TED LEONSIS RUMORS & GOSSIP
John Wall expects a max deal from the Wizards
The Washington Wizards are setting up to become a force next year. To achieve that goal they are going to make point guard John Wall a very happy man.
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The Upcoming Off-season Will Be Key for the Washington Wizards
Next year will be make-or-break for the Wizards After last night’s 95-90 loss at the hands of the Cleveland Cavaliers that saw the Wizards score 33 first quarter points and jump out to a 13 point lead, then only 32 points over the next 24 minutes, I immediately starting thinking about the off-season. While it was only a five point loss, it came at the hands of the Cavs who were...
Wizards owner Ted Leonsis apologizes to fans for horrible start to season
The Washington Wizards are once again horrible, but this time it is not entirely their fault. The team has battled injuries all season long, the most significant of which caused John Wall to miss the first 33 games of the season. During that stretch, the Wizards compiled a record of 5-28. They started out the year by losing their first 12 games.
Since Wall’s return on Jan. 12,...
Leonsis Launching Washington Related Digital Network
from John Ourand of SportsBusiness Journal at The Sporting News,
Monumental Sports and Entertainment chairman Ted Leonsis will launch a full-fledged digital network this week in what is the first step toward setting up his own local TV channel.
The broadband sports and entertainment channel will be called Monumental Network and will feature programming related to the teams...
Wizards owner Ted Leonsis reportedly turned down trade for James Harden
It should be fairly obvious that the Washington Wizards are a poorly run organization. But if you by chance need a concrete reason to believe that the Wizards are poorly run organization, a report in the Washington Post should give you ample reason.
According to the report, the Wizards had a deal in place with Oklahoma City that would have brought James Harden to town. All they had...
Wizards Fans Have Had Enough, Ernie Grunfeld Needs to be Fired
Ted Leonsis continues to blog about sticking together and not making changes. Sometimes I see his blog posts as a slap to the fan, like we don’t know what the real problem with the organization is — the General Manager Ernie Grunfeld. The media knows it, the bloggers know it, and most importantly the fans know it. The only person at this time who doesn’t seem to know what needs...
Owner Leonsis tempers expectations for Wizards
Ted Leonsis is tempering his expectations for the Washington Wizards.
The team owner said in June that another year in the NBA lottery would be ''unacceptable.''
Now that training camp has opened, he said Thursday night that he'd find it unacceptable to finish ''with the second- or third-worst record in the NBA.''
One reason to re-examine the...
Via AP on Fox
October 04, 2012
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Leonsis Wants Wizards To Become Destination Franchise, Voted To Approve CBA
Ted Leonsis shared his vision for the Wizards.
Owner Leonsis wants Wizards to be 'destination'
Owner Ted Leonsis believes his Washington Wizards can become a ''destination'' - the sort of NBA team that top players strive to join, no matter what it takes.
That will take some time, Leonsis acknowledges. He makes it perfectly clear that the Wizards are still early on in the process of reconstructing around No. 1 overall draft pick John Wall.
During a half-hour...
Via AP on Fox
December 15, 2011
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Ted Leonsis wants cell phone concessions at Verizon Center
Since I consider myself one of the top-five news sources for D.C. stadium and arena concession news, I simply had to bring you Ted Leonsis’s response when asked on WTOP whether there’s a way to incentivize arena concessions workers to work more quickly.
“We are looking into that,” he said. “One of the things that we would like to use is technology, where I hope one day...
Via D.C. Sports Bog
October 10, 2011
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