ESPN's Hollinger Predicts Only 33 Wins for Wiz

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  • tziller tziller
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    I thought I was an asshole projecting only 42 wins for the Zards. Eesh.
    Posted 10/4/2007 [reply] [flag]

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Time to punch the numbers
Published 10/4/2007 by Crucifictorious at We Rite Goode

Wizards vs. Hollinger
Published 10/4/2007 by Dan Steinberg at D.C. Sports Bog
Wizards vs. Hollinger The Whizosphere is in an uproar over ESPN stat nerd John Hollinger's dismissive dismissing of the Wizards. He thinks they'll win 33 games and miss the playoffs, finishing 13th in the East. 13th! If they finish 13th in the East, I'll eat his slide rule. Here's his direct quote: "Numbers, numbers, percentage, divided by, Does anyone else get the impression this franchise is spinning its wheels? At the end of the day, the Wizards' two best players had career years, and they still went 41-41, square root of nanoelectron plus pie = I hate creativity and genius and the pursuit of optimism." So anyhow, 13th in the East. Gilbert said that anything less than the Eastern Conference finals will be considered a failure. Jamison agreed. This, friends, is a disconnect. Here's what the Whizosphere has to say: Bullets Forever (tone: outraged indignation): The Wizards had the point differential of a .500ish tea ...

Blogs have birthdays too
Published 12/11/2007 by Pradamaster <info@bulletsforever.com> at Bullets Forever: Front Page Posts
Game thread is coming, folks, so stay tuned. Today is a big day, because it marks the one-year anniversary of this site moving to Sports Blog Nation.  When I started here, I never imagined how much this community would grow in just a year's time, and that's a tribute to all the great readers that make this site worthwhile.  To all of you, kudos.   In recognition of this site's first birthday, let's run down some of the memorable moments in BF history. The site's very first post.  Since then, 822 posts have been made, and I can't even begin to count ...

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