Found January 09, 2013 on Blog So Hard Sports: Yardbarker Blogger Network
Man what a game against the Thunder on Monday. If that wasn’t what all of us Wizards fans needed I don’t know what is? And what’s the best way to follow-up a 2-point victory over the league’s best team that saw our rookie Bradley Beal ice the game winner? A few days rest and the possible return of John Wall that’s how. Saturday night’s game against the Hawks could be John Wall’s first game of the season, and even though pictures have surfaced of Wall being slightly out of shape, us Wiz faithful finally have a little pep to our steps and are getting real excited for the first time this season. While the playoffs are still out of the question barring a John Wall half season MVP campaign and a collapse by several teams, I’m starting to get that excitement back that I had at the beginning of the season. And that excitement would certainly multiply if Leonsis would go ahead and fire Grunfeld. But Grunfeld is still in the picture and since he’s probably not looking around the league at ca...
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