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It seems like a lifetime ago that the Washington Wizards held the No. 1 overall pick in the NBA Draft. While some may have had to choke back tears (or vomit) in recalling the ill-fated Kwame Brown pick, rest assured this year's draft class is nothing like that of 2001. On just a 10 percent chance, the Wizards landed the No. 1 overall pick in June's draft. The Wizards can't possibly miss ...

Things couldn't get much worse for the Wizards, who have seen their season go from bad to worse since the turn of the new year. The March Madness associated with college basketball stood as the antithesis to the March Washington just finished. Seventeen games, 16 losses, and an array of problems. But what else is new for the Wizards these days? After being suspended for the season and getting a lenient sentence ...

Ted Leonsis, owner of the Washington Capitals and Mystics, has agreed to become the owner of the Washington Wizards. Talks had been ongoing between Leonsis and the Pollin family since the death of owner Abe Pollin last November. The deal saw Leonsis paying $170 million for the remaining 56 percent of the team and the Verizon Center, which are valued at $550 million. The Wizards are in last place in the ...

The Washington Wizards have an uphill battle to fight over the next few years. Through diligent work, good talent evaluation, and the right mix of players/player personalities, they could have a surprisingly bright future. Assuming everything goes to plan, that is. That plan is still being laid out with each week that passes en route to the offseason. Let us assume that the Wizards will be without the services of newly numbered ...

The Washington Wizards have exceeded their output from last year, but fallen well short of their preseason expectations. With all of their big names gone, the Wizards must now look to a new leader for the future. The future of the Washington Wizards rests with Andray Blatche. A month ago, that statement would have shocked even me. Blatche hadn't shown himself to be capable of being the centerpiece of a team, let ...

Andray Blatche is the longest tenured member of the Washington Wizards. Let that fact sink in. The trade deadline marked the end of an era for the Wizards. Gone are the Verizon Center staples of Antawn Jamison, Caron Butler, and Brendan Haywood, with Gilbert Arenas' future up in the air. And not a moment too soon. The Wizards were being billed as the surprise team in the East before the season started. Arenas ...

After a lackluster seven player deal that sent Caron Butler and Brendan Haywood to Dallas, the Wizards complete the dismantling of their roster by trading Antawn Jamison to the Cavaliers. This time around, the return for the Wizards is much greater. The trade involves the Los Angeles Clippers as well as Cleveland and does more for the future than the deal with the Mavericks. In this trade, the Wizards receive Cavaliers center ...

After several weeks of trade talks, it appears the Wizards finally have their first taker. The Dallas Mavericks appear ready to deal Josh Howard for former All-Star Caron Butler before the Feb. 18 deadline. So who is getting the better end of the deal? The Wizards give up arguably one of the hardest working players in the NBA. Butler's career has been defined by determination and hustle, and that has earned him ...

The Gilbert Arenas saga continues as the maligned Wizards point guard was suspended indefinitely without pay by NBA commissioner David Stern. Happy 28th, Gil! The punishment comes as no surprise in the wake of the locker room incident dating back to December of last year which featured Arenas producing firearms from his locker in the name of a joke. However, the statement from Stern leads me to believe that the ...

With the Washington Wizards sitting at 10-21 headed into their game against the Sixers, the biggest story of the season should be how awfully they have played in comparison to the expectations going into this season. Gilbert Arenas did the sports world one better by bringing firearms into the equation. He made the top stories on ESPN, which should be worth something right? For those of you who believe otherwise, there is ...