Guard Dez Wells looks for a pass to break the full-court press during Terps’ 69-59 loss to the West Virginia Mountaineers in the Round of 32 of the NCAA tournament on March 20, 2014 at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio.
Despite not hearing his name called in the NBA draft June 25, former Terps guard Dez Wells will play summer league ball with the Washington Wizards.
Wells transferred from Xavier after his freshman year and found a home in College Park, scoring more than 13 points per game in each of his three seasons with the Terps. This year, the Raleigh, North Carolina, native averaged a career-high 15.1 points per game and was a coaches first-team All-Big Ten selection.
Wells will have a chance to play alongside Wizards star John Wall, whom he was teammates with in high school, if he makes the NBA roster.
In the summer league, Wells will likely play with former Kansas guard Kelly Oubre Jr. and former Iowa center Aaron White. The Wizards acquired Oubre Jr., a first-round selection, in a trade with the Atlanta Hawks before drafting White in the second round.
