Halftime Appreciations
Listening to Roger Mason do the halftime interview reminded me of something I don’t think I’ve written about the Wizards; they same like a really good group of guys.
The sports world is full of assholes, even the most likable group of athletes seem like self absorbed whiners. But the Wizards really seem like a group of guys that care about winning, and not letting down the team.
Usually when you write that about a team, you write it about a team that’s winning a lot. Most of the Wizards have let the team down, through injuries or mental mistakes. Overall they are just the type of team that screws up a fair bit.
But still you really get the sense that they want to make us proud. They want to win, they care about honoring the team.
I remember watching a documentary about the old 60s Celtic teams that said that Red Auberbach used to threat his players with a trade. When I told my dad about that story he responded that today’s player would respond by saying, “do it”. Indeed Chris , Wallace, couldn’t really care less if you shipped them off to another city.
The Wizards current squad seems to care, and I really appreciate that.
