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Hansbrough debuts in Pacers win over Wizards

07 Nov 2009 22:36:45 PST

Written by pacejmiller
To be honest, I was fully prepared to see the Indiana Pacers lose to the Washington Wizards. The Pacers had been playing injured and poorly, with only one good quarter against the Knicks to prevent a winless season thus far. Well, as it turned out, the preparation was unnecessary. The Pacer...

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Pacers 102, Wizards 86

06 Nov 2009 21:21:14 PST

Simple question: What happened out there? Andray Blatche buttoned his shirt, pondered his answer, but the words couldn't come out. He threw on his black bubble-vest coat, still struggling to explain the most troubling loss of the season for a Washington Wizards team that entered this se...

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The Other Side: Miami Heat

04 Nov 2009 13:04:12 PST

If you want me to inspire you, Wizards, I will. (Photo by Doug Benc/Getty Images) The Miami Heat is a walking billboard for what the Washington Wizards want to accomplish: Want to go from putrid to the playoffs? Follow these steps. First, hire a new coach. Next, have your all-star guard with a h...

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Lebron & Shaq crush hapless Wizards

03 Nov 2009 18:33:52 PST

Written by spence
Wizards fans will focus on all the bad calls that went against the team and there were certainly plenty of those. However, the Wizards lost because their big men couldn’t handle Shaq at all and because the entire team had nothing after a quick punch to start the game. The Cavaliers are an elite...

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Game #5, Cavaliers vs Wizards: What 2 Watch 4

03 Nov 2009 15:55:28 PST

Written by Smooth
Who: Cleveland Cavaliers (2-2) vs. Washington Wizards (2-1) Wizards: Gilbert Arenas, Mike Miller, Caron Butler, Fabricio Oberto, Brendan Haywood Wizards: Javaris Crittenton (Left Foot), Antawn Jamison (Right Shoulder) The Pick: Cavs 98, Wizards 96

Original story at All-Baseball.com .

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Speeding Bullets: Don’t call it a rivalry?

03 Nov 2009 12:46:37 PST

Written by spence
The Wizards were 4-12 overall in the playoffs against the Cavaliers from 2006-2008, including only two wins in eight contests in Cleveland. Despite beating Cleveland twice last year at Verizon Center, Washington hasn’t won during the regular season at Quicken Loans Arena since Feb. 24,...

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Washington Wizards news and blogs - November 09, 2009

09 Nov 2009 00:00:01 PDT

Below is today's roundup of news and blogs that haven't yet hit top story status by our community. Visit Washington Wizards news and blogs for even more news and blogs converage.

• NBA Power Rankings: Lakers Back on Top, Suns and Heat Rising Fast -- by reebokforthree from MVN
• Wizards G James out 4-5 weeks with hand injury -- from AP
• The Other Side: Phoenix Suns -- from Wizards Insider
• Pacers pull away from Knicks, record first win! -- by pacejmiller from MVN
• Heat 93, Wizards 89 -- from Wizards Insider
• Week One Power Rankings, in Collaboration With Docksquad Sports -- by Amar Panchmatia from MVN
• Week One Power Rankings, in Collaboration With Docksquad Sports -- by Amar Panchmatia from MVN
• Cavaliers 102, Wizards 90 [UPDATED] -- from Wizards Insider
• The Other Side: Cleveland Cavaliers -- from Wizards Insider
• NBA Crytal Ball -- by Rafael Uehara from MVN

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Caron Butler Is More Than Happy to Go on the Defensive for the Washington Wizards

02 Oct 2009 21:00:00 PDT

Written by Michael Lee
Caron Butler knows he can score, but now he wants to show he can be a top-notch defender for the Washington Wizards this season.

Original story at Washington Post .

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Grunfeld, Wizards want to forget 'fluke' season

24 Sep 2009 14:24:13 PDT

Last season, Ernie Grunfeld fired the most successful Washington Wizards coach in decades and replaced him with someone who had no NBA coaching experience. He also watched his new $111 million player suit up for just two games. The final product: 19-63, one of the worst records in franchis...

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Saunders thinks Arenas can improve in new system

22 Sep 2009 15:36:50 PDT

New Washington Wizards coach Flip Saunders knows what he's getting into with Gilbert Arenas. Saunders knows Arenas has his own ideas about how his talents can best be used. Saunders knows Arenas is not shy about saying what he thinks. Saunders knows that a healthy, happy Arenas is one of the k...

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As Draft Approaches, Wizards Rebuff Trade Inquiries Involving Butler

22 Jun 2009 21:00:00 PDT

Written by Michael Lee
The Washington Wizards hold the fifth pick in Thursday's NBA draft and President Ernie Grunfeld has spoken openly about his willingness to move the selection, opening the door for numerous inquiries and trade discussions in the past few weeks.

Original story at Washington Post .

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D'Antoni's Knicks on fast track to power - Daily Mail

21 May 2009 21:44:25 PDT

D'Antoni's Knicks on fast track to power WV In the Eastern Conference, only the Washington Wizards were worse. Of course, those in Spike Lee-land recall that D'Antoni lifted the Phoenix Suns from 29 to 62 wins once they landed point guard Steve Nash. Really, that isn't why the Knicks are ...

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Opinion: In brief: Heat roar back to tie series with Hawks

23 Apr 2009 00:28:17 PDT

BusinessWorld Online WA •Wizards turn to Saunders: Flip Saunders officially has the job on the Washington Wizards' bench, complete with an $18 million, four-year contract and the task of picking up the pieces from one of the worst seasons in franchise history. ...

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Game Notes: Indiana vs. Washington

15 Dec 2008 21:22:44 PST

Written by Rashad Mobley
Etan Thomas is inactive this evening because he is undergoing a routine heart checkup at the Mayo Clinic. Coach Tapscott stressed that this was routine. Oleksiy Pecherov will be activated tonight as a result. Andray Blatche, JaVale McGee and Darius Songalia are expected to mostly man...

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Podcast: Tuesday Bullets

02 Dec 2008 08:13:06 PST

If you haven't seen this yet, you have to watch the highlights of Miami's 130-129 OT win over the Warriors. Dwyane Wade was the hero, but Michael Beasley, Udonis Haslem, and Chris Quinn all made HUGE game-saving plays. Jamal Crawford scored 40. The Warriors -- in a real funk now -- made all kind...

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BDL's 2008-09 NBA Season Preview: Washington Wizards

14 Oct 2008 13:30:27 PDT

Written by J.E. Skeets
Last Season: 43-39; lost in first round of playoffs to LeBron The Wizards are thin, thinner than they were last year, and getting older in all the wrong places. In an improved Eastern Conference, that will be enough to drag things down. Michael Bay's Twitter Season Projection:

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What Impact Will Gilbert Arenas' Latest Surgery Have on the Wizards?

18 Sep 2008 21:41:00 PDT

Written by noreply@blogger.com (David Friedman)
Arenas is an erratic gunner who has a me-first agenda that gets in the way of team success, which is why the Wizards do not suffer noticeably in his absence even though he is easily the most publicized player on the team. As I pointed out near the end of last season, during the past two seasons, the Wizards have done better with Caron Butler in the lineup sans Arenas than with Arenas in the lineup sans Butler. Last season, the Wizards started out 3-5 with Arenas before Arenas was sidelined by a knee injury. They went 35-31 without Arenas before he returned to play five late season games; the Wizards went 3-2 in those games and 2-1 in three late season games that he sat out. Overall, the Wizards were 37-32 without Arenas last year and 6-7 with him. Obvious...

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Opinion: Butler Does It: Last Second Shot Staves off Elimination for Wizards

01 May 2008 07:30:00 PDT

Written by David Friedman
Of course, no Cleveland-Washington playoff game this year would be complete without the obligatory incident featuring extracurricular contact and jawing by Wizards' players, with both the contact and the jawing generally directed at James. This time, Darius Songaila made a backhand slap to James' face after Songaila had already fouled him on a driving move. James simply rubbed his jaw and moved away but players from both teams congregated around each other and started woofing and posturing. For no apparent reason, Stevenson slapped down Anderson Varejao's arm. After the officials sorted everything out, Songaila, Stevenson and Varejao received technical fouls.

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Opinion: Wizards Bounce Back From Embarrassing Loss to Rout Cavs

25 Apr 2008 04:53:00 PDT

Written by David Friedman
In my Cavs-Wizards series preview article for CavsNews.com, I predicted that this series would start out 2-2 before the Cavs prevail in six games. I said that the keys for the Cavs, as always, are the brilliance of LeBron James supplemented by team defense and rebounding, while the Wizards must focus on teamwork and ball movement on offense while limiting James to near his average on defense, thus forcing other Cavs to perform very well. I also predicted that--contrary to all suggestions from the Wizards--Arenas would rejoin the starting lineup, most likely in game three. So far, the series has played out according to the script that I described. The Cavaliers stayed true to their recipe for success in the first two games while at the same ti...

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Opinion: Well Done is Better Than Well Said: Cavs Silence Wizards, 93-86

19 Apr 2008 22:32:00 PDT

Written by David Friedman
Yes, this was just game one and the Wizards may very well win game two and seize homecourt advantage but the point is that we have years of evidence from the regular season and the playoffs about both James and Arenas and that mountain of evidence shows that James is a franchise player and that Arenas is not. That does not mean that Arenas has no value or that he makes the team worse or that he can't have a big game and carry the Wizards to a win or two in this series--but it does mean that, barring evidence to the contrary, he cannot lift the Wizards the same way that James lifted the Cavs last season. As Coach Brown predicted, several players took turns guarding Arenas. James can perhaps bother Arenas the most because James is much bigger and just as qui...

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Opinion: The Score, the Key Stat, the Bottom Line: Playoff Positioning

13 Apr 2008 02:43:00 PDT

Written by David Friedman
The Bottom Line: The Sixers could have moved up to fifth place in the East but instead they slid to seventh and the Wizards are now in fifth place. Washington controlled this game on both the inside and the outside, outrebounding Philadelphia 48-36 and shooting a blistering 12-22 (.545) from three point range. Antawn Jamison had an excellent game, posting game-high totals in points (25) and rebounds (13) to help the Wizards make up for the absence of injured All-Star Caron Butler. Arenas got off to a slow start, shooting just 2-8 from the field, but he owned the fourth quarter, scoring 12 points on 5-6 shooting while also contributing as a rebounder and playmaker. This is the Arenas that Wizards' fans have been waiting all season to see and if th...

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Podcast: CARON BUTLER

31 Mar 2008 04:16:39 PDT

Former Laker, and current Washington Wizards forward, Caron Butler, talks to Money about playing most of the season without Gilbert Arenas, and he talks about the short time he spent playing with the Lakers!

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Opinion: NBA Coast to Coast Crew Hands Out First Half Awards

29 Jan 2008 23:50:00 PST

Written by David Friedman
Tim Legler said that the Wizards need Arenas because his special talents give Washington a chance to beat elite teams on a given night. That is interesting--I guess Legler missed that Washington has beaten Boston twice this season and just recently routed Dallas. Legler added that this year's Wizards are much better defensively because Antonio Daniels is a better, more physical defender than Arenas and that Daniels puts more pressure on opposing point guards than Arenas did. Daniels is obviously not a big time scorer but that is not a bad thing; he shoots a good percentage, gets the ball into the hands of his team's scorers and plays good defense. In other words, Daniels plays like a point guard. With Arenas, it was all about the show--the Age...

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Podcast: Sonics by the numbers -- Wizards

07 Jan 2008 02:17:02 PST

33-- The number of points for small forward Caron Butler, who has taken over for the Wizards since Gilbert Arenas has been out after having knee surgery in November. Overheard -- Pretty hard to overhear anything happening on the court when you’re 20 rows up, which is where the visitor’s med...

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Podcast: Links: Meeting Michael Jordan

09 Nov 2007 13:06:22 PST

Written by Lang Whitaker
But they didn’t. Instead, the PA announcer leaned into the mic and bellowed, “From North…Carolina…at guard…6-6…Michael…Jordan!” “So Mike,” I asked, “is this the only restaurant you own in Chicago now?” “Um, Dad? I’m standing next to Michael Jordan right now.”

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Podcast: Arenas' season over after surgery

06 Apr 2007 00:00:00 PDT

Written by Joseph White
Gilbert Arenas is essentially done for the season. The Washington Wizards point guard had surgery Thursday for a left knee injury that will sideline him for two to three months.

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