What's With The Wizards!?
November 25th 2008 06:48
In the last playoffs, the Washington Wizards were right there rivalling the Cleveland Cavaliers in the first round of the playoffs as if they were capable of supplanting Lebron James and company. As it turned out, the Wizard looked more like a pretender trying to match-up with a better team.
Nothing to take away from the Wizards though, they showed a lot of toughness despite the injuries to main man Gilbert Arenas and the occasional absences of other key players to continue winning to stay in the hunt and still made it to the playoffs.
This season is pretty much the same considering Arenas is still out after having his third left knee operation in the last 1 and a half years stating that his probable return would be on January. The Wizards stumbled to an 0-5 start just like last season when they rebounded with six straight wins after that and the Wizards were playoff contenders and looking to advance.
This season is also different considering that all their blabber about still being capable of coming from a horrendous 0-5 start were all just a bunch of bull!
“No. Never. There’s too many games,” said leading scorer Caron Butler, “If we were at this point a month from now and I’m saying, ‘Hey, we’re 0-20,’ I would tell you, ‘Yeah.’ I couldn’t be as positive as I am right now.”
Butler said that when they were 0-3. That is what we would call complacency.
Antawn Jamison is also another guy who cant think straight about their team's current situation.
“This is something that is unacceptable and something we can’t tolerate at all. … We’re going over what we need to do in the morning and we get out on the court and we don’t do it,” Jamison said. “Nothing is missing. Nothing is missing at all. It’s guys just not getting it done.”
Nothing is missing? C'mon Antawn! Where the hell on the floor is Gilbert and Brendan?
A lot of crap also is the 'supposed' fact that the Wizards are used to playing without Gilbert Arenas. Another stupid assumption. Everytime a team plays without their star player, that team is automatically put at a disadvantage. Last season, they got away with it but this time around... they're looking more like fools making believe that they are just as good as last year even without Arenas.
Brendan Haywood is out too forcing Etan Thomas to start in his place at the start of the season. The youthful and potential-filled JaVale McGee is also waiting in the wings to show his stuff and eventually start.
Without Arenas they don't have any threat at point guard. The rest of the league just got better this year. Thinking that they can pull off another Cinderella run is just wishful thinking.
After 5 straight losses, the Wizards finally got a win against the Utah Jazz at home. Butler was actually treating the win like a championship game won taking off his jersey and going nuts.
“King Kong was on my back. Throw the jersey off. Sigh of relief,” he said.
Well King Kong just hopped on the Wizards' back once again. After that lone win, they once again found themselves venturing on another 5-game losing streak. Their latest was a 122-117 loss to the trade-depleted New York Knicks.
Wizards team president Ernie Grunfeld was so pissed he fired head coach Eddie Jordan... There goes the head.
Oh. Before that, Arenas just got himself waxed in D.C. serving as a tribute to him by the community where he plays for. Right now, he ain't doing that. Agent Zero... of course... zero games!
Arenas said that if ever his team ends up in last place it will be a great benefit for the team. Quitting now huh Gilbert? Purposely sending his team right into the lottery. How pathetic!
The Washington Wizards in all of its entirety is running like a headless chicken these days. Its top players obviously clueless and frustrated and the management began the blaming game by hammering on the easiest guy to blame: the head coach.
What now Mr. Grunfeld? What now?
Photo courtesy of blkphoto
Nothing to take away from the Wizards though, they showed a lot of toughness despite the injuries to main man Gilbert Arenas and the occasional absences of other key players to continue winning to stay in the hunt and still made it to the playoffs.
Wizards' Caron Butler (right) contests the loose ball with the Kings' Beno Udrih
This season is pretty much the same considering Arenas is still out after having his third left knee operation in the last 1 and a half years stating that his probable return would be on January. The Wizards stumbled to an 0-5 start just like last season when they rebounded with six straight wins after that and the Wizards were playoff contenders and looking to advance.
This season is also different considering that all their blabber about still being capable of coming from a horrendous 0-5 start were all just a bunch of bull!
“No. Never. There’s too many games,” said leading scorer Caron Butler, “If we were at this point a month from now and I’m saying, ‘Hey, we’re 0-20,’ I would tell you, ‘Yeah.’ I couldn’t be as positive as I am right now.”
Butler said that when they were 0-3. That is what we would call complacency.
Antawn Jamison is also another guy who cant think straight about their team's current situation.
“This is something that is unacceptable and something we can’t tolerate at all. … We’re going over what we need to do in the morning and we get out on the court and we don’t do it,” Jamison said. “Nothing is missing. Nothing is missing at all. It’s guys just not getting it done.”
Nothing is missing? C'mon Antawn! Where the hell on the floor is Gilbert and Brendan?
A lot of crap also is the 'supposed' fact that the Wizards are used to playing without Gilbert Arenas. Another stupid assumption. Everytime a team plays without their star player, that team is automatically put at a disadvantage. Last season, they got away with it but this time around... they're looking more like fools making believe that they are just as good as last year even without Arenas.
Brendan Haywood is out too forcing Etan Thomas to start in his place at the start of the season. The youthful and potential-filled JaVale McGee is also waiting in the wings to show his stuff and eventually start.
Without Arenas they don't have any threat at point guard. The rest of the league just got better this year. Thinking that they can pull off another Cinderella run is just wishful thinking.
After 5 straight losses, the Wizards finally got a win against the Utah Jazz at home. Butler was actually treating the win like a championship game won taking off his jersey and going nuts.
“King Kong was on my back. Throw the jersey off. Sigh of relief,” he said.
Well King Kong just hopped on the Wizards' back once again. After that lone win, they once again found themselves venturing on another 5-game losing streak. Their latest was a 122-117 loss to the trade-depleted New York Knicks.
Wizards team president Ernie Grunfeld was so pissed he fired head coach Eddie Jordan... There goes the head.
Oh. Before that, Arenas just got himself waxed in D.C. serving as a tribute to him by the community where he plays for. Right now, he ain't doing that. Agent Zero... of course... zero games!
Arenas said that if ever his team ends up in last place it will be a great benefit for the team. Quitting now huh Gilbert? Purposely sending his team right into the lottery. How pathetic!
The Washington Wizards in all of its entirety is running like a headless chicken these days. Its top players obviously clueless and frustrated and the management began the blaming game by hammering on the easiest guy to blame: the head coach.
What now Mr. Grunfeld? What now?
Photo courtesy of blkphoto
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