Washington Wizards 2016-2017 Season Thread - Thanks for a great season!

[Sonny Corinthos]

Wall is already my current favorite player.

My All Time favorites are Zeke , Jason Kidd , Bobby Jones , Andrew Toney and Kevin Johnson

 

[broncos19dm]

Tough loss

 

[AgentZero]

Great win tonight!

Thought wearing black for the "funeral" was a little much, but they backed it up

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[madj55]

That was fun

Was really hoping they'd win. Wouldn't have been able to deal with social media/my friends from Boston if they laid an egg.

 

[Methodical Management]

 
Great win tonight!

Thought wearing black for the "funeral" was a little much, but they backed it up

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Agreed.  The "funeral" thing was a little silly - but I like the team unity it represents.  You see players on this team pulling for each other far more than was the case earlier in the year.  

Even Scott Brooks was jawing with Isiah Thomas tonight, after a hard foul on Beal. 

The holes on this team were still pretty apparent against Boston's versatility, but Beal and Wall really wanted this one and their aggression carried the day. 

 

[broncos19dm]

 Team has been lookin nice

 

[jking0821]

Agreed as corny as it was...at least it added extra interest to the game. The Wiz were talked about on around the horn and PTI because of the funeral thing. Then that forces them to mention the home winning streak which was nice.

And team unity is never a bad thing. Glad we won

 

[jjs07]

Fellas...look at the Wall/Beal/Oubre/Porter/Gortat lineup

 

[Methodical Management]

 

[broncos19dm]

Wall headed to the all-star game 

 

[jjs07]

We're a major injury away from falling apart. I don't think that's any secret. However, while things are still going good...and health willing, why not go for Cleveland's neck and that #1 seed?

Loved what I heard out of Wall last night on TNT. He said their goal is the ECF. Let's get it.

 

[Sonny Corinthos]

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Is this Suzy's funeral ?

 

[uncalled4boy]

Loving The Play Lately

But The Thought Winning And A Conference Finals Or Conf Semi Appearance Means Ernie Stays :x

 

[INTLplayers]

loving what the team is doing as of late.

 

[clouds]

ive been watching the wizards play lately and cant fathom how they are not getting the respect they deserve

they have been playing so well its almost unreal yet vegas keeps disrespecting them and placing them as big dogs and every time they come out on top (cant complain though been enjoying my winnings courtesy of wall and company)

 

[broncos19dm]

loving what the team is doing as of late.

most def

 

[jesusshuttlesworth34]

I like the fact that they are flying under the radar with virtually zero national coverage...let alone local.

Who would have thought back in November sitting at 2-8....3-9 that this would be the case now?

Phone Booth actually has a Home Court presence!? Wow!

 

[broncos19dm]

I like the fact that they are flying under the radar with virtually zero national coverage...let alone local.
 

THIS THIS THIS.

Lowkey 

 

[jjs07]

Great read from DA:

The question is simple, given all that has come before: do the Washington Wizards dislike the Boston Celtics, Bradley Beal?

“Yeah,” Beal said last Tuesday, after a beat. “I guess, yeah, you could say that. And they don’t like us. It is what it is. I think we’re all grown men and we’re just able to play ball. It makes it more competitive, right? That’s like playoff basketball halfway through the season. It gives you a little taste and a little foreshadow of what may come.”

This makes me happy.

The NBA of my youth and my early career was one filled with rancor, petty jealousies, cheap shots, occasional brawls and -- if we were really lucky -- genuine hatreds. The Detroit Pistons hated the Chicago Bulls, and vice versa. The Celtics hated the Los Angeles Lakers, and vice versa. It made the competitions between those teams, and others with similar animosities toward one another, that much deeper and meaningful.

Today’s league is much more fraternal, comfier, chummy. Guys play with and against one another for years on the AAU circuit before they ever set foot in NBA arenas. Hey, the world changes. It’s fine if guys are friendlier with one another these days. But sometimes you miss the old battles. And that’s why even a minor tempest between teams, as with the Wizards and Celtics last week, draws so much attention.

It was the culmination of a couple of year’s worth of dustups -- Jae Crowder accusing then-Wizards coach Randy Wittman of cursing at him during a game a year ago. Marcus Smart breaking Beal’s nose and giving him a concussion with an elbow a little more than a week later. Crowder sticking a finger in John Wall’s face after the Celtics handled the Wizards in Boston last month, which led to shoves and postgame woofing, and fines for both Wall and Crowder.

Rest of article in Link

 

[broncos19dm]

Another W 

 

[jesusshuttlesworth34]

Upcoming schedule is pretty soft too...nice chance to head into AS Weekend on a high note.

 

[extraordinary swag]

definitely seems like we're starting to get the recognition locally in the media and around the league now, bout damn time. I've been very impressed with how the entire starting 5 has performed since December, everyone contributes. We need to go into March with a nice cushion over .500 because the schedule is gonna get brutal

 

[tireless drive]

John Wall MVP

 

[Methodical Management]

I know it's largely the product of a favorable schedule.  I know it may ultimately prove counterproductive if it allows Grunfeld to stay.  I know it's just the regular season - and the doldrums of regular season at that. 

Right now, I'm just glad to have at least one source of good news coming out of Washington.  

It's been great to have an elite team for a couple of months.  We're even tied for the division lead.  I expect that we'll awaken to harsh reality soon, but I intend to enjoy this while it lasts.  I love seeing the starters cheering hard for the bench players.  Though we no longer need to fear the franchise killing John Wall giveaway, or, hopefully, the breakup of the team's core, the chemistry and camaraderie have been so good of late that any tinkering now - even with the awful bench - could be counterproductive.  

I don't see Derrick Williams helping, for example.  Right now, everybody seems to know and embrace their role.  I wouldn't want to throw that into upheaval for a questionable return, especially since rotations will be shortened further for the playoffs anyway. 

The mid-season tinker trade rarely works out.  For every Rasheed Wallace to the Pistons move, there's 10 Kevin Martin to the Spurs, Troy Murphy to the Celtics, GM LeBron over-corrections that break rhythm rather than take a team over the top.  

 

[jking0821]

Given the team we have though do you guys see us getting to the Eastern conference Finals?
Assuming we stay healthy (big assumption) and continue to play at least some what to this level, and avoid Cleveland until the finals...is it possible?
See us in the playoffs getting past Boston? Toronto? Atlanta? Indiana?

In all honestly if everything stayed the same health wise...i like us to make it more than anyone not named Cleveland or Toronto. I know we beat Toronto in the playoffs 2 years ago but that team is dangerous. And id like to avoid atlanta since they bounced us 2 years ago