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Josh Robbins

Orlando, Washington, D.C., United States

Senior Writer at The Athletic

Covering the Washington Wizards for The Athletic and co-host of The Athletic's Bullet Points podcast.

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  • Latest from Hawks vs. Magic and Grizzlies vs. Warriors

    1 week ago | nytimes.com | Josh Robbins |Anthony Slater

  • NBA Rookie of the Year contender Alex Sarr showing Wizards there's even more to like

    2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Josh Robbins

    WASHINGTON - Last month, Alex Sarr displayed an element of his personality people outside the French NBA rookie's immediate orbit rarely see. With Sarr's Washington Wizards clinging to a one-point lead late in a game's final minute, Detroit Pistons guard Cade Cunningham hurtled down the center of the lane and elevated for an emphatic left-handed slam.

  • Wizards' 53-point loss is the most lopsided defeat in franchise history

    3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Josh Robbins

    WASHINGTON - Blame the team, without question. But blame the system, too. No discussion about the Washington Wizards' historically inept loss Thursday night to the Indiana Pacers - a 162-109 throttling in front of 15,393 cheated fans at Capital One Arena - can be complete without putting it into the broader context of tanking. Let's speak the simple truth for the umpteenth time.

  • The Wizards and Jazz raced to the bottom on Wednesday. It wasn't pretty

    1 month ago | nytimes.com | Josh Robbins

    SALT LAKE CITY - Anyone who attended Wednesday night's game between the Washington Wizards and the Utah Jazz - the teams with the league's two worst records - hoping to see those two teams play close to as well as they can must have left the Delta Center disappointed. The game, which the Jazz won 128-112, wasn't NBA basketball at its best.

  • Deni Avdija thriving for Trail Blazers after last summer's 'very hard' trade from Wizards

    1 month ago | nytimes.com | Josh Robbins

    PORTLAND, Ore. - As the Moda Center blared Queen's "Another One Bites the Dust" in celebration of the Portland Trail Blazers' comfortable 112-97 victory over the Washington Wizards on Monday night, Deni Avdija walked from the Trail Blazers' bench toward midcourt to say hello to and hug his ex-teammates. There was only one problem: In a sign of how thoroughly the Wizards' roster has been transformed, only seven of Avdija's former teammates remain on the roster.

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Josh Robbins
Josh Robbins @JoshuaBRobbins
11 Apr 25

In 2015, the Washington Wizards hosted a a child battling brain cancer through the Make-A-Wish Foundation of the Mid-Atlantic. Ten years later, he's a healthy, thriving adult. For @TheAthletic, a story of the power of a wish and an enduring friendship: https://t.co/gucGDluKTs

Josh Robbins
Josh Robbins @JoshuaBRobbins
10 Apr 25

Here's the Washington Wizards' injury report for Friday night's game in Chicago against the Bulls: https://t.co/8f0s57VXwU

Josh Robbins
Josh Robbins @JoshuaBRobbins
9 Apr 25

Bub Carrington has won the Dr. E.B. Henderson Team Award, given annually by the Washington Wizards to a player who has been an outstanding teammate and done laudable work in the community. He was just honored with an announcement at Capital One Arena before the national anthem.