Published 6/27/2009
by Matthew Brown
at Bleacher Report - NBA
The Washington Wizards can pat themselves on the back. They are finally competing with someone else, though the season is over.
It seems as though the Wizards are dead set on being just as inept a franchise as the LA Clippers. The Clippers may even be a bit better since they at least had the ability, if you can call it that, to land the number one overall pick in the draft. In return, they were rewarded with the best player in the draft in Blake Griffin. The Clippers at least have a potentially bright future, whereas the Wizards continue to dig themselves deeper and deeper into the hole of failure formerly occupied by the aforementioned Clippers and rising Knicks.
Here’s what I know, the Wizards shelled out $111 million to retain Gilbert Arenas who is coming off of three surgeries, on one knee and hasn’t played any significant time since the first injury.
They also shipped their first round pick, number five overall, to the Minnesota Timberwolves along with Etan Thomas, Darius ...
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