StillUnknown Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 Our fanbase is small. It is what it is. It's hard to fill up an arena 41 times a year with such a small fanbase, and casual fans don't follow the NBA until Christmas too. The Verizon Center was great during the playoffs. It's going to take a while to get that level of fan enthusiasm throughout the year. DC's transient nature doesn't really help either. You see the similar situations at FedEx & Nats Park as well. I can't really speak to hockey, but they seem to have best fan support of the local teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Going Commando Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 DC's transient nature doesn't really help either. You see the similar situations at FedEx & Nats Park as well. I can't really speak to hockey, but they seem to have best fan support of the local teams. The level of support the Caps get demonstrates the potential support the Wizards could enjoy if they become consistent playoff participants too. The Wizards have had an awful brand for the past thirty years. That's whittled the fan base down to a small number of diehards concentrated in the counties directly surrounding DC. Take a look at this twitter data map and it gives you a sense of just how small the fanbase is compared to the most popular franchises: https://interactive.twitter.com/nba_followers/#?mode=team&team=all Montgomery and Fairfax counties are the only ones where the Wizards are the #1 mentioned team. Pretty much everywhere else in the region it's the goddamn Lakers. It's going to take a long time for the team to grow the fanbase. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRobi21 Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 Beal a game time decision. Didnt participate in morning shoot around. Oladipo out for ORL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StillUnknown Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 Beal's out, Temple starting 2015 and Garrett Temple is starting. he's the basketball version of Reed Doughty 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Going Commando Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 I'd rather see Oubre start than Temple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Going Commando Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 The team has started slow this season, and I think that our early season struggles could persist for a while as we try and adapt to new faces and a new style of play. My fear is that we'll lose so much ground during the process of trying to get it figured out that we'll lose our chance at a high seed and a home playoff series. Cleveland is a super team and Atlanta and Toronto are major regular season overachievers. And the Bulls are steady. We've been road warriors in the playoffs, but I'm tired of making these underachieving middle seed runs when the team should finish much higher than it does. And I don't want us to have to play Cleveland in an early round. And the fierce competition for the final four seeds in the East this year also bears watching. There are probably 6 or 7 playoff caliber teams competing for those spots, and Detroit is off to a great start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhead36 Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 Beal out again. Dude is the Jordan Reed of the Wizards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destino Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 Weird that Beal is out, they said it was a bruise. It's been most of a week. Hope it's not worse than they initially thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjfootballer Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 0 division titles since 1978. 0 fifty win seasons since 1979. Failed to ever advance past the 2nd round since 1978. WTH do you expect? We've been the Clippers East for 35 years. Win and the fans will come back or bandwagon. It is really simple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRobi21 Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 Oubre putting up some good minutes for a rookie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor703 Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 Okay, there's a realistic chance we suck this year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StillUnknown Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 We've had 4 days off and we're getting out-hustled by a team on the 2nd game of a back to back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRobi21 Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 Another ugly half of basketball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Going Commando Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 Weird that Beal is out, they said it was a bruise. It's been most of a week. Hope it's not worse than they initially thought. My gut tells me it's more serious than they made it seem initially. It looked like a shoulder separation when it happened on the court. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRobi21 Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 (edited) Temple our leading scorer at halftime..... Edited November 15, 2015 by STBonecrusher21 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRobi21 Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 3 on 1 break. Gary neal pulls out to slow it up. W. T. F. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TradeTheBeal! Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 Neal, Sesh, Dudley, Oubre, Nene...sure, why not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StillUnknown Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 (edited) 3 on 1 break. Gary neal pulls out to slow it up. W. T. F. death, taxes, and Gary Neal making bad decisions Edited November 15, 2015 by StillUnknown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sacks 'n' Stuff Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 I said this the last time they played and I'll say it again… The Orlando Magic is, without a doubt, the ugliest collection of professional athletes I have ever seen in my entire life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRobi21 Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 Hump333s lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StillUnknown Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 in the 2nd half, Hump showed what a real stretch 4 could open up for the team 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Going Commando Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 - Temple made me eat my words. He played very well on both ends. - Hump's big night shows how good our offense can look when we have a 4 reliably hitting open threes. - I think Wall played a little passive until the fourth quarter. He was getting to the rim and passing out instead of forcing the issue and getting to the FT line. I want to see him shooting more FTs on a night like tonight. He's also struggling to find his shot. Forced some early clock looks when he had open shooters. He took us home in the fourth quarter though. - Fournier has a little bit of Manu in his game. - I generally liked what Oubre did tonight. The guy really glides around the floor. - Another quietly good performance from Otto. I haven't looked at his stat line, but he makes the routine good play every time. Once he finds his three ball this season his efficiency numbers are going to be crazy. I think he's already the highest IQ player on our team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TradeTheBeal! Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 It's fun to win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Going Commando Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 Gortat is still struggling to finish his easiest looks. But he stayed with it tonight and made some important shots and he also did a good job on the glass against a good rebounding Orlando team. I didn't like seeing Randy call Gortat out publicly for his lack of rebounding last game. That stuff needs to be kept in house. But it did light a fire under March and he put in great effort on the offensive glass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TradeTheBeal! Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 Marcin had a busy summer. Looked good tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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