Gilbert drained a tough three-pointer at the buzzer to send the game into OT but the Pacers pulled out the win 119-110. Caron Butler and Antawn Jameson both had sub-par shooting nights, which hurt the team. Butler, in fact, missed the first of two free throws right near the end of the game which would [...]
The NBA has a new marketing slogan this year, “Where Amazing Happens” which is, I think, a way for the league to step away from the old marketing scheme which was pretty much to pump up a few star players and let the merchandising for those guys (Kobe, Shaq, D-Wade, Kevin Garnett, etc) carry the [...]
With the Washington Wizards opener right around the corner, Mike Wise wrote a very good article about All-Star point guard Gilbert Arenas that I think you’ll like. Arenas did not have an easy life by any stretch, but thanks to his father and some good folks around him, he’s become a good man, although not [...]
The Washington Wizards are in deep, deep trouble. Last night they lost their fifth game in a row to a team they should have beaten handily both times they played them recently. This past two weeks have pretty much doomed the Wizards’ season. First, they lost a game on a crazy once-in-a-season turnover to a [...]
I’m having a really tough time figuring out the Washington Wizards these days. Since the All-Star break, I’ve watched a different team hit the floor. The cohesive team that would play smart but daring basketball seems to be replaced by a bunch of guys who are strangers to each other and who seem afraid to [...]
When Gilbert Arenas has omens, the NBA ought to watch out. “I’m going for the gusto,” Arenas said. “I’m going for that winner. The funny part is I was sitting right here before the game and I told DeShawn (Stevenson): ‘I feel like 37 and the game-winner tonight.’” Okay, so he was off by a [...]
Here’s a nice bit of news. It appears that the Gilbert Arenas jersey is now the 8th most sold NBA jersey. OH sure, that’s not a big deal to most of you, but to those of us who have faithfully followed our local sports teams here in Washington, it means something. It means that finally [...]
It’s official: we have a pretty darned good basketball team in Washington. The Wizards racked up their 12th win in the last 16 games with a 114-107 beatdown of the Charlotte Bobcats and moved to within 1/2 game of the Orlando Magic in the NBA’s Southeast Division. The Magic come to town Friday, incidentally, which [...]
Here’s your winner for Petulant Quote of the Day: Kobe Bryant. “You tip your hat and say, ‘See you next time,’ ” Bryant said. “First of all, he shot 27 free throws. We as a team shot 30. Think about that. “But him individually, it’s funny. He doesn’t seem to have much of a conscience. [...]
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