Fascinating ESPN article going inside the Wizards rebuild

mhd · Post #1 » by **mhd** » Fri Apr 12, 2024 2:02 pm

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/39918616/washington-wizards-rebuild-nba

Really interesting article including some interesting nuggets from the new FO:

Here is an example...

"There is nothing spectacular happening in Washington. No gaudy streak, no shattering disappointment. The Wizards are a few years behind Detroit, according to Wizards general manager, Will Dawkins. They are young and currently without All-Star-caliber talent"

2Fluffy4U · Post #2 » by **2Fluffy4U** » Fri Apr 12, 2024 2:23 pm

mhd wrote:https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/39918616/washington-wizards-rebuild-nba

Really interesting article including some interesting nuggets from the new FO:

Here is an example...

"There is nothing spectacular happening in Washington. No gaudy streak, no shattering disappointment. The Wizards are a few years behind Detroit, according to Wizards general manager, Will Dawkins. They are young and currently without All-Star-caliber talent"

Spent way too much time reading this...
Seems like a reporter on the lookout for juicy stories and minimal basketball knowledge..
Well.. guess thats the Job.

Can't say I learned anything intersting other than the players solving film quizes..

NatP4 · Post #3 » by **NatP4** » Fri Apr 12, 2024 2:37 pm

What did I just read?

Jay81 · Post #4 » by **Jay81** » Fri Apr 12, 2024 4:46 pm

that article was way to long. What wizard fan or non wizard fan is going to read the entire thing?

Jay81 · Post #5 » by **Jay81** » Fri Apr 12, 2024 4:47 pm

can we move to a different forum. The pop up ads and the ads in general are making this board unusable

AFM · Post #6 » by **AFM** » Fri Apr 12, 2024 4:55 pm

Get an adblocker. I haven't seen an ad online in probably 10 years. Unless you're on mobile, then yes this board is unusable on an iphone.

Post #7 » by **Rafael122** » Fri Apr 12, 2024 5:34 pm

Detroit just set the franchise record for most losses in a season I think, and this is like their 4th or 5th year into the rebuild. If we're behind that, and we already have the 2nd worse record in the league...jeez

Post #8 » by **penbeast0** » Fri Apr 12, 2024 6:13 pm

I think we may have one advantage on Detroit. They've committed to Cade Cunningham as their star of the future and I just am not seeing it. He looked better this year but he's still more Kyle Kuzma than a real star. The Wiz are still waiting to draft that player. Get the right star(s), you will be good for a long time. Build around the wrong guys and you are going to be bad to mediocre. I don't think Detroit is building around the right guy though from their perspective, they don't really have that much of a choice.

pancakes3 · Post #9 » by **pancakes3** » Mon Apr 15, 2024 1:07 pm

Jay81 wrote:can we move to a different forum. The pop up ads and the ads in general are making this board unusable

one of the other forums I post on migrated to a discord and it's much better (easier to check on the phone, more real-time discussions, easier to share gifs, tweets, etc.) - would people here be willing to do that?

gambitx777 · Post #10 » by **gambitx777** » Tue Apr 16, 2024 8:08 am

pancakes3 wrote:
Jay81 wrote:can we move to a different forum. The pop up ads and the ads in general are making this board unusable

one of the other forums I post on migrated to a discord and it's much better (easier to check on the phone, more real-time discussions, easier to share gifs, tweets, etc.) - would people here be willing to do that?

I use to app on Android and I have no see one add in the years I've used it .

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closg00 · Post #11 » by **closg00** » Tue Apr 16, 2024 3:36 pm

Jay81 wrote:can we move to a different forum. The pop up ads and the ads in general are making this board unusable

I am also getting pop-ups, new windows opening when clicking to play a YouTube link or comment, even after checking my Safari settings, had to use a different browser.