Lets start by going back to the playoffs 2 years ago. They play that super tight series with the Cavs that they lose and the Cavs go on to lose to Detroit in the next round. That offseason all the talk is about how the Cavs will be the next big thing in the East. I understand that but I do think that you couldnt look at the Wiz as that far off when they got blown out in game 1 of that series but in the next 5 games they had the lead in every single one of them with less the 3 seconds left. Every game they led but Lebron hit those game winners, 2 of them on walks
Then the next season comes. Everyone forgets that the Wiz were the #1 team in the East last year. They were beating all the top teams in the leauge including the big dogs out West. Everyone was still giving all the props to the Pistons. They made the trade for Webb and seemed unbeatable at the time. Then the Wiz played them 2 times in 3 days and beat them both times to claim the #1 seed in the East. The bad part is in that same game, AJ got hurt and the Wiz were basically injuried the rest of the year. He misses a month and then when he comes back, both Caron and then Gil go down. Even with all the injuries they had before the big 2 went down, they were still the 3rd seed in the East and thought they definatly would win if they got healthy late. They did get healthy but then they got right back hurt again and went into the playoffs without there 2 best guys. They got swept in the playoffs and lost nearly every game down the stretch but they were close in basically all of them but couldnt finish without those 2 big guns.
Now this season comes and they start off 0-5. People overreacted because they start off bad every year but then get it right. They win the next 3 but again lose Gil. Even without Gil they win so many games that they are again tied in the loss column with the Magic for the 3 seed. They still win games but then they lose Caron. Just like last year they are without the big 2 and then cant win. However, also just like last year they play basically everyone tight and lose by 1 or 2 points. Now they have just won 4 out of 5 games and have a record of 29-30 despite an 0-5 start, missing Arenas for 51 games and Caron for 18 games. They also had Daniels miss 11 with no other PG and he's played hurt along with Deshawn in most of them. Still with all that this team is just 1 game under .500 and has beat Boston twice, NO twice, and Dallas twice. They just got some bad news in that Caron has a tear but there optimistic that he will come back to finish the year.
