Things couldn't get much worse for the Wizards, who have seen their season go from bad to worse since the turn of the new year. The March Madness associated with college basketball stood as the antithesis to the March Washington just finished.
Seventeen games, 16 losses, and an array of problems. But what else is new for the Wizards these days?
After being suspended for the season and getting a lenient sentence for felony gun charges, Gilbert Arenas is supposedly welcome back in Washington next season. So much for obliterating his likeness from the Verizon Center, right? His return means the upcoming draft will be more difficult to predict, or even plan for.
How many other players keep their contracts after displaying firearms in the team locker room?
The Wizards were over their roster purge hangover when March began, but looked more dysfunctional despite having more team chemistry than before. So how did they manage just a single win in the month?
Sheer luck, I imagine, but it is the 16 losses that deserve attention here.
Perhaps it was the disconnect between coach Flip Saunders and meteoric Andray Blatche tha ...
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