Former Maryland star Dez Wells, who hoped to use the NBA Summer League with the Washington Wizards as a showcase to earning an invitation to training camp this fall, will not play with the team in Las Vegas because of a badly sprained thumb suffered last week during team workouts.
Wells, a first-team all-Big Ten selection by the coaches as a senior, went undrafted earlier this month. Wells had been considered something of a longshot to make the Wizards after the team signed former Towson star Gary Neal as a free agent.
Wells was on the bench for Washington’s first exhibition game Saturday, an 86-77 loss to the Phoenix Suns, who were led by another former Maryland star.