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As the Washington Wizards opened training camp Tuesday at the university's two-year-old basketball home in Baltimore County, players and even coach Randy Wittman reminisced about those halcyon days when they only had to worry about classes and basketball.

After eight years as a basketball vagabond that took him from Turkey to the NBA Finals, Gary Neal will cherish a rare opportunity to revisit his roots this week.

The Washington Wizards and free-agent swingman Alan Anderson, formerly of the Brooklyn Nets, have agreed to a one-year, $4 million contract.

After going undrafted Thursday, Dez Wells' agent said the Wizards called him three times to express interest in the shooting guard.

Joey Sankey had four goals for the Tar Heels (11-1, 2-0 Atlantic Coast Conference). The host Cavaliers fell to 8-3, 0-3.

Marcin Gortat knew he wasn't going to be in Phoenix long the moment the rebuilding Suns drafted former Maryland center Alex Len fifth overall in June, but that didn't make any less startling the news he had been traded to the Washington Wizards.

Washington Wizards assistant coach Sam Cassell and guards Bradley Beal and Garrett Temple hosted a basketball clinic at Dunbar High School in Baltimore on Thursday.

Students at Paul Laurence Dunbar Senior High will share the school's basketball court with a few Washington Wizards next week, when the team plans to host a clinic in advance of its Oct. 17 return to Baltimore.