LET THE GAMES BEGIN!
Washington Wizards vs New Jersey Nets
Wednesday, October 29
7:00pm EST
TV: CSN-HD, League Pass Free Preview
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The Great Intellectual
Antawn MF Jamison
Tough Juice
The Locksmith
The Little Engine that Could
BENCH
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The trade of Jason Kidd during the season had been long-rumored, but when the New Jersey Nets dealt Richard Jefferson over the summer, it seemed they were intent on rebuilding.
The Washington Wizards committed a lot of money to retaining their core players, but they'll start the season without perhaps their most important piece.
No one knows exactly when Gilbert Arenas will return from offseason knee surgery, but the Wizards will try to survive without him once again starting Wednesday night when they open at home against the youthful Nets.
Washington (43-39) made the playoffs for the fourth consecutive season in 2007-08, losing to Cleveland in the first round for the third straight postseason. Even getting in, though, wasn't easy. Caron Butler missed 24 games due to a hip injury and center Etan Thomas missed the entire season after open-heart surgery, not to mention Arenas playing only 13 games after having his second career knee surgery.
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Caron needs to turn it on in this game. He's being guarded by Bobby frikkin Simmons!!! I'm expecting 25+ from Tough Juice in front of the home crowd. This season's opener is going to be boring without Gil's antics, and the after fog should more than disrupt the Nets' first quarter play. Carter has it way harder with Deshawn hounding him all night, and if he doesn't put up decent numbers the Nets offense is dead in the water. Then again, our own offense hasn't looked very offensive lately. We've got more weapons and should win this one relatively easily.
Prediction: Wizards 96 Nets 84
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