony Massenburg F/C 6-9 250 07/31/67 Maryland
5 Dominic McGuire F 6-9 220 10/20/85 Fresno State
14 Oleksiy Pecherov C/F 7-0 234 12/08/85 Ukraine
9 Darius Songaila F 6-9 248 02/14/78 Wake Forest
2 DeShawn Stevenson G 6-5 218 04/03/81 Washington Union HS (CA)
21 Donell Taylor G 6-5 193 07/26/82 UAB
36 Etan Thomas C 6-10 260 04/01/78 Syracuse
1 Nick Young G/F 6-7 200 06/01/85 Southern California
             
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