Teds Take: Wizards vs. Spurs

0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false false false New Years...what better time for the Wizards to get a fresh start, put your best foot forward, and to finally put a brutal 2009 in the books, where the team was a disappointment and longtime owner Abe Pollin died. And what better team to open up the new decade with than the San Antonio Spurs, who were the class act of the 2000s. Naturally, Gilbert Arenas and Javaris Crittenton did their best to put a burden on 2010 by reportedly pulling guns on each other in the locker room on Christmas Eve over a gambling dispute.   That being said, there is still basketball to be played as the Wizards (trying hard to refrain from a Bullets joke) take on the Spurs. San Antonio, who won 3 championships during the 2000s, has taken a step back from being the dominant team we were used to but regardless, they are still a force out west. As long as the team has Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, and Manu Ginobili, the cornerstones of ...