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Corey Kispert Rumors
Josh Robbins: The Wizards' injury report for the final game of their season: Saddiq Bey, Malcolm Brogdon, Bilal Coulibaly, Anthony Gill, Richaun Holmes, Corey Kispert, Khris Middleton and Jordan Poole are all OUT. JT Thor is QUESTIONABLE to play because of right knee soreness.
Austin Krell: All of Malcolm Brogdon, Bilal Coulibaly, Anthony Gill, Corey Kispert, Khris Middleton, and Jordan Poole will be OUT for the Wizards tonight. Marcus Smart will be available. Richuan Holmes is doubtful.
Josh Robbins: The Wizards have listed Jordan Poole as out for tonight's game because of, per the team, a right elbow contusion/injury management. Also out: Khris Middleton, Saddiq Bey, Malcolm Brogdon, Bilal Coulibaly, Kyshawn George and Corey Kispert. Richaun Holmes is doubtful to play (right
Corey Kispert out for the season after undergoing surgery on left thumb
Michael Scotto: Washington Wizards swingman Corey Kispert had season-ending left thumb surgery, which repaired a ligament tear to his left thumb. Kispert is expected to make a full recovery and be ready for the start of next season, team says.
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Josh Robbins: Corey Kispert has gone back to Washington to have his sprained left thumb examined by team doctors, a team spokesperson said.
Joshua Valdez: Corey Kispert said that he “absolutely” still has confidence in his ability to attack the basket despite shooting 1-7 from 2-point range tonight. He made up for it with a 5-6 clip from deep, totaling 20 points. He also said that Coulibaly will be a “force for years to come.”
Teammates say Keefe has made a gargantuan difference in Poole’s performance, in part because Keefe has continued to demand a lot from Poole. “It’s hard to manage a team and put the ball in your hands all the time. Jordan being that for us is going to help him become a better player in the long run,” swingman Corey Kispert says. “I think (Keefe) wants us to play a style that benefits Jordan: fast-paced and things like that. Also, he challenges Jordan all the time. He calls Jordan out all the time. He pushes him to be better all the time. So, that kind of accountability — when you come from a place that B.K. comes from — when you’re speaking to somebody, it pushes you to be a better player, and I’ve seen Jordan grow because of it.”
Washington Wizards guard Corey Kispert — who came into the NBA in 2021 — said he and his teammates receive messages almost nightly, usually after losses. The Wizards have yet to have a winning record since Kispert entered the league. Kispert said it’s often the same people, all of whom have no profile pictures and no username that suggest who they truly are. Death threats are common. “No, normally I don’t (report death threats),” Kispert said. “I mean, these people are pretty much anonymous on social media. We just kind of feel like we can let it go. It’s the dark side of it all.”
Josh Robbins: It's a final in Charlotte, where the Wizards have defeated the Hornets 124-114. Washington has won two games in a row for the second time this season. Bilal Couliably scored 26 points, Corey Kispert added 25 and Kyle Kuzma contributed 22. Malcolm Brogdon had 16p, 4r and 7 assts.
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Jordan Poole, a career 88-percent shooter from the foul line, said the sound of barking — especially if a player didn’t expect it — had the potential to unsettle a pro before his first or second attempts. “If there was a way you would try to sneak a free-throw miss out of me, or two, it might be some dogs,” Poole said, smiling. Corey Kispert, a career 80-percent free-throw shooter, said he would be thrown off-kilter if two sections’ worth of dogs suddenly started barking. “It would confuse me more than anything,” Kispert said. “It’s kind of what you want from free-throw defense, and any chance you can get a little bit of a leg up in these games, the better.”
Josh Robbins: For tonight's Wizards-Bulls game, the Wizards will distribute Corey Kispert Space Jam bobbleheads to the first 10,000 fans on Space Jam Night. On that bobblehead, Kispert wears a TuneSquad jersey. So, why a Kispert bobblehead? In 2023, he wore a TuneSquad jersey to the arena on Halloween eve.
Josh Robbins: Malcolm Brogdon, Kyshawn George and Corey Kispert, who have missed recent games with injuries, practiced with their Wizards teammates today, Brian Keefe said. Meanwhile, Kyle Kuzma continues to ramp up his rehab work following the rib cartilage sprain he suffered on Nov. 27.
The concern is not just that Washington is losing. It’s how badly it’s losing. Wednesday marked the 10th time in 15 defeats that the Wizards have lost by at least 15 points. “It’s still really, really early, but to run into this much adversity early stinks — and stings,” swingman Corey Kispert said. “It’s testing the culture that we put in, the deposits that we’ve implemented. But there’s still a lot of positivity within the room, and there’s still a lot of encouragement and positive attitudes within the room, as well. So, while things are tough, they’re not toxic and not unbearable.”
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