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Found January 11, 2012 on Washington Post:
PLAYERS: Flip Saunders,  Andray Blatche,  Rashard Lewis,  Trevor Booker,  Chris Singleton
TEAMS: Washington Wizards
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After nine long months, the Wizards finally delivered a victory on Tuesday. As Michael Lee wrote in an earlier blog post, Coach Flip Saunders made the necessary moves to get the desired results: He benched banged up, high-price players with scorers’ mentalities in Andray Blatche and Rashard Lewis and decided to go with energetic, low-cost players more willing to do the dirty work in Trevor Booker and Chris Singleton. . . . Read full article >>
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