No Excuses

Not saying it would have. But it wasn't "a no way it happens" situation. Like I said, the Wizards that year were really good in terms of what they were going against. It was the weakest EC had been in the longest team. We'll never know what would have happened but had they played at the pace they were when healthy, that team would have been very dangerous come playoff time.

The Pistons were in the ECF. The Nets were the team that the Wizards would have had to play in the second round if everything had gone the way it should have. That Nets team was no where near as good as the Wizards. And the no way is a bit far fetched. The Wizards used to match up very well with Detroit. I'm pretty sure we either went 2-2 or 3-1 against them in 06. They used to have a lot of trouble guarding Gilbert. The 2006 Wizards team was very good in terms of relative competition. That was the year, but of course Curse O' Les Boulez.

If memory serves me right, Gil and Caron's injuries came in the year Cleveland made the NBA Finals against San Antonio. We would have made the ECF that year. We were on fire until everything went down hill.

Yeah I hope Gil plays in the home opener too. I'm not getting my hopes up though, apparently he's seeing a foot specialist in Baltimore today. Where are you seated GA? My friend and I will be in 410.

We are lacking that championship experience. Morrison brought some serious intangibles that we lack. The hippy hair. The pedostache. The bench suit. How can we win without it?

McGee's shot selection is awesome. Sweet hookshot from the free throw line.

You guys are some serious quitters. Yi will lead us to victory. Already dominating both Howard and Bass.

I would have been more open to it had the Kwame fiasco never happened. I think his character issues were largely overblown but you know he was coming in with baggage. The media would have been after him like vultures. With Wall you have a maintenance free guy and nothing to worry about at least off the court.

Wall. Blake is further ahead right now but Wall has D-Wade potential. I don't see Blake being anything more than a Stoudemire clone (which is not bad at all). Kirk Hinrich plans on building an entire brick house community in Orlando tonight.

He passed the ball early on and all our guards did was brick 3's. Everyone is equally sucking ass against a team that they should have never had to play on National TV. The NBA made us the sacrificial lambs.

Our C position is a disaster. Javale will have good games against scrubby centers but the game he faces someone legitimate, this will happen.

Even JJ Reddick is driving in on us. This is bad lol.

That's why I wanted Young to start. Young hits those threes that Hinrich is passing up and bricking. It's not like he's providing great defense either. Carter is abusing him.

Within the next 2-3 weeks. They say he's ready to go but want to take extra precautions. Why did they put us on National TV? This matchup is really not fair lol.

Should be: Wall Young Martin Blatche McGee Oh well, gotta trust Flip.

Still doesn't make him a scumbag. He has serious judgment issues. Everyone knows that. He doesn't think through his actions sometimes. But his actions have never had poor intentions behind them. He didn't bring guns into the locker room to shoot someone up. He brought them to execute a really really stupid prank. He didn't fake an injury for his own personal selfish reasons, he wanted to help a struggling teammate. Again, he does things that are not conventional and sometimes really dumb, but he's not a bad person, nor does he lack any sort of "morality". At this point the guy is damned if he does, damned if he doesn't. He gets injured, people hate on him. He says he faked in the injury, people hate on him. He has good games, people want him traded because his value is high. He has bad games and people say he's not living up to his contract. Haters gonna hate. I'm done arguing with people who don't follow this team. If you really think Gilbert is an awful person, good for you, stay on your high horse.

What positive character traits is Gilbert lacking? Try to explain to me how this guy lacks positive traits: This bad example for the others you talk about. This is his own coaching talking about him: Sounds like a real ****ing scumbag. : I'm not even going to bother posting all the other accounts of good things Gilbert has done over his career. Those who want to hate will hate. Those of us who actually FOLLOW this team know the person Gilbert is. One foolish prank doesn't make him the scumbag you think he is. Learn a little about the person and get EDUCATED: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/23/AR2007102301560.html Again, people who've followed this team know that Gilbert is not a bad dude. Do some of us want him traded? Sure. I personally don't care. If he leaves, I won't be mad. But I don't want him gone because "he's a loser, poor character" person. That is a completely asinine statement. This is not about being a mindless blind homer. This about being FAIR and rational. If you are going to come in and make statements, have them backed up by factually correct statements. Nothing wrong with wanting him to be traded. But to call him a person lacking "character" is absolutely ****ing stupid. Personally I think it's pretty ****ty that people hate on the guy just for the money he makes. Within the last year, his mother died and he never got closure on their relationship, his fiancee banged Shaq and he found out, he was suspended from his job and publicly humiliated (his fault) and he still deals with repercussions from his freak knee injury because the Wizards medical staff completely dropped the ball on it. I'm sure you would be the pillar of morality if you had to deal with that stuff.

Tip off in 1 hour. Would have liked to see Nick Young start instead of Hinrich. Without Hinrich as the back up PG, we lack a proper set up man on the bench. Not excited to see Lestor Hudson get PT.

Extremely fair-weather indeed. I'm not really sure why people are holding Gilbert's freak injury against him. Calling him a "loser", "team cancer" etc.. after all he has done for this franchise and this city? The guy has done nothing but help his teammates and carry a pathetic supporting cast to the playoffs year after year. His best supporting players in his prime (Hughes, Jamison, Haywood, Butler) couldn't even get Dirk and LeBron out of the second round. If Gilbert gets traded tomorrow, I really wouldn't care. I won't be devestated and I won't be overjoyed. But I'll root for him to do well wherever he goes. He's done enough in his tenure in D.C for me to never dislike him as an athlete or to label him with moronic stuff like "loser" and "team cancer". I really wonder if Ovechkin was to have a freak injury and then continued health problems if all the "Gilbert is a loser" crowd would crown Ovechkin as a loser as well. I mean he won't be playing up to his contract right? The fans of this city are a joke. Only a few true Washingtonian sports fans exist. Most bandwagon onto whoever is the most successful and make downright ignorant and asinine statements for the others. As someone who's followed this team for a really long time and who values how much Gilbert has meant to this franchise, it really pisses me off to see people labeling Arenas has something he is not. If you passively follow the Wizards, don't come in here and say stupid ****.

He was hurt the game after that. I was at the game and he left sometime in the first or second period due to a groin injury. Both situations are mutually exclusive.

Using Yi at the 3 gives us no legitimate back up for Blatche and McGee. Yi is the super sub for both. It just creates another problem if he's used at the 3.

I'm a big Cartier Martin fan. I like his three point shooting ability and with Gil and Wall and I think he is the right guy to have at SF until J-Howard gets back. It should be either him or Young starting at SF. Thornton's game doesn't really mesh well with the rest of the starting lineup. We need a SF who can stretch the floor.

Al Thornton has been a huge disappointment so far. He really had a chance to cement himself at the 3 spot but he's stunk it up big time.

I don't see anyone doing it.

How is he selling it otherwise? He brought out the example of one season where the Wizards were truly dominant in the East until Gerald Wallace decided to ruin it (not his fault though). I don't see him painting the entire franchise as having some great history of being contenders. Chipwich, you're reading comprehension needs serious help. You turn every ****ing Wizards debate into "We aren't contenders blah blah blah". It's not that serious.