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The Wizards Want to Get Serious
Published 1/7/2008 by Matt Watson at FanHouse
... have been making silly videos just like this for the Wizards all season long. Sometimes they're entertaining, sometimes (like this one -- 10 minutes?!) they're a bit unbearable. The premise, though, is that they're just a couple of fun-loving rookies/roommates who tell (sometimes) entertaining stories about what it's like to be a member of those fun-loving Wizards. The only problem? The "fun-loving Wizards" are kind of getting tired of all this rookie silliness. From Ivan Carter of the Washington Post (via ...

First Cup of Coffee
Published 1/7/2008 at ESPN.com - True Hoop - Blog
... in Chicago where he was robbed at gunpoint and tied up last July: 'We had plans on selling the house but we changed our minds eventually,' Curry said. 'Right after the robbery, I cleared it out. I didn't want to look at it. ... 'When it first happened the emotions were, 'Get out of Chicago. I don't want to go back.' I had to take a step back from the situation and realize a lot of bad people out there, it was something that happened and won't happen again.'” ...

Eddie Jordan & veterans to crack the whip
Published 1/7/2008 by Spence at DC Pro Sports Report -- Sports news, stats and analysis from the capital of the free world
... better,” Jordan said. “Our last two games, I’m not pleased with our intensity, our concentration level, especially from our younger guys. Roger [Mason Jr.] has been pretty solid. Darius [Songaila], we’ve been waiting for him to get some more lively legs and [yesterday] was a good sign but the rest of our bench, our younger guys, they have to get better. They have to get better.” The veterans think they know what the problem is and they plan to take steps. After the game, veterans Antonio ...

Locker Room Evictions
Published 1/7/2008 by Dan Steinberg at D.C. Sports Bog
... due to a sub-par effort, and was forced to dress in the media work room. Also, the Retrievers were prohibited from wearing apparel bearing their school's name. Do I even need to tell you what happened next? A team that has lost five of its previous seven games suddenly caught fire, winning two of its next seven. Anyhow, when I read that Antawn Jamison and Caron Butler were re-ordering the Wizards' locker room this week, well, I couldn't help but think that they could save the equipment managers a lot of time if they left the rookies in place and just removed their nameplates. ...

Gilbert Back on the Blogging Trail
Published 1/28/2008 by JakeTheSnake at Gilbertology
In his latest blog entry, Gilbert discusses the progress on his rehab: I walk with 50 percent and run with 30 percent. I can run two miles and not feel anything. I’m also doing shooting competitions, I can spot shoot. I’m not really supposed to run or jog or do anything like that full impact until Wednesday. That will be 10 weeks. Right now I’m just strengthening up the muscle because I don’t want to do what I did last time when the muscle was not strong enough. He shoots down the rumor that he and singer Mya are romantically involved: It is not true. I’m off the market and the Mya rumor is false. I know her through a ...

Ernie talks, no response from Bert
Published 5/9/2008 by JakeTheSnake at Bullets Forever
Press Conference References: Washington Post Wizards Insider USA Today Like most postseason press conferences, there weren't any bombshells, but there was some interesting tidbits from Ernie's little chat Thursday afternoon.  Let's start with the big stuff and work are way down. The core is staying put: Ernie Grunfeld more or ...