So, enlightening? Not so much. The Wizards’ loose 3-on-2 fast break drill wasn’t an indication that they plan to toss sloppy lob passes for every transition play this season.

But, entertaining? Very much so, as this event provided many moments of fun for the crowd of nearly 2,500.

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John Wall looked spry. Brad Beal rebounded from his concussion. Otto Porter showed super-long distance range. And Tomas Satoransky won the dunk contest — as well as the heart of basketball Twitter.

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Here are more observations from the Wizards’ fun-time fest, their fourth day of training camp.

— Since Coach Scott Brooks kept the ‘practice’ light, Wall remained on the court for the hour or so of drills and positional work. This was the first time Wall appeared on a basketball floor in public since his two knee surgeries and he flashed sign after encouraging sign that he’s close to returning to full form.

Wall showed no limp after landing from one of his high-flying moments — yes, Wall threw down a lob pass from Trey Burke. He didn’t favor his knees one time. Later in the practice, he even jumped on top of the padded scorers’ table to work fans into a frenzy before he tossed a souvenir basketball into the crowd. That might not have been the move his orthopedic surgeon would recommend, but it was one of those revealing moments: Wall truly isn’t thinking twice about his knees. In fact, Wall has said that he began to trust his body around his birthday on Sept. 6.

“It was funny, I had just finished working out and doing a little bit of shooting and stuff with my trainer. You know how you (become) anxious and stay in the gym and you’re just like ‘(Shoot), let me just try it out for myself and see how it feel,’” Wall recalled. “That’s how I am, that type of person… I just started playing one-on-one against my homeboy.”

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Wall modestly reported: “I was abusing him.”

Though this was billed as a ‘no-contact’ session, the game simply cannot be played without some touching. And Wall did not shy away from contact. Granted, this session featured the kind of defensive effort one might find in an all-star game. Even so, Wall did get bumped a few times on the perimeter and drove instinctively down the lane for finishes.

— After the team started the session with a layup drill, Wall strode to the middle of the floor to run point in the first 3-on-2 fast break drill. Jarell Eddie and Marcin Gortat ran the wings. Though this opening play ended in a tentative fashion — Wall passing to Gortat who was challenged at the rim by rookie Daniel Ochefu — the Wizards then settled, or spiraled, into something akin to the visual history of the alley-oop.

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Nearly every time down the court served as an effort to entice the most Ooohs and Ahhhs from a forgiving crowd. During this time, rookie Danuel House ranked within the top three for applause with his one-handed hammer dunks. However, House could not carry this momentum into the most-important portion of the practice: The slam dunk contest.

— Bradley Beal returned to the floor for the first time since Wednesday. Beal, who had a “mild concussion,” was cleared by team doctors and though he did not participate in the workout in front of fans, he was to come back to the court later Friday night for a 45-minute workout, Brooks said. Beal is expected to practice Saturday during the team’s last day in Richmond.

If the series of exercises Beal completed weren’t enough to prove his concussion has passed, then his presence inside the amplified Siegel Center had to be. Inside the college arena, a DJ spun a playlist befitting of an NBA locker room and the Virginia Commonwealth University band blasted more peppy songs. The noise was unceasing but Beal walked out of the locker room, nodding his head to the music.

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— On the topic of bebopping Wizards, no one was built for exhibitions quite like Kelly Oubre.

During the players’ entrance, Oubre led the way, grooving like the court was his dance floor. Upon landing after his first thunderous dunk in the 3-on-2 drill, Oubre stared down the pep band. He even put the showman’s touch on his souvenir basketball tosses, autographing one then going for a behind-the-back pass to nearby fans and launching the next ball high into the stands. Here’s to hoping that a Colin Cowherd-type never comes into Oubre’s life and tries to suck the fun out of him.

— Slow night for backup center Ian Mahinmi.

While the bigs retreated to one end of the court for post-up work, Mahinmi was seated on the scorer’s table, having a conversation with general manager Ernie Grunfeld. Mahinmi remained there as trainer Navin Hettiarachchi attached an electrical stimulation device to his right knee. Apparently, Mahinmi bumped knees during an earlier practice and though he worked out earlier in the day, he was held from the night session. While the participating teammates gathered together near the sideline for breaks, Mahinmi remained at the scorers’ table and sat near front-office staffers.

As Mahinmi sat out, the Wizards’ front court depth came into focus. A specific drill in which the big had to set a low screen then move to the perimeter saw Markieff Morris, Andrew Nicholson and Jason Smith all popping behind the three-point line. Nice sign to see just how many of the potential rotational bigs can shoot from beyond mid-range.

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— Otto Porter showed the deepest range of the night.

After the positional drills, practice was pretty much done and the Wizards began entertaining. Brooks picked four players (Wall, Morris, Porter and Trey Burke) to shoot from half court for a chance to win four tickets to a Wizards game for a fan who was paired with them. Brooks also joined in but the rule was first one to make the shot wins, and Porter, third up, ended the competition by going off glass.

“I called it,” Porter said later. “I already let coach know if he needs someone to knock down a long half-court shot, put me in.”

Porter won on behalf of a young man wearing the night’s giveaway t-shirt that read, “Richmond is for Wizards.” The kid got a bit excited, flying at Porter for a chest bump then playfully tugging at Wall’s arm to distract him before he could attempt his shot. Easy young fella, this was a non-contact practice.

— Satoransky, on the other hand, was the target of chest bumps, shoves and bro-hugs after he displayed his highly-advertised athleticism.

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The Wizards closed the session with a dunk contest that pitted House versus Satoransky in the finals. Though House flew high during the earlier warm-ups, when he was alone on the floor for the competition, he flubbed three flashy attempts at the front of the rim.

Satoransky, however, followed his first-round dunk…

…with this:

Satoransky said he has won every dunk competition he entered in the Czech Republic, so naturally, he wanted to bring this skill to Richmond.