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Playoffs?? Playoffs?? Yes, We’re Talking About the Wizards and the Playoffs

►Adam Rubin | Mar 1, 2016

NOBODY EXPECTED THE 2015-16 Washington Wizards to be in 10th place in the Eastern Conference on March 1. This season was supposed to send a direct message to Kevin Durant that Washington...
Dispatches to Poland: Wizards on the Brink at the Break

►Kyle Weidie | Feb 15, 2016

TAI’s Polish correspondent, Bartosz Bielecki (@bart__92), was kind enough to recently have me answer a couple questions for a Polish outlet where he contributes. The translation of the 11-question Q&A can be...
Marcin Gortat Quits Poland, Talks Wizards

►Bartosz Bielecki | Dec 18, 2015

On Friday, the oldest Polish sports journal, “Przegląd Sportowy,” published an interview with Marcin Gortat through which the Polish Hammer announced his retirement from the national basketball team. “There’s a 90...
Czech Mate: An Insider’s Take on Tomas Satoransky, Jan Vesely, and the Wizards

►Lukas Kuba | Oct 2, 2015

[Ed. Note: Lukas Kuba (@Luke_Mellow) is TAI’s Czech correspondent. Since 2011 he has helped cover the careers of fellow countrymen and Wizards draft picks, Jan Vesely and Tomas Satoransky. Vesely, as...
Euro-Hammers: Marcin Gortat and Poland at EuroBasket 2015

►Bartosz Bielecki | Sep 14, 2015

[Ed. Note: Bartosz Bielecki is TAI’s Polish correspondent. Bart covers all things Marcin Gortat from the mother country, including transcribing Gortat interviews with Polish media (which are classic, by the way). Bart also once...
First Stop in the Summer of Gortat: Camp with Otto in Rumia

►Bartosz Bielecki | Jul 10, 2015

[Ed. Note: Bartosz Bielecki is TAI’s Polish correspondent. A student in his early-20s, Bart covers all things Marcin Gortat from the mother country, including transcribing Gortat interviews with Polish media (which are classic,...
Eyes on Gary Neal and Local Water from Deep

►Kyle Weidie | Jul 8, 2015

The Wizards have had their eye on Gary Neal ever since he left the Spurs in 2013 after three successful seasons. Undrafted in 2007, the Baltimore native who split time in...
Alan Anderson: More Than a Consolation Prize for the Wizards

►Troy Haliburton | Jul 8, 2015

You might have missed news that the Wizards signed Alan Anderson running across your ESPN ticker. It was sandwiched somewhere between another FSU quarterback doing something stupid and the mundanity of July baseball....
What To Expect From Jared Dudley in D.C.

►John Converse Townsend | Jul 6, 2015

Yeah, I like Jared Dudley, and Gary Neal. Because John Wall hasn’t often been surrounded by shooters in D.C. The result: The Wizards have attempted fewer than 1,500 3-pointers in all...
Why One Guy Wrote-In Paul Pierce for President of Poland

►Bartosz Bielecki | May 11, 2015

Due to the lack of better candidates, I voted @paulpierce34 for the President of Poland today. pic.twitter.com/r58AYi0j6B — Bartosz Bielecki (@bart__92) May 10, 2015 May 10 was a presidential election...
Four Games + Four Wins = No More Raptors

►Rashad Mobley | Apr 27, 2015

Wiz sweep Raptors! Good for Paul Pierce … "No more going through customs"…. YAY WIZARDS!!! #Wizards #WizRaptors pic.twitter.com/75ib7g2L7F — Aly Lewnes (@alewnes7) April 27, 2015 The Wizards swept the Raptors, the...
Wizards-Raptors 2015 NBA Playoffs Series Preview Q&A

►Kyle Weidie | Apr 17, 2015

The playoffs are just about here. Tomorrow, they said. Time for some thoughts, pixels, statistics, and etc.—Wizards vs. Raptors style. Joining TAI today is Blake Murphy (@BlakeMurphyODC), NBA news editor for...
The Closer — Starring Rasual Butler, Derek Fisher, and Pizza

►Rashad Mobley | Apr 4, 2015

New York Knicks Coach Derek Fisher is no stranger to end-of-the-game drama. As a Los Angeles Laker in 2004, Fisher did this with 0.4 seconds left in Game 5 of the Western...
T-Minus 30 Days: A Playoff Snapshot for the Washington Wizards

►Adam Rubin | Mar 18, 2015

It seems like only yesterday that Washington was in a free-fall, fans were calling for Randy Wittman’s head, and there was no end to how low the Wizard’s playoff seed could...
Stats Van Gundy: Pistons Head Honcho Talks Analytics

►Kyle Weidie | Mar 18, 2015

When an NBA coach comes to Washington, particularly one who’s willing to open up a little past coachspeak with the media, it’s always nice to pick their brain on the...
Debating the Resurrection of Jesus (Shuttlesworth, that is)

►Sean Fagan | Feb 11, 2015

DEBATE! Ray Allen is apparently, maybe, deciding whether he will be on the NBA free agent market. Maybe he’s narrowed his list down to seven teams, including (certainly in no particular...
Go Deep, Young Man: How Shooting More 3-Pointers Can Set Bradley Beal Free

►Adam Rubin | Jan 28, 2015

Bradley Beal was not selected as one of the five participants in the NBA All-Star Weekend 3-Point Shootout. No, he was not snubbed. Beal was not selected for one simple reason:...
Marcin Gortat on the Gortat Brand and 100 Ideas Per Hour

►Bartosz Bielecki | Dec 19, 2014

[Ed. Note: TAI’s Polish correspondent, Bartosz Bielecki (@bart__92), returns with—you guessed it—a translated Marcin Gortat interview. For the October-December 2014 issue of “Champion” magazine, Gortat, in his hometown of Łódź, sat...
Flip Saunders Name-Drops JaVale McGee, Pierre Responds on Twitter (VIDEO)

►Kyle Weidie | Dec 17, 2014

We could easily classify a number of things JaVale McGee did while coached by Flip Saunders as knucklehead moments. We could do the same for Randy Wittman. We could do the...
Vines From China: Blatche and Crawford Defeat a Panda’s Friend

►Kyle Weidie | Nov 3, 2014

You haven’t lived until you’ve watched Chinese Basketball Association basketball featuring Andray Blatche and Jordan Crawford over the Internet before 8 a.m. on a Sunday morning. Breathe deep, you can almost...
Jan Vesely on New Basketball Life, the Lost NBA, and All the Reasons Why

►Lukas Kuba | Oct 31, 2014

[Ed. Note: Jan Vesely, #NeverForget … right? Don’t worry, we won’t. Washington’s 2011 first round draft pick, sixth overall, and the former Czech version of the American version of a very...
Olde Tyme Randy Wittman on a Shorter NBA Season

►Kyle Weidie | Oct 22, 2014

Randy Wittman and I agree, in principle. Talk of shortening the NBA schedule from 82 games or decreasing the amount of minutes in a game should be halted. Whether we arrive...
Czech-ing Development: Tomas Satoransky vs Jiri Welsch

►Lukas Kuba | Oct 20, 2014

Since...
Nene Maintains as Brazil Falls to U.S. in Saturday Night Friendly

►Kyle Weidie | Aug 17, 2014

#NeneJams, we missed you. Brazil hung around just long enough to lose by 17 points, 78-95, against Team USA in a Chicago-hosted “friendly” on Saturday night. The game was interesting...
No Names and Pro Names of the 2014 Las Vegas NBA Summer League

►Adam Rubin | Aug 13, 2014

[Note: In Part I of his Summer League Round-Up, Adam Rubin (@LedellsPlace) reviewed eight of the biggest names in Vegas. In Part II, he takes a look at 21 other players from all...