Archive: October 15, 2006 - October 21, 2006
Little love for the Wiz
If you are anything like me, you look forward to reading as many NBA season preview magazines as you can get. I've always felt that Sports Illustrated had one of the best and the new issue arrived at my place yesterday. The first thing you'll notice is that the...
By Ivan Carter | October 20, 2006; 10:31 AM ET | Comments (36)
Wizards back at it
First of all, I have to give some props to by boy Michael Lee for filling in the last few days. I had jury duty Monday morning (I wasn't selected) so Mike was in North Carolina for the games against the Bobcats on Monday and Tuesday. Also, that was...
By Ivan Carter | October 19, 2006; 2:35 PM ET | Comments (14)
Gilbert Arenas: "I'm Not Quirky."
I had no idea what I was stepping into when I walked into the Wizards locker room before their victory against the Charlotte Bobcats yesterday. Gilbert Arenas had something he needed to get off of his chest: He is getting sick and tired of being labeled, "quirky" and he wanted...
By Michael Lee | October 18, 2006; 1:38 PM ET | Comments (69)
The Curse O' Les Ex-Boulez?
Memo to Jarvis Hayes and/or DeShawn Stevenson: If either of you has the breakout season you truly expect and provide the fourth/fifth scoring option the Wizards have been needing the past two postseasons, re-sign with the team. Don't hesitate. Don't worry about the money. Don't leave for more. Just put...
By Michael Lee | October 17, 2006; 11:44 AM ET | Comments (14)
Wizards Win, Get Ready to Nap
CHARLOTTE -- My inclination that this early morning game would lead to a record number of turnovers - what with the lack of sleep, the dragging of feet - didn't exactly come to fruition, although both teams combined to fumble the ball 40 times in the Wizards' 100-91 victory. The...
By Michael Lee | October 16, 2006; 1:28 PM ET | Comments (7)
Good Morning, Basketball!
The prevailing theme/complaint is easily the 10 a.m. start of today's preseason against the Charlotte Bobcats. The earlier than usual start - Wizards players repeatedly say they haven't played this early since AAU - was made so that the Bobcats could allow 17,000 school children to watch the game. The...
By Michael Lee | October 16, 2006; 10:03 AM ET | Comments (5)
