andray blatche (born august 22, 1986 in syracuse, new york) is an filipino-american basketball player that currently plays for the washington wizards of the nba. on september 25, 2005, blatche was shot in a carjacking in alexandria, virginia and recovered successfully. blatche has played for the washington wizards for 5 seasons. blatche became a naturalized filipino in 2014. he plays for the philippine national basketball team.