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Memo to NBA: Contract the Wizards
[A rare lead. Screenshot via Comcast.] Sacramento. Golden State. Detroit. Everyone beats the Wiz. So I say—let’s join ‘em. Break them up. Dismantle the court. Burn the uniforms. Make the Wizards...
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Memo From TAI Readers: How to Fix the Wizards
[Ernie Grunfeld hoping to get lucky. Courtesy SportsPickle.] The Wizards stink. And that isn’t my grumpy reaction. It’s a sad, embarrassing fact. In today’s Washington Post, Michael Lee warned that...
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The Fate of James Harden's Brain and Ron Artest's Season
[Whether you're a Laker fan or a Thunder hater, blows to the brain aren't anything to joke about. Via onsmd.com.] An intense game between two Western Conference powers. A hard smack to one player’s...
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True or False: Half of All 7-Footers are in the NBA
[The Bullets-Wizards have had 15 different 7-footers suit up over the years. Only one appears in this photo. Via SI Vault and B-R.] Roy Hibbert is a very, very tall man. Seven feet-and-two-inches...
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How to Evaluate Every Wizards Trade: WWOKCD?
[Heaven is a playground in Oklahoma City--and perhaps Wizards fans will get there, one day. Hat-tip SpreeGoogs.] A word of warning: I’m Truth About It’s resident pessimist. You may remember me from...
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Should the Wizards Amnesty Andray Blatche?
[One of the last photos of Andray Blatche in a Wizards uniform? Credit: K. Weidie, TruthAboutIt.net] Within the next six days, we’ll find out if 7-Day ‘Dray is here to stay. (Well, at least for...
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#WizardsRank: Nick Young, No. 13: Smiling Through the Tears
Truth About It.net will turn a whole five years old at the end of this October. Hard to believe/interesting. Nonetheless, over the life of the site from the 2007-08 season to 2011-12, we’ve...
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Can This Team Win? The Wizards Franchise Optimism Index, Take Two
Foxhall Rd & Q St. NW DC – photo: K. Weidie Forgive D.C. sports fans for seeming gloomy – for feeling like there’s a dark cloud hanging over their heads. Ok, maybe that’s just Hurricane Sandy. But...
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The Bobcats Run Away From Their Past
[Bobcats of yesteryear. Credit: TAI's Adam McGinnis] Whether or not the Wizards win on Saturday night—and that’s TBD—something unusual already happened at Verizon Center: The Charlotte Bobcats came to...
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Silver Linings Playbook: Three Positives for the Wizards
Wizards super-fans arrive early to see the team for themselves (photo credit: @ddiamond) It’s a dark, quiet night in the District. Congress is gone, the Wizards are back, and another NBA season is...
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What’s Wrong with the Wizards?
Jan Vesely probably isn’t the (only) answer. For three straight years, they drafted high in the lottery, nabbing a trio of coveted players: A sure-fire star who’d dazzled college basketball in his one...
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What's Wrong With Us? Wizards Try to Explain
After another tough loss on Saturday night—a game where the Wizards fell behind the Detroit Pistons by as many as 22 points, before clawing back to lose by only nine—Washington’s players and staff...
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How Did the Wizards D Get So Good?
John Wall, defensive dynamo (?) Entering Wednesday night, here are the NBA’s top five teams in defensive rating–a stat that measures opponents’ points per 100 possessions. Essentially, it’s a pure way...
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We Never Really Knew Jason Collins. I Can’t Wait to Get the Chance.
[Jason Collins on the day he arrived in Washington after being traded to the Wizards from the Boston Celtics.]He came to D.C. in a bizarre midseason trade, played all of six games, and scored a mere...
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Is John Wall the Best (Healthy) Point Guard in the NBA?
Is John Wall the best* point guard in the NBA? *Healthy Allow me to reintroduce myself: I’m TAI’s resident pessimist. Which means there’s been much less to write about these days, as the Wizards...
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Flirting With .500: The Last Seven Times The Wizards Failed To Break Through
The Wizards are a young team. They are a tantalizing team. They are not a winning team. Yet. Tonight’s game against the Trailblazers will be the eighth time Washington’s tried to move above .500 this...
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Playoffs Or Bust? The Wizards Franchise Optimism Index, Take Three
The Wizards are firmly in the playoff hunt. Their franchise player became an All-Star this year. The team owns victories over the Miami Heat and Oklahoma City Thunder. Can fans finally—finally—be...
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Opening Statements: Wizards vs Bulls, Playoff Game 3–Vines & Emails From The...
D.C. is rising. In the playoffs, with a 2-0 lead over the Chicago Bulls. On Twitter, where hundreds are using the hashtag. (Watch this space during tonight’s game.) And onto ESPN and ABC this weekend,...
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There Aren’t Many Wizards Fans—And Here’s Where They Live
Attention Wizards fans seeking a distraction from a painful playoff series: The New York Times has just unleashed a fascinating, interactive map of where NBA fans live. (It draws on Facebook “likes”...
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The Draft Lottery Is Broken—But ‘The Wheel’ Isn’t The Answer
Another year, another broken NBA Draft Lottery. Tonight’s drawing (airing at 8 p.m. on ESPN) figures to be must-watch TV, if you happen to root for a terrible basketball team. (For once, that cohort...
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