With the 32nd pick the Washington wizards choose...

[Ji]

thanks man...its only basketball

You're wishing that the kindly old man who brought basketball to this city--who gave you a goddamn team to whine about--would die. You're a douche.

Listen....we would all be sad if he died but you cant tell me deep down, you wouldnt be excited that we would have a new owner

Abe has crushed one of my biggest passions now for 30 years....im tired of it

[Ji]

"Oh no, the Pistons just sold their pick to the Rockets! But Budinger was such a great value in the second round. And they already have cap space so they could afford to sign him. Dumars needs to be fired for being cheap!"

[What this board would sound like if we were Pistons fans...]

thats the first time dumars has ever done that. We do it every year...thats the difference

[Donkey McDonkerton]

Maybe if he stopped being such a prick, he WOULDN'T suffer.

you would think...

[Donkey McDonkerton]

thanks man...its only basketball

You're wishing that the kindly old man who brought basketball to this city--who gave you a goddamn team to whine about--would die. You're a douche.

Listen....we would all be sad if he died but you cant tell me deep down, you wouldnt be excited that we would have a new owner

Abe has crushed one of my biggest passions now for 30 years....im tired of it

Weather?

[Bickerstaff]

thanks man...its only basketball

You're wishing that the kindly old man who brought basketball to this city--who gave you a goddamn team to whine about--would die. You're a douche.

Listen....we would all be sad if he died but you cant tell me deep down, you wouldnt be excited that we would have a new owner

Abe has crushed one of my biggest passions now for 30 years....im tired of it

No, sorry, no. I don;t get happy when people die. I'm not a sociopath. Abe Pollin has PROVIDED you with a passion for 30 years. So what if they suck? At least we have them. I certainly don't see you providing the city with an alternative. You're an ingrate is what you are.

[Ji]

Weather?[/quote]


you have no idea how much of a bullets fan I am...at one point in my life, i was such an NBA junkie, that I could name you ever player in their league including their height,weight and what school they went too...

I lived Bullets---I remember the good days(when we got Moses) and the bad days...when we drafted Wes Mathews,Mugsy,Kenny Green, Frank (Metetarsal) Johnson...and 90% of my fan hood has been misery...

when we traded Webber...it was the worst day of my life and I lost interest in the NBA for many years..but in all that time..my dream was a wiz championship...even over a redskin SuperBowl....

I am just tired of losing....and its all happened under Abe's watch.

[Bickerstaff]

I'm sorry, everybody, for blowing my stack, but it gets really boring to hear people bitch about everything this team does, over and over again, adding zero to the conversation but noise. Not just Ji by any means, though I think it's disgusting to want someone to die because they have a fantasy that his dying will somehow make the Wizards a contender. And to be fair to Ji, there are at least a few people more obnoxious than him on Michael Lee's blog. So there's always that. Sorry.

[Donkey McDonkerton]

you have no idea how much of a bullets fan I am...at one point in my life, i was such an NBA junkie, that I could name you ever player in their league including their height,weight and what school they went too...

I lived Bullets---I remember the good days(when we got Moses) and the bad days...when we drafted Wes Mathews,Mugsy,Kenny Green, Frank (Metetarsal) Johnson...and 90% of my fan hood has been misery...

when we traded Webber...it was the worst day of my life and I lost interest in the NBA for many years..but in all that time..my dream was a wiz championship...even over a redskin SuperBowl....

I am just tired of losing....and its all happened under Abe's watch.

And you complain like a loser, you are a loser, and thats all you will ever be.

Besides you gave up the Wiz for the Bobcats some time ago.

[Bickerstaff]

I am just tired of losing....and its all happened under Abe's watch.

Yes, so has any winning they've done. He's the only owner the team's ever had. Whatever enjoyment the team's brought you, you should be thanking him. But instead you want him to die.

[Ji]

I am just tired of losing....and its all happened under Abe's watch.

Yes, so has any winning they've done. He's the only owner the team's ever had. Whatever enjoyment the team's brought you, you should be thanking him. But instead you want him to die.

5% enjoyment 95% misery.....but i am still a loyal fan. I just want a new owner...ask every Redskin fan about wanting a new owner...

[nate33]

In the abstract, I don't mind that we traded the #32 pick for $2.5M cash. That's actually a pretty good return. If Blair wasn't on the board, I wouldn't have minded the move at all. Basically, instead of a 2nd rounder, we would instead be adding a vet with the LLE. That's probably a good move.

Of course, with Blair on the board, the decision may not be so wise. Time will tell. I can't help but observe that 29 other teams passed on Blair at least once. Clearly, there was something that scared teams away. You gotta figure that the medical reports on him were dire, or somebody would have grabbed him earlier in the 2nd round.

[AceDegenerate]

F YOU ALL on Pollin's nuts. I don't give a **** who owns this team or a **** about him, but if he won't let his sheisty paws off the franchise until he is 6 feet deep, then SO BE IT. He has run the team into the god damn ground, and most of you are just too apathetic to care in the first place.

[mohammed10]

F YOU ALL on Pollin's nuts. I don't give a **** who owns this team or a **** about him, but if he won't let his sheisty paws off the franchise until he is 6 feet deep, then SO BE IT. He has run the team into the god damn ground, and most of you are just too apathetic to care in the first place.

LOL, sorry to burst the bubble of the Ernie apologists, but there is no master plan. The emperor has no clothes yet again, folks. Abe has pulled this on us for years...

[WashWiz54]

First and foremost: If a game of basketball is enough to make you wish death on someone; get a grip on your own life before you declare who deserves to live and die. I live and breathe sports but seriously guys in the end it is a game. A game that should never be taken this seriously. You can curse Ernie for this or Abe for that but to wish death? That's a line never worth crossing.

Actually, I think Abe has done a fantastic job as owner. He doesn't have deep pockets compared to other owners but one thing he isn't is cheap. If he thinks you deserve the money he will pay you, and that says more than some other NBA owners.
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Now I loved the pick of Jermaine Taylor when it was announced. I think he's going to be a solid player in the league, and Houston will be happy with their acquisition. On the flip side, we'll be happy that we sold this pick because this allows us to grab a vet forward-center to solidify our big man rotation.

Do I wish we could of kept the pick and signed a big man? Sure. However, we got to play the cards we were dealt so I ain't trippin...

[BanndNDC]

In the abstract, I don't mind that we traded the #32 pick for $2.5M cash. That's actually a pretty good return. If Blair wasn't on the board, I wouldn't have minded the move at all. Basically, instead of a 2nd rounder, we would instead be adding a vet with the LLE. That's probably a good move.

Of course, with Blair on the board, the decision may not be so wise. Time will tell. I can't help but observe that 29 other teams passed on Blair at least once. Clearly, there was something that scared teams away. You gotta figure that the medical reports on him were dire, or somebody would have grabbed him earlier in the 2nd round.

except the fact that San Antonio (the front office i most respect) took him quickly and without hesitation (they couldnt wait to get that pick in) kinda puts all that rationalization into the self-delusional category

[closg00]

Curry & Blair or Rubio & Blair or Summers > than the 1-year rental of Miller & Foye.

[tkunit]

Green was there at 32, oh well i had already accepted we would trade it for cash.