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DMV: The Wiz’ Second-Round Heartbreak
By Jamie Mottram | June 26, 2009
DMV is a daily roundup of District-Maryland-Virginia (mostly) sporting links.
A wonderful thing happened last night. The draft’s best rebounder, DeJaun Blair, fell to No. 32, where the Wizards were waiting. Hopes soared with thoughts of Blair, who out-rebounds entire teams, bolstering Washington’s meager frontcourt. Then a terrible thing happened. The Wiz drafted a guard and traded him for cash. Of course they did. And the well-oiled Spurs got Blair five picks later. Of course they did. [Outlet]
“I am so deflated by the Wizards … They needed Blair’s rear” [@danshanoff]
“If this was any other franchise than the Wiz, it’d crack the top 10 worst moments.” [@BulletsForever]
“I hate life.” [@unsilent]
With Rubio and Blair slipping to others, it wasn’t good. [Bullets Forever]
Wilbon loves Rubio, needs an editor in the third graf. [Michael Wilbon]
55 percent of Wiz fans, though, prefer Foye/Miller over Rubio. [Wiz Insider]
A farewell poem for Etan, with a shout-out for Ty Lue. [DC Landing Strip]
The ultimate player has “Popeye’s looks” and “Manute’s leg”. [Sports Hernia]
Nats beat Sox on strong start from Z-Mann, weak one from Smoltz. [WaPo]
Smokin’ Scott Olsen returns to the Nats rotation on Monday. [TWT]
Baltimore gets swept in Miami, prepares to welcome Washington. [The Sun]
Today: Nats-O’s (7:05)
Topics: DMV, Infinite Sadness, Wizards | 3 Comments »
June 26th, 2009 at 7:49 am
As a Pitt alum and someone who watched Wizards games last year, allow me to pronounce it: Epic Fail.
June 26th, 2009 at 8:15 am
It’s moments like these that make it next to impossible to root for the bullets.
Blair has an NBA ready body and we needed a 4, badly.
June 26th, 2009 at 8:46 am
I was sitting in section 141 at Nats Park last night when the Wiz passed on Blair.
At the exact same time, I had a Sox fan say the following, “You know the DC franchise is the oldest franchise to have never won a World Series, if you include the Texas Rangers.” I didn’t know how to tell this moron how many ways he was wrong. If the Nats had lost, I might have jumped from the Red Loft.