Wizards Trade With Hornets to Land Okafor and Ariza
In NBA Basketball | By AverageThomas | On June 20 2012 12:24 PM
According to Marc Stein with ESPN, the Washington Wizards have completed a trade with the New Orleans Hornets to bring Emeka Okafor and Trevor Ariza to D.C. In exchange, the Wizards have sent Rashard Lewis and the 46th overall pick ...
Washington Wizards’ red, white and blue uniforms bring back memories of Washington Bullets
In NBA Basketball | By Mike Frandsen | On May 12 2011 11:01 PM
“You’ve gotta be a fan of old D.C. to know what the Bullets mean to me.”
-- Bullets Fever, by Nils Lofgren, 1978.
Don’t look now, but something good just happened to a Washington, D.C. sports team. The Washington Wizards unveiled ...
Javale McGee Gets Triple-Double in Loss to Chicago
In NBA Basketball | By Rob | On March 16 2011 07:17 AM
They might be the best team in the Eastern Conference, arguably in the entire NBA, but the Chicago Bulls couldn't stop JaVale McGee.
Okay, let me stop before I get ahead of myself. The facts speak for themselves:
* Chicago did win ...
Washington Wizards’ 0-24 road record: Ted Leonsis, Flip Saunders, John Wall all to blame
In NBA Basketball | By Mike Frandsen | On February 1 2011 01:11 AM
The Washington Wizards lost their 24th straight road game Monday, 102-92 in Dallas.
How can the Wizards be so much better at home (13-10) than on the road? The disparity in records doesn’t make sense because the Verizon Center crowd isn’t ...
Javale McGee and Team USA Give Wizards Fans Hope
In NBA Basketball | By Rob | On July 24 2010 09:04 PM
Last season, as the Washington Wizards were dropping proven veterans like Caron Butler and Antawn Jamison, basketball fans in the Nation's Capital needed reasons to be optimistic for future squads. At the time, there was no knowledge that John Wall ...
NBA Draft: Wizards get Wall with top pick, Hoyas’ Monroe goes to Detroit, Terps’ Vasquez to Memphis
In NBA Basketball | By Mike Frandsen | On June 24 2010 09:03 PM
As has been expected ever sinceWashington won the NBA Draft Lottery last month, the Wizards selected Kentucky point guard John Wall with the first selection in the draft Thursday night.
Also in the first round, former Georgetown center Greg Monroe was ...
Faces of the Franchises: Washington DC Edition
An interesting debate I heard last week on sports talk radio 106.7 The Fan - specifically The Mike Wise Show with Holden Kushner, I believe (and I believe it was Liz Drabick filling in, with Mike Wise out of the ...
D.C. Takes Huge Steps Forward as Sports Town
Three years ago, Washington D.C. was seen as a football town, with the Washington Redskins being far-and-away the most popular team in the city (and its surrounding suburbs).
Washington D.C. has taken huge steps forward in being seen as a more ...
Leonsis won’t change name of Wizards to Bullets but may change colors back to red, white and blue
In NBA Basketball | By Mike Frandsen | On June 11 2010 03:04 PM
New Washington Wizards owner Ted Leonsis said Thursday he will not change the name of the Wizards, but said a change in colors back to the traditional red, white, and blue is likely at some point. Leonsis also asked the ...
Wizards Win NBA Draft Lottery, So Now What?
In NBA Basketball | By AverageThomas | On May 21 2010 10:29 AM
Even though three other teams had better odds to get the first overall pick in the next NBA Draft, somehow the Washington Wizards defied the odds and won the NBA Draft Lottery, giving Mrs. Pollin a nice moment in the ...
