. >> leonsis owns the wizards and opened up about building a new training facility for the team. they were his first public comments since news4 broke the story. mark segraves joins us with a look at the project. >> reporter: jim, deadly onus didn't comment on our report. he says now he's not looking to build a 5,000-seat venue. he wants a smaller facility that will seat about 1,500 people. >> we're looking at multiple places. developers are reaching out to us. communities are reaching out to us. it could be in maryland, it could be in virginia, d.c. >> reporter: wizards owner deadly own as i say envisions a training facility for his team that is similar to the iceplex in the boston neighborhood in virginia. aed he has been in negotiation with dist officials, but says he wants to put the wizards' facility in a neighborhood welcoming to the team. many residents in the shaw neighborhood are upset at the idea of a popular dog and skate park. speaking on radio today, leonsis said while he prefers a downtown location, he's open to building in the suburbs. and the shah location is not

. >>> a year ago ted leonsis discussed his desire to build a training facility for the wizards away from the verizon center. reports surfaced today there was an update on that story. 9 sports reached out to monumental sports who runs the wizards. they say there is no new information and it would be premature to comment on anything regarding the training facility. they're still pointing toward 2017. meanwhile the wizards in toronto end -- toronto tonight, battle of the up and comers. john wall playing like an all store, 21 points, 10 dimes, four points per games and paul pierce already impressed. >> he's playing like the all- star he is and coming up huge in these games that we need early, especially while we're done and out many scorers. he's stepping up and shown growth. he's shown maturity and that's what we need from him every night. >> paul is happy he does not have to guard him anymore. >>> d.c. united put together a fantastic campaign this year, but for all their efforts they're on the verge of getting bounced out of the playoffs because of soccer's unique playoff format. d.c. unit