Gilbert Traded, Left Bittersweet

Gilby was finally traded to Orlando for Rashard Lewis. It's bittersweet because at one time, he was a top 10 player in the league that and averaged around 29 points a game. But now with a bum knee, he lost his explosion and quickness and flavor with the Wiz and both needed a fresh start. Good bye Gilby. It was 8 great, controversial, tumultuous years. We will always have these moments.









HIBATCHI!



DAGGER!

Wiz Win Preseason Game, Gilbert Smiles

First:



Then:



Now:

Trevor Booker to the Wiz

Uh dunks over two Duke douchebags. I approve.

Two Words: John Wall

Well, the Wizards finally had some good karma come their way. Finally, for the 2nd time in their history, they won the NBA Draft Lottery. Yeah yeah I know, Kwame Brown was a bust. But that year, there wasn't really a consensus #1. This year, Wall and then Turner and then the rest. The Wizards were a joke and an embarrassment this year. Started out with promise with "the Big 3" all healthy. After a few impressive early wins, they went on a slide followed by the death of Abe, the infamous game of bourre that led to Gilby and Crittenton drawing guns on each other, suspending them both, Gilby with jail time and eventually dismantling the squad. Caron gone. Jamison gone. Deshawn/Haywood/McGuire gone. No more straw chewing. No more awkward layups. No more hand-waving in front of face.

But alas, finally some good karma. The whole point of conducting a team is to win a championship, not a first round series. And they blew it up. Today with the draft lottery win, it's a start. Now assuming new owner Ted Leonsis isn't an idiot (he's not because he patiently built the Caps from the beginning and removed these joke of what they call banners), Ted will have Ernie take John Wall. A PG for the next 5 years at least.

Now if Miss Cleo is correct, your new starting five will be Wall, Arenas, Lebron, Blatche, McGee. But of course psychics are f'ing dumb.

So Wall, Arenas, Josh Howard, Blatche, Mcgee, with Nick Young and others off the bench. The team was completely gutted, but Wall is definitely a start. We're still a long long long way away until they are even close to competing (Come home Kevin Durant!) but at least there's some sort of hope at the end of this dark tunnel.

Great things happen in 3's. DC's last 3 #1 overall picks: Ovechkin, Strasburg and now Wall. Let's hope the last two are just as awesome as Ovie.

Now get your John Wall dance on.





Wall at High School



Wall at Kentucky




Update: Wizards milking that lotto win already.

DeShawn's Abe Tattoo

I miss the days when the wizards were good.