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The Wizards Are Playoff Hunting
By Jamie Mottram | January 11, 2012
There were many fun things about the Wiz getting their first win last night, my favorite of which is probably how didthewizardswinlastnight.com handled it. My second favorite thing, though, ahead of Trevor Booker and Chris Singleton replacing Andray Blatche and Rashard Lewis in the lineup, or Jan Vesely getting two dunks and five steals, is this quote from Flip Saunders:
“One of my assistants said to me kiddingly, ‘It’s January 12. We’re six and a half games behind Chicago. It’s probably the closest we’ve been in the conference in the last five years.’”
That’s funny and so very sad on at least two levels: 1. It’s probably true, and 2. They’ve only played nine games. Also, they’re actually seven back. And it’s not even January 12 yet.
Topics: Flip Saunders, Infinite Sadness, Wizards | 2 Comments »
January 11th, 2012 at 4:08 PM
I’m sure Mr. I’s readership and Grantland’s readership has a lot of overlap, but everyone should read this account of the Wiz-Raptors game:
http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/7450625/rafe-bartholomew-suffers-fate-worse-death-#8212-watching-wizards-raptors
January 12th, 2012 at 12:46 AM
That Blatch quote…just…
Serious question: has there ever been a more hatable hometown player than Andray Blatche?