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Shah Reza Pahlavi flees Iran and soon after that ayatollah Khomeini returns to Tehran. In the coming years Iran went through a slight changes ... From this:


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Sid Vicious from Sex Pistols died after overdose.
The Jimmy Carter Rabbit Incident happened.
Thatcher became the Prime Minister of the UK.
McDonald's introduces the Happy Meal.
Pope John Paul II visited Poland for the first time since .. well, becoming the pope.
Bullets shifted to the Atlantic Division.
Bullets won the Atlantic Division.
SuperSonics won the title after defeating our Bullets.

1979.

Bullets/Wizard never won the Atlantic Division title again. They moved to the Southeast Division in 2004/05 and since .. well ... they been second 6 times but never topped Atlanta, Miami etc.
Now back to 2017: Wizards are 2nd in the division behind Hawks. They are down by 3 games so the difference is nowhere near 10-15 wins as some of the previous years. In other words, Wizards have a legit shot to win their first division title since 1979.

Do you think we could do it? Atlanta isn't a contender, they can finish up around 4th-6th spot - same as Wizards.

[stevemcqueen1]

We could do it. But it will take getting and staying healthy.

I'm afraid that Les Boulez has only been toying with us so far this season.

[long suffrin' boulez fan]

It's a conundrum. There's no doubt in my mind that a couple of sacrifice the future trades could give us enough firepower to win the division this year.

Trade our first for a legit back up two. Trade Oubre for a scoring but declining PF.

Devil's bargain if you ask me.

[dobrojim]

They could do it. Obviously they'll need to become a better road team.

[TGW]

yea it could happen, but who cares other than Turd and Ernie, who are dying to stroke their own....er...egos. The NBA consists of a handful of great teams that have a legit shot at winning a championship. The rest of the teams beat each other on the head for the right to claim 8th place. That's where the Wizards are...part of the cesspool of mediocrity designed to be food for the NBA elites.

The Wizards may win the division this year, but that's as superficial as a 13 year old schoolgirl. Atlanta is literally trading off assets and their entire team is on the block, and yet they still have a better record than the Wizards. Orlando stinks. Miami stinks.

[BigA]

They can win the division title, but they probably won't win the attendance title.

[NatP4]

yea it could happen, but who cares other than Turd and Ernie, who are dying to stroke their own....er...egos. The NBA consists of a handful of great teams that have a legit shot at winning a championship. The rest of the teams beat each other on the head for the right to claim 8th place. That's where the Wizards are...part of the cesspool of mediocrity designed to be food for the NBA elites.

The Wizards may win the division this year, but that's as superficial as a 13 year old schoolgirl. Atlanta is literally trading off assets and their entire team is on the block, and yet they still have a better record than the Wizards. Orlando stinks. Miami stinks.

And we should've beat Atlanta a couple years back, we have a more talented core than them, maybe they finally realized that their team would never win anything.

I know you wanna do the whole EG sucks thing, rightfully so, but do you honestly think wall Beal Porter will never beat kyrie lebron love? Or that it simply isn't possible? I don't

[payitforward]

At our current road & home winning percentages, had we played the same number of home games as we've played road games, we'd be 17 - 17. Actually, that would require a slightly better home win % than the .750 we have, but hey lets not quibble.

Alternatively, had we played the same number of road games as we've played home games, but still at the current %, we'd be 23 -23 right now. Actually, that would require a slightly better road win % than we have, but hey lets not quibble.

It is great to be 3 games over .500. It's been a long time since we've been there.

It feels great, too, to have the 4th best home record in the entire NBA. Hell, we have a better home record than the LA Clippers. We have a better home record than Toronto. We have as good a home record as the San Antonio Spurs!

Wouldn't it be great if we had 24 more games at home & 17 more on the road! In that case, if we duplicated our home & road records so far we'd go 44-38 -- like we did 3 years ago.

But we don't. In fact, we only have 17 more home games. We have 24 road games ahead of us. If we duplicated our home & road percentages so far, we'd most likely go 40 -42 -- or maybe 41 - 41 -- like we did last year.

Every single team in the Eastern Conference, except Philly, has played more road games than we have. Some of them way more. Hence, the Hornets -- if they duplicate their home & road percentages so far -- would likely finish the season 42-40. In other words, although they are 2.5 games behind us in the standings currently, their relatively few remaining road games and our lots more road games mean they actually look to be on their way to a better record than ours.

None of this is predictive, of course. It just gives us a little more accurate picture of the present, of where our 18 home wins & 4 road wins put us.

[montestewart]

We have as good a home record as the San Antonio Spurs!

Duh! millie called that **** ages ago

[payitforward]

yea it could happen, but who cares other than Turd and Ernie, who are dying to stroke their own....er...egos. The NBA consists of a handful of great teams that have a legit shot at winning a championship. The rest of the teams beat each other on the head for the right to claim 8th place. That's where the Wizards are...part of the cesspool of mediocrity designed to be food for the NBA elites.

The Wizards may win the division this year, but that's as superficial as a 13 year old schoolgirl. Atlanta is literally trading off assets and their entire team is on the block, and yet they still have a better record than the Wizards. Orlando stinks. Miami stinks.

And we should've beat Atlanta a couple years back, we have a more talented core than them, maybe they finally realized that their team would never win anything.

I know you wanna do the whole EG sucks thing, rightfully so, but do you honestly think wall Beal Porter will never beat kyrie lebron love? Or that it simply isn't possible? I don't

Not only does Atlanta have a better record than we do, but they've only played 19 home games vs. 23 road games.

"we should've beat Atlanta a couple years back" -- yeah, we only lost 'cuz Wall was injured which was really important, while Millsap being injured for them obviously doesn't mean a thing.

Shoulda, coulda, woulda -- thing is, we lost the series in 6 games. Lost -- not won. And why? Because the Atlanta Hawks were a better team than the Wizards. Right now, at 24-17 (w/ 22 games played on the road), the Atlanta Hawks are still a better team than the Wizards.

[nate33]

At our current road & home winning percentages, had we played the same number of home games as we've played road games, we'd be 17 - 17. Actually, that would require a slightly better home win % than the .750 we have, but hey lets not quibble.

Alternatively, had we played the same number of road games as we've played home games, but still at the current %, we'd be 23 -23 right now. Actually, that would require a slightly better road win % than we have, but hey lets not quibble.

It is great to be 3 games over .500. It's been a long time since we've been there.

It feels great, too, to have the 4th best home record in the entire NBA. Hell, we have a better home record than the LA Clippers. We have a better home record than Toronto. We have as good a home record as the San Antonio Spurs!

Wouldn't it be great if we had 24 more games at home & 17 more on the road! In that case, if we duplicated our home & road records so far we'd go 44-38 -- like we did 3 years ago.

But we don't. In fact, we only have 17 more home games. We have 24 road games ahead of us. If we duplicated our home & road percentages so far, we'd most likely go 40 -42 -- or maybe 41 - 41 -- like we did last year.

Every single team in the Eastern Conference, except Philly, has played more road games than we have. Some of them way more. Hence, the Hornets -- if they duplicate their home & road percentages so far -- would likely finish the season 42-40. In other words, although they are 2.5 games behind us in the standings currently, their relatively few remaining road games and our lots more road games mean they actually look to be on their way to a better record than ours.

None of this is predictive, of course. It just gives us a little more accurate picture of the present, of where our 18 home wins & 4 road wins put us.

All of this presupposes that we should weigh the first 10 games of the season as much as we weigh recent play. When making predictions for a future record, I would weigh recent play more heavily - particularly on a team featuring a new coach and a roster that is returning just 4 players who played the entire previous season here.

[JWizmentality]

I dunno. Does it come with more years of Ernie?

[Doug_Blew]

At our current road & home winning percentages, had we played the same number of home games as we've played road games, we'd be 17 - 17. Actually, that would require a slightly better home win % than the .750 we have, but hey lets not quibble.

Alternatively, had we played the same number of road games as we've played home games, but still at the current %, we'd be 23 -23 right now. Actually, that would require a slightly better road win % than we have, but hey lets not quibble.

It is great to be 3 games over .500. It's been a long time since we've been there.

It feels great, too, to have the 4th best home record in the entire NBA. Hell, we have a better home record than the LA Clippers. We have a better home record than Toronto. We have as good a home record as the San Antonio Spurs!

Wouldn't it be great if we had 24 more games at home & 17 more on the road! In that case, if we duplicated our home & road records so far we'd go 44-38 -- like we did 3 years ago.

But we don't. In fact, we only have 17 more home games. We have 24 road games ahead of us. If we duplicated our home & road percentages so far, we'd most likely go 40 -42 -- or maybe 41 - 41 -- like we did last year.

Every single team in the Eastern Conference, except Philly, has played more road games than we have. Some of them way more. Hence, the Hornets -- if they duplicate their home & road percentages so far -- would likely finish the season 42-40. In other words, although they are 2.5 games behind us in the standings currently, their relatively few remaining road games and our lots more road games mean they actually look to be on their way to a better record than ours.

None of this is predictive, of course. It just gives us a little more accurate picture of the present, of where our 18 home wins & 4 road wins put us.

Wizards have 5 road games coming up in the next 10 days. I really hope that they do good. Not because it will improve their record. But in hope that it will cut down on these stat geek posts.

[AFM]

JASON SMITH FOR THE GAME WINNER

[montestewart]

At our current road & home winning percentages, had we played the same number of home games as we've played road games, we'd be 17 - 17. Actually, that would require a slightly better home win % than the .750 we have, but hey lets not quibble.

Alternatively, had we played the same number of road games as we've played home games, but still at the current %, we'd be 23 -23 right now. Actually, that would require a slightly better road win % than we have, but hey lets not quibble.

It is great to be 3 games over .500. It's been a long time since we've been there.

It feels great, too, to have the 4th best home record in the entire NBA. Hell, we have a better home record than the LA Clippers. We have a better home record than Toronto. We have as good a home record as the San Antonio Spurs!

Wouldn't it be great if we had 24 more games at home & 17 more on the road! In that case, if we duplicated our home & road records so far we'd go 44-38 -- like we did 3 years ago.

But we don't. In fact, we only have 17 more home games. We have 24 road games ahead of us. If we duplicated our home & road percentages so far, we'd most likely go 40 -42 -- or maybe 41 - 41 -- like we did last year.

Every single team in the Eastern Conference, except Philly, has played more road games than we have. Some of them way more. Hence, the Hornets -- if they duplicate their home & road percentages so far -- would likely finish the season 42-40. In other words, although they are 2.5 games behind us in the standings currently, their relatively few remaining road games and our lots more road games mean they actually look to be on their way to a better record than ours.

None of this is predictive, of course. It just gives us a little more accurate picture of the present, of where our 18 home wins & 4 road wins put us.

Wizards have 5 road games coming up in the next 10 days. I really hope that they do good. Not because it will improve their record. But in hope that it will cut down on these stat geek posts.

You know it won't

[leswizards]

In spite of EG's incompetence, the Wizards are really not that far from being a very good team. Satoransky has played very well the past few games, giving the Wizards a competent back up PG. McClellan has been EG's best pick up the past 2 years giving the Wizards a very good back up SG/swing man. Kelly Oubre has been improving all year giving the Wizards a decent swing man. Jason Smith and Morris have not been spectacular, but they are starting to play close to average for bench players. With how well Beal, Wall, Porter and Gortat have played all year, the only thing the Wizards are missing is a competent starting power forward. I would think that a package of McClellan and future draft picks should be able to get the Wizards a starting power forward such as Trevor Booker, Ersan Ilyasova or others.

[long suffrin' boulez fan]

In spite of EG's incompetence, the Wizards are really not that far from being a very good team. Satoransky has played very well the past few games, giving the Wizards a competent back up PG. McClellan has been EG's best pick up the past 2 years giving the Wizards a very good back up SG/swing man. Kelly Oubre has been improving all year giving the Wizards a decent swing man. Jason Smith and Morris have not been spectacular, but they are starting to play close to average for bench players. With how well Beal, Wall, Porter and Gortat have played all year, the only thing the Wizards are missing is a competent starting power forward. I would think that a package of McClellan and future draft picks should be able to get the Wizards a starting power forward such as Trevor Booker, Ersan Ilyasova or others.

This is a bit rose colored.

Sato has not been playing very well... just better than he was and better than Burke. Low bars those.

McClellan is a dime a dozen. No one would trade an asset for him. I am happy enough with him however, given that he is an undrafted rookie free agent.

You say that Morris has been playing average for a bench player. I agree. Problem is, he's a starter and often our third option.

Booker and Illyasova are competent bench players, not starters.

All in all though, I agree with your basic premise. We're not that far from pretty good. A starting caliber four and a back up one.

However, apart from our 2017 first - which I would not part with - we have little in the way of assets to acquire those two key players.

[krii]

WE GOT IT, WE GOT IT!

Oh, damn. It's February. Erm. Anyway...

But in all seriousness - we are two games behind Celtics (2nd spot) with the same record as Atlanta. Over next few games we should maintain our winning streak. After All Star break we'll have hell of the contest though. I still believe they can win the division though.

They are 28-20 at the moment. I think they could go for something like 47-35. 19 more wins? Lakers x2, Pelicans, Nets x2, Indiana (one of them), 76ers, Orlando, Denver, Sacramento, Suns, Portland, Wolves, Mavericks, Charlotte, one of Utah and Miami games, Pistons, Knicks. That should be enough for winning the division and getting 3rd/4th spot?