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Shams Charania: Washington Wizards center Alex Sarr underwent surgery to repair a fractured right foot on Monday, sources tell ESPN. Sarr sustained the injury on a contact play during an offseason workout late last week. He is expected to be healthy for the start of the season.
Head coach Frederic Fauthoux has named a 16-player roster for the senior national team of France heading into the upcoming July window of the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2027 European Qualifiers, as revealed by the French Federation of Basketball on Friday. The star-studded training camp squad is highlighted by the returns of veterans Rudy Gobert and Evan Fournier, alongside a strong NBA contingent featuring Bilal Coulibaly, Zaccharie Risacher, Alex Sarr, Guerschon Yabusele, and newcomer Maxime Raynaud. While France will be without Victor Wembanyama following his deep run in the 2026 NBA Playoffs, presented by Google, Fauthoux balanced the roster with EuroLeague standouts Sylvain Francisco, Nadir Hifi, Jaylen Hoard, Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot, Frank Ntilikina, Elie Okobo, and Matthew Strazel, who were also called up alongside window veterans Adam Mokoka and Amine Noua to ensure continuity.
Wizards Film Room: Winger on who will play center between Sarr and AD: “I would imagine Alex. I would also submit that AD is a special talent and AD is a special guy and if AD says I need a break from the ‘5’ for a few minutes, BK [Brian Keefe] is going to give him a break from the ‘5’ for a few minutes so we will listen to Anthony. He has a very loud vote in what happens on the court.”
Josh Robbins: The playing statuses of Alex Sarr and Tristan Vukčević have been downgraded to OUT for this afternoon's game in Miami. But Justin Champagnie, Bilal Coulibaly and Tre Johnson have been upgraded to AVAILABLE. Today's game is the first game of a back-to-back for the Wizards.
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Greg Finberg: Alex Sarr (big toe capsulitis) and Tre Johnson (foot soreness) are OUT tonight vs. New York. Also out for Washington: Young, Davis, George, Black, Whitmore and Russell.
Greg Finberg: Alex Sarr (left big toe capsulitis) is available for tonight’s game vs. Detroit. Bilal Coulibaly (right retrocalcaneal bursitis) is out.
Josh Robbins: The Wizards have listed Alex Sarr as out for what they've labelled as right hamstring injury management on Monday against the Warriors on the first night of a back-to-back. Also out: Anthony Davis, Kyshawn George, D'Angelo Russell, Cam Whitmore and Leaky Black.
Josh Robbins: Alex Sarr is expected to play 16 to 20 minutes tonight, Wizards coach Brian Keefe said a short while ago. Sarr is set to play for the first time since Feb. 8, so he is on a minutes restriction.
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Washington funnels drivers to him. No one contests more shots at the rim than Alex Sarr does, 8.8 per game, two more than anyone else in the league. The guys atop the NBA in that stat tend to play plenty of drop coverage. They sag into the paint and wait for drivers to approach. Yet Sarr doesn’t fit that description. On top of scrambling every which way, trying to make up for porous perimeter defenders, which juices the numbers, Sarr is creating contests out of nowhere. He’s an aggressive helper. He’s blocking more shots than ever. He’s allowing only 55 percent shooting on dunks and layups when he is the closest defender, a massive leap from his rookie season, according to Second Spectrum.
Josh Robbins: Speaking here in Atlanta before tonight's game, Wizards coach Brian Keefe said the hope is that Trae Young will participate in "more team activities" on the court after the team returns to Washington. Keefe said that Alex Sarr is "a little further behind" than Young in rejoining team activities.
In his recent appearance on Monumental Sports Network, new Washington Wizards star Anthony Davis offered high hopes and optimism about his looming frontcourt partnership with Alex Sarr. "I feel like I've always been very successful with another big. The good thing about Alex is that he can space the floor, and on the defensive end it's going to be insane," Davis said about Sarr. "Being able to guard the pick and rolls, switch on guards and guard them, rim protection — I think he's second in the league in blocks right now, blocks per game. He's young, so he's only going to get better. "I just hope that the wisdom that I've learned from the greats I've been around — Dwight [Howard], JaVale McGee, Tyson Chandler, Marc Gasol — all the guys that helped me can carry over to help them as well."
Josh Robbins: The Wizards' decision to sign Tristan Vukcevic to a three-year deal creates big-man depth behind Alex Sarr and Anthony Davis for 2026-27. But even with the Vukcevic move, the Wizards could add another big during the offseason to serve as the primary big-man backup.
