Posts tagged ‘nba championship’

{ The 1978 Larry O'Brien Trophy - flickr/Scott Ableman }

In late August, Caron Butler said, “people shouldn’t be scared to mention championship.” On Tuesday, Antawn Jamison followed up with his own championship talk. You can read it covered by Michael Lee in the WaPost and Mike Jones in the WaTimes.

Good sound-bites, but should the Wizards really be talking about a championship? Of course they should, and here are the top four reasons why:

#4) If you’re setting goals, why not set them high? …and we’re not talking about setting goals while you’re getting high, a la Allen Iverson, and some sort of god propelled (probably Jobu), dream of marching the Larry O’Brien down Beale Street.

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On June 16, the DC Sports Bog posted odds to win the 2010 NBA championship from Bodog. The Wizards were in a three way tie with the Knicks and Nets with the 18th best odds to get a ring at 75-1.

On June 24th, the Wizards made the trade for Mike Miller and Randy Foye. Increased team depth, Grunfeld is “comfortable” with what he has … better odds to win it all, right? Not exactly.

(For the record, overall I’m very optimistic about the potential of this Wizards team … there are just some holes that need filling, and I’m not talking about some gross porno you probably just watched online.)

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