Posts tagged ‘2008-09 Wizards’

September already? What has it all gone? This was supposed to be the ‘Summer of George‘ … what happened to all the things I was supposed to do? Post work drink soirees in the sunlight … trips to the beach … pick-up basketball games outside. They are no more (well, almost).

At least football season is here, and more importantly, Wizards training camp is less than a month away. Instead of crying over the passing Summer’s spilt milk, I suppose I should appreciate the crisp fall before the bone-chilling wintertime bus rides arrive.

At the beginning of August, I took time to remember the Wizards goings-ons during 2008′s August. Initially, the idea was to cover subsequent months in the days following that post. However, I decided it would be better to do a month-by-month reflection … thus, I now present ‘Past Year Wizards Memories: September 2008′ (with some other historical Sept. tid-bits included):

When Prince is bored, he plays basketball; when the Wizards are bored, they lose.

Went to the Wizards-Heat game on Saturday night…..it might have been the most boring game I’ve ever attended in life. But I can’t exactly put my finger on why (sans Agent Zero notwithstanding)…..rather, why the team decided to give such a lackluster effort.

The crowd was unsurprisingly quiet….the absence of Gilbert Arenas, even from the bench, did it’s job to suck the wind out of the phone booth. Word from Nick Young, via Wizards Insider, was that Saturday was the two-year anny of Gil’s knee injury, and that Arenas was talking about it all day. So, naturally, he didn’t play. That’s Gil and oh well, can’t blame him.

Brendan Haywood looked good, dunking several times with that wrist. Finger pointing and communication in the lane is up 30%, if I had to guess.

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