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Abe Pollin Built More Than Wizards
by Kevin BlackistoneFiled under: NBAWASHINGTON -- If you aren't from the nation's capital, my hometown, and you know the name Abe Pollin at all, it is probably because of his audacity. At the end of the 2002-2003 NBA season, he fired from the team he owned, the Washington Wizards...
The Origin of Gilbert Arenas’ Twitter Revelation
10 days ago by
Truth About It
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Resulting from multiple knee surgeries, absence from the court, and subsequent intake of criticism, Gilbert Arenas turned silent … most notably when he stopped blogging, the last entry occuring on November 15, 2008.
By February ‘09, Gilbert had entered a full-on Hikikomori...
Mike Jones: Wizards likely to make a move for a point guard
17 days ago by
Bullets Forever
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The prognosis on Randy Foye's injury hasn't come back yet, but Mike Jones is reporting that Ernie Grunfeld is about to make a move to get another point guard on the roster.
I just spoke to Ernie Grunfeld while I'm sitting here waiting for my flight back to the D...
Should Wizards Change Back to Bullets?
3 days ago by
Mr. Irrelevant
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I’m glad Ted Leonsis will likely be the new owner of the Washington Wizards. Not because he’ll be better than Abe Pollin was, or whatever, but because someone has to take over, and I’m glad it’s Ted.
He’s local, he’s rich, he’s smart, he’...
Pollin funeral highlights sports fan 'in love with life'
Abe Pollin was remembered as a great friend and sports fan during a funeral held for the Washington Wizards owner at the Washington Hebrew Congregation.
Nick Young to start on Tuesday
5 days ago by
Agent Dagger
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According to SportsWizz on the Washington Wizards official blog, Nick Young is expected to earn the start tomorrow against Philadelphia.
This will be Young's second start on the season, a stat of course that can be misleading when you consider how often Young has been benched...
Jaw Knocks Lou Williams Out 8 Weeks
1 day ago by
SLAM Online
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This doesn’t sound like it was a lot of fun for Lou to go through. The image he posted online following the procedure certainly confirms that: “76ers point guard Lou Williams underwent surgery Thursday morning to wire together his upper and lower jaws. Williams will miss...
It's Monday in Washington, let the spinning begin...
5 days ago by
Agent Dagger
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The Wizards are 3-9, people are not happy. Writers, fans, and coaches a like have to be scrambling to try and figure out whats going wrong in the Nations capital. Let's see what they are saying:
Bullets Forever, Mike Prada : If Mike Miller is out for a month it's a really...
Gilbert Arenas Rembers Slap-Happy Pollin
3 days ago by
SLAM Online
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Gil remembers Abe as only he can: “This is, apparently, how the Wizards mourn. For example, a reporter asked Gilbert for his favorite Abe Pollin memory. ‘You know, after every win he would slap the [bleep] out of you in the face,’ Gilbert said, cracking up the room...
Wizards exercise options on Nick Young and JaVale McGee, but not Javaris Crittenton
29 days ago by
Bullets Forever
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by Haraz N. Ghanbari - AP
about 1 month ago:
Washington Wizards' Javaris Crittenton poses for a photo during NBA basketball media day, Monday, Sept. 28, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari...
Game Notes: 76ers at Wizards
3 days ago by
SLAM Online
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by Aaron Kaplowitz
Hours after learning that beloved owner Abe Pollin had died, the Washington Wizards held off a late push by the visiting 76ers to pick up their fourth win of the season, 108-107. Antawn Jamison scored a game-high 32 points and collected 14 rebounds and Nick Young...
Behind the Box Score, where Washington is turning it ... around?
3 days ago by
Ball Don't Lie
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Washington
108, Philadelphia 107
Washington's
ball movement was good enough in this close win. The team didn't exactly break
through any self-inflicted barriers on either side of the ball in its 13th
game, but it did pull a win. Good enough.
Philadelphia
was pretty miserable...
Is Shaq Shaqing Up With Gilbert Arenas’ Fiance?
19 days ago by
SPORTS by BROOKS
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Sorry if this ruins your holidays, but it seems as if Shaquille O’Neal has been cheating on his wife instead of practicing his free throws as he should be doing. At least this is according to the site YOUNG, BLACK AND FABULOUS; the first place I check for all of my NBA news. Who is [...]
Jamison lights fire under Wizards
17 hours ago by
Washington Times
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MIAMI | While injured, Antawn Jamison watched helplessly as his Washington Wizards teammates blew key opportunities in losses to the Miami Heat in their first two dates with their Southeast Division foes. He wasn't about to let it happen again. The Wizards had blown a double...
Briefing: This Probably Isn't Going The Way Flip Saunders Planned It
13 days ago by
Bullets Forever
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by Evan Vucci - AP
I knew Earl Boykins and Will Bynum were short, I had no idea they only came up to Brendan Haywood's waist.
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Briefing: The Thunder Kept on Rolling and Rolling
7 days ago by
Bullets Forever
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by Alonzo Adams - AP
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Game Hub | Boxscore | Game Flow
I'm not all that good at picking momentum-changing moments, but I do know that when play ...
Can we not jump to conclusions about Gilbert Arenas' relationship with Flip Saunders after seven games?
19 days ago by
Bullets Forever
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by Steve Helber - AP
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We all know that sportswriters do a lot of writing these days. Feature stories, blogs, Tweets, video, etc. Not to mention that there are .....
Family, friends of Washington Wizards owner Abe Pollin pay last respects in D.C. funeral
Abe Pollin is being remembered as a great friend and sports fan.
The Death and Rebirth of Agent Zero
11 days ago by
Bullets Forever
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by Ned Dishman - NBAE/Getty Images
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One of the major storylines of the early season has been the "new" Gilbert Arenas. The wacky, controversial shooter was apparently...
Antawn Jamison isn't expected to be back in uniform for another week or so because of his sprained...
21 days ago by
Bullets Forever
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Antawn Jamison isn't expected to be back in uniform for another week or so because of his sprained right shoulder, but that doesn't mean that he isn't passionate about the direction of his team. So, after watching his teammates lose their third in a row -- an embarrassing...
Lack of ball movement continues to plague the Wizards
19 days ago by
Bullets Forever
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by Nick Wass - AP
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WASHINGTON --Stop me if this seems familiar.
With just under five minutes left in the third quarter, the Wizards found themselves trailing the Suns...
Five possible ways to get Caron Butler's game going
22 days ago by
Bullets Forever
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by Manuel Balce Ceneta - AP
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It's no secret that there's something wrong with Caron Butler's game. In three games thus far this season, Butler is averaging...
Washington Wizards vs Charlotte Bobcats watch live basket
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Sports Blog Net
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The night Caron won one for Mr. Pollin
3 days ago by
D.C. Sports Bog
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(By Preston Keres - TWP) I didn't start paying attention early enough to have too many memories of the Abe Pollin everyone's been writing about this week. In fact, the first thing I thought of when I heard the Wizards' owner had died was the Pollin from the spring of 2008...
Bringing back Antonio Daniels was an option for the Wizards to get through their ongoing injury...
15 days ago by
Bullets Forever
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Bringing back Antonio Daniels was an option for the Wizards to get through their ongoing injury crisis, but Earl Boykins was always Washington's front-runner to pick up some of the guard minutes vacated by injuries to Randy Foye (ankle), Mike James (hand) and Javaris Crittenton...
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