Pre-Game Post

D.C. Council Opening Statements: Wizards vs Bucks, Game 19

►Kyle Weidie | Dec 6, 2013

Welp, the 3-15 Milwaukee Bucks… Welp is about all you can say. Empathy between Bucks and Wizards fans should certainly be a two-way street. Unfortunately, Washington is now under a much...
D.C. Council Opening Statements: Wizards vs Magic, Game 18

►Conor Dirks | Dec 2, 2013

“Effective magic is transcendent nature,” wrote George Eliot in her novel Middlemarch. And this applies to the Wizards tonight, as they, for the first time in what seems like ages, look...
D.C. Council Opening Statements: Wizards vs Hawks, Game 17

►Kyle Weidie | Nov 30, 2013

The last time the Wizards had an away/home back-to-back set, they lost to the Raptors in Toronto but came back to D.C. to beat the Lakers on the next night. The...
D.C. Council Opening Statements: Wizards at Pacers, Game 16

►Kyle Weidie | Nov 29, 2013

The Wizards, winners of five of the last six games, take on the NBA’s-bes Pacers a day after feasting on Thanksgiving vittles at Al Harrington’s mom’s house in Indiana. The Pacers are 14-1,...
D.C. Council Opening Statements: Wizards at Bucks, Game 15

►Adam McGinnis | Nov 27, 2013

In my season preview of Garrett Temple, I described a potential doomsday scenario: He is a high-character guy who is a positive influence on teammates. Plus, his ability to defend multiple...
D.C. Council Opening Statements: Wizards vs Lakers, Game 14

►Rashad Mobley | Nov 25, 2013

Last December when the Los Angeles Lakers came to the Verizon Center, Kobe was healthy (and shot 9-for-29), Dwight Howard was struggling as a one-year rental in L.A., Pau Gasol was hurt,...
D.C. Council Opening Statements: Wizards vs Knicks, Game 13

►Conor Dirks | Nov 23, 2013

Here, then, come the Knickerbockers. Somehow, this group has been more disappointing than the Wizards. But that’s like saying they jumped from the higher window. “Blessed is he who expects nothing,...
D.C. Council Opening Statements: Wizards at Raptors, Game 12

►Kyle Weidie | Nov 22, 2013

The Wizards begin another back-to-back set tonight, north of the border. They will face the Raptors in Toronto on Friday evening before returning to the District to face the reeling...
D.C. Council Opening Statements: Wizards at Cavaliers, Game 11

►Conor Dirks | Nov 20, 2013

Cavaliers were once poets. 17th century courtier poets like Ben Jonson. This is not where I compare anything that any basketball player does, including Kyrie Irving, to the poetry of...
D.C. Council Opening Statements: Wizards vs Timberwolves, Game 10

►Kyle Weidie | Nov 19, 2013

Stan Love’s child will face and possibly torment the Washington Wizards tonight. Kevin Love is second in the NBA in rebounds per game, third in points per game, third in PER,...
D.C. Council Opening Statements: Wizards vs Cavaliers, Game 9

►John Converse Townsend | Nov 16, 2013

The Cleveland Cavaliers are back in town. And, hey, at least they’re not Detroit, who have a 9-2 record against the Wizards in the John Wall era! Cleveland is 6-4, including three...
D.C. Council Opening Statements: Wizards at Spurs, Game 8

►Kyle Weidie | Nov 13, 2013

Don’t stop me if you’ve heard this before, but the Washington Wizards have not won a basketball game in San Antonio, Texas since December 11, 1999. I, like perhaps most of...
D.C. Council Opening Statements: Wizards at Mavericks, Game 7

►Adam McGinnis | Nov 12, 2013

Washington visits Dallas, Texas, tonight to play the Mavericks, the first of back-to-back games in the Lone Star State. They’ll play the Spurs in San Antonio on Wednesday. Washington is coming...
D.C. Council Opening Statements: Wizards at Thunder, Game 6

►Rashad Mobley | Nov 10, 2013

The Wizards have themselves a November winning streak for the first time in four years. The days of Trevor Ariza being the only Wizards player to play well have been replaced...
D.C. Council Opening Statements: Wizards vs. Nets, Game 5

►Conor Dirks | Nov 8, 2013

On the board, so all aboard. Oh, how the pixels have turned. The caterpillar that was Marcin Gortat is now a beautiful butterfly, capable of mid-range jumpers and offensive rebounds which set...
D.C. Council Opening Statements: Wizards at 76ers, Game 4

►Kyle Weidie | Nov 6, 2013

You know the drill. To get to the playoffs, games like this are for real. So let’s jump right into the opening statements. Joining us today is Tom Sunnergren (@tsunnergren) from...
D.C. Council Opening Statements: Wizards at Heat, Game 3

►Adam McGinnis | Nov 3, 2013

Kyle labeled the Wizards home opener against a 76ers a must win. Um, so yeah, that didn’t work out, and ended in embarrassing fashion. Philadelphia might actually be trying to win,...
D.C. Council Opening Statements: Wizards vs 76ers, Game 2

►Kyle Weidie | Nov 1, 2013

Can you smell the season-opening magic in the air? Probably not. But still, with a win tonight, the Wizards hope to climb out of a hole to play .500 ball...
D.C. Council Opening Statements: Wizards at Pistons, Game 1

►Rashad Mobley | Oct 30, 2013

Opening night is finally here. The predictions can be cast aside, preseason basketball, featuring intermittent stretches of intense play followed by longer stretches of sloppy play, is finally gone. The time for unbridled...
D.C. Council Opening Statements: Wizards at Cavaliers, Preseason Game 7

►Conor Dirks | Oct 23, 2013

TAI's Conor Dirks and John Krolik of Cavs: the Blog previews the final preseason contest between the Wizards and the Cavs.