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Baxter

Baxter will clear waivers later today, and the Wizards would like to bring the Maryland product back to the area and reunite him with college teammates Steve Blake and Juan Dixon. Baxter is unlikely to sign a 10-day contract, so the Wizards likely would have to work out a deal that would lock him up for the remaining 24 games of the regular season.

“There were spent shell casings in plain view inside the vehicle,” Secret Service spokesman Eric Zahren said. Officers also recovered a handgun from the vehicle. Baxter played for the Bobcats last season and signed a contract to play in Italy this year. However, he may have to put those plans on hold after this move.

Baxter plead guilty to charges of carrying a gun a few blocks from the White House and has been in jail since his arrest Aug. 16. He was apparently responsible for firing shots from his SUV and plans on playing in Europe after he serves his time.

“We haven’t reached a decision on Baxter but to tell the truth we weren’t expecting there to be such a serious sentence,” Montepaschi Siena general manager Ferdinando Minucci told The Associated Press on Thursday. “We will be speaking with him to reach a solution.” Baxter was arrested and sentenced to jail time after apparently firing shots from his SUV close to the White House last week.

He probably won’t have any value, but you never know with the injury depleted Hornets.

Baxter had missed the last five games with tendinitis in his left knee.

Baxter was averaging 16.3 points and 13 rebounds in six games with Yakima of the CBA. He’ll be a reserve forward.

He’ll have no fantasy value.

Baxter currently plays in Spain and has said he’s obsessed with guns. U.S. District Judge Peter Messitte based the sentence on Baxter’s history with firearms and his actions in the case. “You are in a sense on injured reserve,” Messitte told Baxter. “You have in effect injured yourself.” Baxter made headlines a year ago after firing shots near the White House, which also resulted in a couple months behind bars.