[A D.C. basketball court - Florida Ave. and R St. NW - K. Weidie]

The Wizards are a 40-win team.*

Or a 25-win team. One or the other.

The Wizards’ 2010-2011 NBA preseason is now over. (They had a 3-4 preseason record.) The team left the 8,000-seat multi-purpose Huntington Center in Toledo, Ohio in defeat, but with plenty of promise. And with promises I hope the [insert final roster number] Basketball Wizards can keep.

(Paraphrased) Promises like:

  • I will do work in the low block. — ‘Dray Blatche
  • I will gobble up defensive rebounds. — J-Mac
  • I will protect the basketball. — Jimmy Teach ‘Em How To Dougie
  • I will be the self-effacing sidekick to The Blur. — Robin Gilbert Arenas
  • Et cetera

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