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Grunfeld speaks


Wizards team president Ernie Grunfeld just got done with his post-season press conference a bit ago and it was pretty predictable. The main points were, he's happy with the job Eddie Jordan did considering the circumstances and that he plans to re-sign both Gilbert Arenas and Antawn Jamison this summer. Here are some soundbites:


Grunfeld on the coaches:

"The coaches did a very good job for us under tough situations and kept us afloat. If you said our leading scorer was going to be out for [69 games], I don't think most people would've thought that our record would be what it was and that we'd have the fifth seed. So I think our coaches did a very nice job for us."


Grunfeld on Gil's blog statement that he would leave D.C. if Jamison did:

"It's good because we're on the same page. We want to sign Antawn, we want to sign Gilbert, so I kind of like that he supported his teammate and he likes playing with Antawn and that's been our plan all along, so it's good to see we're on the same page."


Grunfeld on not needing to make any other big offseason moves:

"We're going to add two players to this roster just by being healthy. One is [center] Etan Thomas because at times we could've used a bigger body and someone with some experience. And then putting Gilbert back out there is like adding another player. ... We feel confident that with this group we can compete with anybody. ... I believe in continuity and keeping our core group together."


Grunfeld on the draft:

"If the opportunity's out there for us to make our team better to package some draft picks to add a veteran player, we'll do that. ... When you're drafting 18, you take the best player available. I've always done that. You hate to pass up on a really good player just to get a small forward [because you need to improve that position on your team]."


-- Mike Jones

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